Lead Financial Operations Analyst - Clinical Research

Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact hr-accessibleapplication@osu.edu . If you have questions while submitting an application, please review these frequently asked questions .

Current Employees and Students :

If you are currently employed or enrolled as a student at The Ohio State University, please log in to Workday to use the internal application process.

Welcome to The Ohio State University's career site. We invite you to apply to positions of interest. In order to ensure your application is complete, you must complete the following :

• Ensure you have all necessary documents available when starting the application process. You can review the additional job description section on postings for documents that may be required.
• Prior to submitting your application, please review and update (if necessary) the information in your candidate profile as it will transfer to your application.

Job Title : Lead Financial Operations Analyst - Clinical Research

Department : Medicine | Center for Clinical Research Management

Lead Financial Operations Analyst – Clinical Research for the College of Medicine’s Center for Clinical Research Management ( COM CCRM); responsible for the development, negotiation, and administration of clinical trial budgets and revenue collection; serves as a subject matter expert; provides guidance / supervision to assigned team members; sets, and reviews, work assignments; assists with monitoring the workloads of the finance team; participates, with the Manager, Financial Operations - Clinical Research, in the performance review process; participates in the interviewing and hiring new staff; onboards and trains staff; oversees study budget development(internal and external vendors) and negotiation of external sponsor budgets / payment terms; directs and oversees collaboration with research staff, investigators, and appropriate OSU departments to determine research costs for Protocol specific clinical trial activities; manages and ensures the set-up and communication to clinical teams of all budget forms needed for each trial to help ensure billing compliance including PA005s and budget study summaries; ensures new study activation timelines are met; provides oversight for quarterly sponsor invoicing through appropriate Advarra applications (e.g., CTMS Oncore) for studies; provides oversight for subject activity entry into Oncore and ensures invoicing timeliness and correctness per the study contract; maintains information on outstanding revenue and escalates issues to the Finance Manager; oversees completion of quarterly financial summary reports of affiliated groups ; presents financial quarterly reports to CCRM affiliated groups; administers / implements project budgets; reviews / approves research bills and expenses related to specific trials; provides oversight of departmental personnel payments; works with the finance team to reconcile all research project expenses with general ledger; manages / oversees the trial financial close-out; provides fiscal reporting related to project / department post award activities and implements fiscal processes / procedures that ensure adherence to appropriate internal controls and compliance with established policies and procedures; responsible for providing oversight and guidance on timely creation study calendars in Oncore; ensures that new clinical research groups are provided fiscal onboarding; assists, oversees, and completes financial audits trains clinical research staff on all fiscal related procedures; serves as the fiscal manager security role in Workday.

Minimum Education Required

Bachelor's Level Degree in relevant financial field or equivalent experience

Minimum Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in relevant financial field or equivalent experience required. 6 year's experience in financial accounting or budgeting required; spreadsheet and Microsoft PowerPoint proficiency required Requires successful completion of a background check. The selected candidate may be requested to complete a pre-employment physical including a drug screen.

Additional Desired Qualifications

Financial experience in a healthcare environment preferred; considerable research budget and contract management experience at a public academic research institution desired; experience negotiating grant budgets preferred; knowledge of OSU Office of Sponsored Programs research accounting policies and procedures desired; advanced knowledge of financial tools and software applications highly desired.

FUNCTION / SUBFUNCTION : Finance / Finance Operations

CAREER BAND : Individual Contributor-Specialized

CAREER LEVEL : S4

Additional Information :

Location : Optometry Clinic (1041)

Position Type : Regular

Scheduled Hours : 40

Shift : First Shift

Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process.

Thank you for your interest in positions at The Ohio State University and Wexner Medical Center. Once you have applied, the most updated information on the status of your application can be found by visiting the Candidate Home section of this site. Please view your submitted applications by logging in and reviewing your status. For answers to additional questions please review the frequently asked questions .

The university is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans and disability.

As required by Ohio Revised Code section 3345.0216, Ohio State will : educate students by means of free, open and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; equip students with the opportunity to develop intellectual skills to reach their own, informed conclusions; not require, favor, disfavor or prohibit speech or lawful assembly; create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth and tolerates differences in opinion; treat all faculty, staff and students as individuals, hold them to equal standards and provide equality of opportunity with regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.