Budget Analyst

Role summary

Budget and trial start-up work

• Contribute to clinical trial budget builds and budget negotiations, depending on team assignment and business needs.
• Analyze clinical trial protocols and create activity grids identifying required tests, procedures, and assessments.
• Use software and internal resources to identify potential CPT/HCPCS codes for activity-grid items.
• Build comprehensive budgets using client pricing methodologies and internal standards.
• Negotiate budgets for research institutions with trial sponsors or CROs by email and phone.
• Review completed work as part of internal quality review.

Education and qualifications

• A related bachelor’s degree is required; significant experience in the specific field may substitute for a relevant degree.
• Candidates should be proactive, results-driven, goal-oriented, highly organized, and attentive to detail.
• Candidates need to learn and apply technical and scientific product information consultatively and understand clinical terms and descriptors.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills are required.
• Excel proficiency is required.
• Familiarity with clinical trial start-up and experience interpreting trial protocols are preferred, not required.
• Familiarity with research billing guidelines or general healthcare billing processes is listed.

Attendance and travel

• Attendance and punctuality are essential functions.
• The description lists multiple travel ranges from 0–5% through more than 50%, without identifying a specific range.

Workplace

• The position is identified as remote.

Compensation

• Pay range is USD $23.40–$36.30 per hour.

Benefits

• Benefits listed include health and financial protection, employee assistance and work-life resources, tuition reimbursement and training support, paid holidays and leave, and career development opportunities.