Clinical Budget Manager

**About Us**:
**The Grand Pacific CRO** team has over 25 years' experience in conducting clinical trials in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. We have continued as a leader in the industry and have expanded services to include central laboratory, site management and image reading services. We pride ourselves on meeting customers where they are and providing exactly what they need to move their products forward.

Grand Pacific CRO is a full-service Clinical Research Organisation that was established in 2020. We are currently in a start-up phase, as we expand our operations across Asia Pacific and the rest of the globe.

**Job summary**

To prepare budgets and follow up of clinical study with the Business Development team and Clinical Project Manager.

The role of the Budget Manager involves preparation of budget proposal for the Sponsor, set the effective budget planning and spending, and provision the correct allocation of funding for activities in clinical trial projects to make sure that they are in line with clinical project goals and objectives.

**Responsibilities**
- Lead Budget Committee Meeting and collaborate with the Budget Committee
- Act as point of contact for sponsor proposal
- Gather and send follow-up and clarifying proposal questions to the sponsor
- Preparation and follow up of project budgets and workplans
- Prepare and submit budget revisions for Sponsor review and approval
- Implementation of efficient budget control mechanisms to ensure that projects utilize the available financial resources in an efficient and transparent manner, and that all financial activities are carried out on schedule and within budget to achieve project outputs.
- Monitors budget implementation and recommends reallocation of funds as necessary.
- Support with financial information for Sponsor reporting
- Support teams on budget revisions and adequate upload of finance information
- Provision of guidance to the responsible parties on routine implementation of projects, tracking use of financial resources.
- Tracking and reporting on mobilized resources.
- Oversee spending to ensure compliance with the budget and determine whether changes to funding levels are needed for certain studies

**Qualifications**:

- Clinical trial projects delivered on time per the project milestones, with quality standards and within budget
- Efficient and effective study start-up process through closeout activities
- Maintain a good relationship with study sponsors, external consultants, and the clinical trial project team.
- Up to date and well-maintained clinical trial project related issues

Technical knowledge & skills or other requirements
- Strong ability to use Microsoft Office, especially Excel
- Maintaining information and databases
- Fundamental knowledge of processes, methods and procedures of clinical trial
- Understanding and comprehensive practical knowledge of ICH-GCP requirements & international Regulatory Authority Regulations
- Able to work in an international environment with internal & external team partners (including virtual teams)
- Highly collaborative with good stakeholder management skills
- Good problem solving, Strategic thinking and analytical skills
- Strong organizational and planning skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Attention to detail and ability to work simultaneously on multiple priorities
- Self
- starter with ability to adapt and be flexible to changing priorities

Work experience
- Minimum 3 year of work experience for Management role
- Strong experience in the project management of complex and/or global trials with a Pharmaceutical, CRO, biotechnology and medical device background at a minimum of 3 years' experience, of which at least 1 year must have been in a project lead role.
- Strong Experience in preparation budget and related workplan at a minimum of 2 years' experience
- Strong experience conducting clinical trials in accordance with GCP methodology
- Strong Clinical project management experience