Sr Research Finance Analyst

The Sr Research Finance Analyst is responsible for supporting financial management and analysis for research projects within St. Jude. This position involves working closely with researchers, project managers, and finance teams to ensure the effective financial administration of research grants, budgets, and expenditures.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide expertise to clinical trial teams on budgeting and finance (e.g., negotiating clinical trial contracts, providing financial reports) in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Manage clinical trial forecasting and budgeting process, analyze budget & costs, create related reports, and highlight any gaps/ insights in a timely manner.
• Coordinate with internal teams, clinical site teams, and vendors to support contract negotiations, budget management, processing financial closure of study sites, and query resolution.
• Provide expertise in maintaining research billing compliance (e.g., billing, payment reconciliations, registration of clinical trial patients, compliance reporting and training).
• Ensure proper research coding of transactions.
• Maintain quality database and create reports.
• Identify opportunities and provide inputs to improve efficiency/ automate current processes.
• Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution.
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance.

The selected candidate for this role will be required to be onsite full-time for their first 4-8 weeks. Afterwards they may choose to work in-office or remote full-time, with the exception of one anchor week per quarter.

Minimum Education and/or Training:

• Bachelor's degree required.

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum Requirement: Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Progressive years of experience in billing, accounting, finance, budgeting, financial analysis, or related field.
• Experience Exception: RN with 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience working with clinical trial processess
• Proven performance in earlier role.
• Experience with medical billing and coding a plus

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required by SJCRH Only:

• Certification in clinical research from the Society of Clinical Research Associates (SoCRA) or the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) required or must be obtained within one (1) year of assuming the position or within one year of eligibility for the certification.

Compensation

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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has a diverse, global patient population and workforce, built on the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our founder Danny Thomas envisioned a hospital that would treat children of the world—regardless of race, religion or a family’s ability to pay. Learn more about our history and commitment.

Today, we continue the mission to advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. As we accelerate this progress globally, we believe our legacy of diversity, equity and inclusion is foundational to success. With the commitment of leaders at all levels of the organization, we strive to ensure the St. Jude culture, leadership approaches and talent processes are equitable and culturally responsive. View our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report to learn about the hospital’s roots in diversity, equity and inclusion, where we are today and our aspirations for an even better future.

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