Senior Budget Administrator

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Senior Budget Administrator coordinating clinical trial budgets at City of Hope's nationwide locations. Overseeing budget development and negotiation for both industry sponsored and non-industry sponsored clinical trials.

Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate with all relevant groups to draft, finalize, and gain approval of coverage analyses and budgets while tracking all appropriate data metrics.
  • Review coding and charge determinations with PI and study team.
  • Enter and/or review financial data in OnCore and initiate the sign-off process of the OnCore calendar/financial console.
  • Perform critical assessment of each project to confirm funding source and negotiates consistently as per institutional guidelines.
  • Perform detailed analyses of current budgets to establish precedent pricing and better budget development techniques.
  • Assess comparable nature of projects by factors such as study phase or disease-type to ensure appropriate costing.
  • Analyze new protocols, letters of intent, synopses, etc., received from sponsors, review committees or PI/study teams to determine coverage analysis/budget necessity and/or prioritization in coordination with department leadership.
  • Interact with sponsor officials to solve budget issues such as budgetary changes, target patient accrual changes, requests for additional funds, or general cost disputes.
  • Compile non-detailed budget estimates via internal estimation tools, as needed and when applicable to sponsor guidelines.
  • Work with third-party vendors if detailed estimates are required.
  • Carry out periodic reviews of study files to ensure administrative quality, compliance, and consistency across clinical trials.
  • Review protocol amendments for any revisions affecting the budget; updates budget as necessary or re-prioritizes for additional development by a third-party vendor.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Six years of dedicated experience in oncology clinical research budget development and negotiation and/or coverage analysis development.
  • Experience working in research administration, a Contract Research Organization, pharma, biotech industry, academic medical center, or a clinical practice arena.
  • Experience with HCPCS / CPT codes.
  • Experience with Medicare regulations, guidelines, policies.

Benefits:

  • City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.
  • Comprehensive Benefits