Payment Analyst - German Speaking

Responsible for the management of the end-to-end investigator/site payment processes including payment calculations, creation and management of purchase orders, and clinical trial payments. Acts as liaison among colleagues within Contract & Centralized Services, other GCO teams and Sites.

Communication:

• Exemplary customer focus with awareness of the criticality of the Clinical trials Data Privacy Guidance’s.

• Proactively engage with Business Partners within Pharma/MedTech and other groups to ensure continued success and support of payment process.

• Deliver exemplary service by promptly addressing payment-related inquiries and issues, maintaining a high level of satisfaction among external stakeholders.

• Actively provide knowledge transfer and information sharing with all business partners on all aspects of the payment process.

• Escalate any concern timely and to the appropriate channels, according to the business impact.

• Support and assist the Payments Team on country/regional/global enhancement opportunities and efficiencies.

Process:

• Ensure startup activities for new studies are prepared accurately and timely as per regional/country requirements.

• Payment request is performed on time and accurately according to the agreed frequency as outlined in the CTA.

• For all payments, track communications and approvals in the appropriate systems.

• Ensure payment metrics and required actions are aligned with agreed targets/goals.

• Conduce regular interim and final reconciliations for all payments.

• Take ownership of the end-to-end payment coordination and execution activities for all studies assigned.

• Maintain audit readiness and ensure compliance for applicable requirements.

Technology:

• Support implementation/roll out of any new systems in all regions and for all internal and external stakeholders.

• Utilize data quality checks to ensure data accuracy for payments across multiple systems.

• Ensure consistent compliance for required trainings and time reporting.

• Troubleshoot and escalate, if necessary, the technical issues to the respective teams.

• Responsible for appropriate communication tools maintenance in timely manners (email distribution, responsiveness, escalations, priorities).

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

• Preferred previous experience with clinical payment processing

• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)

• Ability to work effectively in cross function teams

• Strong and proven analytical and problem resolution skills

• Working knowledge of PCs (MS Office suite at a minimum)

Decision-making and problem solving:

• Follows standard policies and procedures for multiple departments, geographic areas, client groups or projects

• Work is performed with oversight by the Analyst, Payment Lead.

• Able to work in a collaborative, virtual team environment.

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