Investigator Payments Lead – Senior Associate

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Investigator Payments Lead managing clinical site payments for Parexel, a global clinical research organization. Overseeing budgets, contracts, payment systems, vendors, and study payment execution.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage the full lifecycle of clinical site payment administration from study start-up through closeout
  • Lead planning of payment activities, system configuration, and timely delivery of start-up milestone payments
  • Assess EDC design and data collection processes for accurate mapping to budget structures and payment triggering
  • Troubleshoot payment failures and drive resolution to minimize delays
  • Review and guide configuration of site contracts and budgets within payment systems
  • Oversee vendors’ adherence to investigator payment processes, including approvals, invoices, and query resolution
  • Triage complex technology and process issues involving site relationships, budgets, contracts, regulations, languages, taxes, and currencies
  • Review payment performance, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions
  • Ensure purchase orders, contracts, work orders, and funding are in place for timely payments
  • Support study-specific investigator payment audits when required
  • Resolve site- and study-level payment escalations to maintain site satisfaction and operational continuity
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partners across clinical operations, business technology, legal, finance, tax, and other functions

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant professional experience
  • 2+ years of experience in clinical contracts and budget administration, accounting, finance, clinical project management, clinical operations, or a related field
  • Knowledge of clinical operations, clinical protocols, and site budgets
  • Demonstrated understanding of clinical site and vendor budgets and payment terms
  • Excellent interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work effectively with clinical operations, business technology, legal, finance, tax, and other functional teams
  • Proven ability to complete assignments, tasks, and projects with minimal supervision and make informed investigator-payment recommendations
  • Ability to work independently in a collaborative, team-oriented environment
  • Experience with EDC data and systems preferred
  • Experience with industry payment-processing software and business requirements preferred
  • Experience at a Clinical Research Organization or sponsor preferred
  • Knowledge of local tax and payment regulations preferred
  • Experience supporting cross-border financial transactions preferred

Benefits:

  • Medical plan
  • Life assurance
  • Additional benefit offerings in accordance with the terms of applicable plans
  • Flexible working
  • Growth opportunities