IMS Specialist II – **South Africa **

About the job

Description

Investigator Management Solutions (IMS) Specialist II

Founded with the goal of accelerating client success, Syneos Health® is a premier provider of fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions. To meet the demands of the contemporary market, we convert distinctive clinical, medical affairs, and commercial insights into results.

The patient and the client are at the core of all we do according to our Clinical Development approach. In an effort to make Syneos Health easier to work with and easier to work for, we are always searching for methods to streamline and simplify our processes.

Whether you work with us in a Full-Service setting or as a Functional Service Provider, you’ll be surrounded by driven problem solvers who will innovate alongside you to support our clients in reaching their objectives. We are nimble and motivated to provide cures more quickly since we have a strong desire to transform lives.

Find out what our 29,000 workers in 110 nations already know:

WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

Why Syneos Health

• We are committed to helping our employees grow as professionals, and we achieve this through peer recognition, a comprehensive incentives program, technical and therapeutic training, helpful and involved line management, and career growth and advancement.
• We are dedicated to fostering an environment at Total Self where you are free to be who you truly are. We are committed to taking care of our people, and our shared culture of Total Self is what binds us all together internationally.
• We’re always working to create the business that both our clients and ourselves want to work for. Why? Because when we unite people with different ideas, experiences, cultures, and viewpoints, we can create an environment where everyone feels included and at home.

Job Responsibilities

• handles payments to investigators by: Keeping the IMPACT and Medidata Systems’ investigator payment section up to date;
• examining data quality and completeness with the project manager;
• utilizing the IMPACT and Medidata systems to process authorized grant payment requests, create them, forward them, and communicate with A/P; and
• paying investigators at the appropriate locations
• collaborates with internal departments like clinical operations, project management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and site contracts
• teams to facilitate site payments. collaborates with colleagues in the region to guarantee a comprehensive worldwide perspective on project funding and payment status.
• Works in tandem with project management and accounts receivable to guarantee that deposits are accessible prior to site payments being processed and that sponsors provide advance money for global project needs on a timely basis.
• As needed, creates, updates, and reconciles the MS Excel Project Grant Tracker.
• Examines and scrutinizes Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs) and CTA modifications to guarantee that funds are disbursed in compliance with the specified terms and timetable. If there are differences, they should be brought up with their line manager or the relevant project team member.
• explains duties and obligations and, if necessary, guides project teams through the system’s navigation and grant payment procedure.
  Supports project teams with forecasting and analysis as needed.
• When necessary, guide project teams through the system’s navigation and grant payment process.
• gathers synthesizes, and produces information as needed to support sponsor invoices.
• finds inconsistencies in invoices, follows up on past-due invoices, and collaborates with the clinical team to ask sites for reimbursements.
• Ensures that third-party invoices related to investigator payments have the appropriate account and project coding applied to them.
• Produces project reports in response to requests from sponsors, operations, accounting, and/or higher management in order to support monthly closing procedures, ad hoc financial analysis, and Sunshine Act reporting.
• helps with site payments and sponsor deposit audits for customers.
• instructs and guides less seasoned employees in the use of departmental templates, tools, processes, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• There may be very little (up to 25%) travel needed.
• interacts with sponsor apps and systems as needed for the project.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for

• a business or accounting BA/BS degree, or a comparable background and education.
• strong experience with spreadsheet analysis in Excel. proficiency with email, voicemail, and the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Oracle knowledge is not required, however, it is encouraged.
• Proficiency in a foreign language is preferred.
• Capacity to prioritize and arrange tasks in order to fulfil deadlines in a changing setting.
• Above-average interpersonal abilities with a focus on teamwork, as well as attention to detail.

Get to know Syneos Health

We have worked with 94% of all novel FDA-approved drugs, 95% of EMA-authorized products, over 200 studies conducted over 73,000 sites, and over 675,000 trial participants over the last five years.

Whatever your position, you’ll take the initiative and work with us to disrupt the existing quo in a fiercely competitive and dynamic atmosphere. Study up on Syneos Health.

Additional Information

The enumerated tasks, obligations, and responsibilities in this job description are not all-inclusive. Other tasks, duties, and work responsibilities may be assigned by the Company at its sole discretion and without prior notice. Although equivalent training, education, and/or experience will also be taken into account, incumbents’ credentials may differ from those stated in the job description. The Company shall decide what qualifies as being equal to the above-mentioned qualities at its exclusive discretion. Furthermore, nothing in this document should be read to establish an employment contract.

Sometimes job requirements specify certain experiences or talents in short form. This text is meant to completely abide by all requirements set forth by the laws of every nation in which it conducts business, including the application of the EU Equality Directive about hiring and hiring practices. The business is dedicated to abiding by the Americans with Disabilities Act, which includes offering applicants and employees reasonable accommodations as necessary to help them carry out the necessary duties of their positions.

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