Fortrea's FSP team is hiring a Clinical Trial Coordinator- Finance - Hybrid in Montreal, Canada. Must be bilingual in French & English. Candidates need to have experience within budget negotiation and payments.

Job Overview:

We are seeking a Clinical Trial Coordinator – Finance to be responsible for site payments and budget negotiations, while being a core clinical trial team member with the client, as applicable.

In this role, the selected candidate will serve as client’s contact for site payments and clinical trial budget negotiations; be responsible for establishing a strong working relationship with client’s project teams; monitor and control start up and ongoing payments to sites; proactively engage in both quality assurance and risk management activities to ensure payment deliverables are met; and initiate improvements to enhance the efficiency and the quality of the start-up/ongoing payment-work performed on assigned projects.

Additional responsibilities include:  

• Develop, negotiate, approve and maintain site-level budgets & payments
• Track and report site payments and budget negotiations updates to ensure start-up and maintenance deliverables are completed within agreed project timelines and in accordance with client’s expectations
• Understand client expectations for deliverables/milestones, and liaising with applicable functional teams in creation and modification of site payment/budget timelines throughout the lifecycle of the project
• Oversee budget approval status and coordinate addressing queries, ensuring required timelines are met
• Calculate and execute payments (to investigators, vendors, grants, as applicable)
• Ensure adherence to financial and compliance procedures, identifying and escalating non-compliance to line manager and/or applicable client representatives, following processes and client SOPs
• Maintain tracking tools
• Attend and communicate updates during internal meetings including, but not limited to: project core team and client meetings

Qualifications (Minimum Required):

• University/College degree (life science preferred), or certification in a related allied health profession from an appropriate accredited institution (e.g., nursing certification, medical or laboratory technology).
• Fortrea may consider relevant and equivalent experience in lieu of educational requirements.

Experience (Minimum Required):

• Minimum 0 – 2 + years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience to successfully perform the key responsibilities of the job.
• Working knowledge of ICH, RA, IRB/IEC, and other applicable regulations/guidelines
• Demonstrated basic understanding of the clinical trial process.

This position is performed through a combination of remote work and in-person at the client's Head Office (2-3 times/week).

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

• General Office Environment.

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