Edwards Lifesciences · 10 hours ago
Clinical Budgets Analyst
USA - California – Irvine
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$68K/yr - $90K/yr
3+ years expEdwards Lifesciences is dedicated to improving patient outcomes through innovative medical solutions. As a Clinical Budgets Analyst, you will negotiate and develop site budgets for clinical trials, ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines and managing the budget lifecycle from start to close-out.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalMedical Device
Responsibilities
Initiate, draft and negotiate moderately complex clinical trial budgets based on substantial knowledge of financial/fair market value, CPT codes as it relates to the approved protocols
Identify financial risks and actively engage with management to provide recommendations for mitigation on budget negotiations. Provide clinical input on budget terms and scope of services to secure appropriate approvals in collaboration with key stakeholders (e.g. Site Payment Teams, Study Teams)
Analyze need for contract amendments or renewals and make recommendations, and/or negotiate changes
Identify risk associated with project timelines set by project teams, impacting team’s deliverables and timelines, and key stakeholders’ workload (e.g., Legal Compliance Study Teams)
Other duties may be assigned by leadership
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in related field with 3 years of previous related experience in budget development and negotiations in the Healthcare industry, or equivalent work experience based on Edward's criteria
Preferred
3 years of solid experience working with CPT codes, including selecting the appropriate codes based on required procedures outlined in clinical trial protocols
Experience with Fair Market Value (FMV) platforms
Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite including Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel, and SharePoint
Extensive knowledge and understanding of Edwards policies, procedures, and guidelines relevant to budget negotiation and administration
Extensive understanding of clinical trial protocols, Schedules of Assessment, trial design, and CPT coding necessary to develop accurate and compliant clinical trial budgets
Develop and create a budget using an approved trial protocol
Collaborate with the trial team and clinical Project Manager to strategize on site prioritization and enable fast site activation
Partner with Clinical Contracts Management to align on negotiation timelines and effectively plan for final contract execution dates
Follow the budget negotiation process to enable fast budget negotiation and plan for the budget execution
Initiate, draft, redline, and negotiate moderately complex payment and budget terms for invoiceable budget line items and trial costs to support the internal Site Payment teams as well as the trial Team on trial costs and payments
Collaborate with the Site Payments Team to respond to invoice inquiries from the Sites to find the appropriate resolution
Actively engage with management to provide recommendations for budgetary escalation that is above and beyond the Fair Market Value (FMV)
Provide input on CPT codes during the creation of a new budget template for a trial or during a budget template modification
Work with the Compliance Partner to send in the FMV template for each trial and identify any discrepancies or cost above FMV to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and procedures
Analyze need for contract amendments due to major budget impacts because of Protocol or trial changes, aligning with internal work instructions and practices; make recommendations for budget modifications based on protocol changes
Identify risks associated with project timelines set by project teams, impacting team's deliverables and timelines, and key stakeholders' workload (e.g., Legal Compliance) based on revised timelines
Identify opportunities for process improvement independently or in partnership with cross‑functional teams, and present and implement improvement plans to management and key stakeholders
Ability to collaborate with internal stakeholders (Site Payments Team) to reconcile contractual payment obligation to the budget that is in the SOW
Strong attention to detail and the ability to build and maintain effective internal and external working relationships
Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels
Benefits
Competitive salaries
Performance-based incentives
A wide variety of benefits programs
Company
Edwards Lifesciences
Edwards Lifesciences is a provider of science of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring.
10001+ employees
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Leadership Team
Bernard J. Zovighian
Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Greene
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