Site Payment Associate

About the Company

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.

With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

About the Role

This role is part of the global Site Payments team, which is dedicated to the processing of the Investigator Payments. As a Site Payment Associate, you will be dealing with one of the most complicated periods of the life-cycle of a clinical trial, which is essential part of our business operations and is a vital function within the Global Centralized Solutions group. By joining our diverse and dynamic team of professionals, you will have the opportunity to support key projects and gain insight on how the payment processes is performed within the clinical trial business.

Our hard-working teams combine and deliver centralized support and solutions for the clinical trials, collaborating to improve processes, cycle and flexibility. We partner with our sites, businesses and colleagues around the world to decrease startup timelines and go above and beyond.

A Day in the Life

• Processing of investigator payments with strict adherence to contractual guidelines, country regulations and procedures
• Overall responsibility to drive the payment generation process including but not limited to: Site Study Budget entry
• Compile data from multiple sources to generate site payments based on completed patient activities and contracted milestones, as well as related pass throughs
• Reviewing and processing of site invoices where required
• Respond to and resolve payment-related issues and findings
• Exhibit good financial stewardship in management of funds, investigator payments and project finances
• Build and be a great partner with study sites and study teams

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or higher
• Previous experience in international corporate environment preferably with payments processing

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proficiency in English (verbal and written)
• Strong written & verbal communication skills; conflict resolution skills
• Self-organized person able to make decisions about daily tasks and priorities
• Ability to multitask and meet changing project needs whilst working in a fast-paced global environment
• Results driven with strong attention to details and ability to analyze project specific data
• IT literacy: MS Office, Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS), Financial Systems, etc.
• Good technical skills and ability to quickly learn new software

Why Join Us?

We hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognize the power of being one team. We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore, you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential. As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees.

We have a flexible working culture, where PPD clinical research services truly value a work-life balance. We've grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organization but with a local feel.

• As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values
• Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need.

Equal Opportunity

Thermo Fisher Scientific will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.