Research Finance Coordinator II

St. Luke's University Health Network•Allentown, PA

About The Position

The Research Finance Coordinator II shall be responsible for assisting with the overall day to day pre- and post-award financial operations of St. Luke's industry or grant funded clinical trials. The position will assist St. Luke's and affiliated providers with billing coverage analysis template development, assist in the preparation of clinical trial cost analyses for new trials based on non-billable expenses and personnel resource time and effort, identifying the research charges to be utilized in budget development based on set institutional research floor rates, preparation and tracking of invoices, tracking revenue and expenses in the department’s financial database, as well as creating and maintaining study folders and financial binders for all active clinical trials.

Requirements

Bachelor degree. Will accept Associate’s degree with research-related certification (e.g. SoCRA, ACRP, CHRC, etc.) and 3 or more years of directly related experience. Directly related experience must include experience in coverage analysis and invoicing.
Experience with NIH policies and sponsored research regulations including The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services national coverage determination (NCD), and A-133, A-21 and A-110 preferred.
In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook; Internet Functions) required.
Organized and detail oriented required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with NIH policies and sponsored research regulations including The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services national coverage determination (NCD), and A-133, A-21 and A-110 preferred.

Responsibilities

Set up new clinical trials accounts, and work as a liaison to clinical trials management, Finance, and Accounting.
Administers pre and post-award activities for approximately 150-200+ clinical trial contracts
Assist in the pre-award process by preparing Billing Coverage Analyses for both industry and grant funded studies.
Build and update study payment tracker spreadsheets and/or CTMS for each study upon approval of the study’s Clinical Trial Agreement.
Prepare invoices for all ongoing clinical trials and enter them into invoice tracking database.
Update each study payment tracker and/or CTMS with items invoiced, amount invoiced, and payment information upon receipt of payment.
Classify all checks received with the appropriate account information and submit them to Accounting for deposit.
Enter department/study revenue and expense data into the department’s financial electronic database.
Maintain pending expense electronic database.
Prepare check requisitions for departmental expenses and submit them to management for approval and forwarding to Accounts Payable.