SSO Finance Specialist Vacancy at Novartis

Overview:

Novartis is hiring an experienced SSO Finance Specialist at their Hyderabad location. This role supports country SSU strategy in close collaboration with SSO Study Start-Up Team Lead and SSO Study Start-Up Managers to ensure SSU timelines and deliverables are met according to country commitments.

The complete details of this job are as follows:

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for accounting and execution of investigator payments in a direct country or extended study group (OPC and satellite countries) in close collaboration with SSO Study Start-Up Manager, SSO Clinical Project Manager and SSO Contracting Specialist in assigned projects
• Project controlling & budget management supports financial planning, forecasting and management, analyses and reports project costs and their drivers
• Set up & validation of investigator contracts in the accounting system for clinical studies. Executes and monitors internal controls. Translates Grant Plans into local Payment Schemes
• Prepares and submits country TCF(s). Updates systems (ACT, Optimus, etc.)
• Executes payments, communicates with sites when it comes to payment issues
• Tracks and oversees payment status
• Ensures adherence to financial standards, prevailing legislation, ICH/GCP, IRB/IEC, Health Authority and SOP requirements.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Commercial or financial training (e.g., vocational qualification) or a degree in scientific, finance or economics discipline with experience in clinical operations and/or project management
• Fluent in both written and spoken English, local language as needed
• 1+ years of experience in clinical operations or equivalent. Understanding of clinical drug development with particular emphasis on trial set-up, and contracting

Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to problem solve and mediate complex issues
• Understanding of the international aspects of drug development process, including strong knowledge of international standards (GCP/ICH), health authorities (FDA/EMA), local/National Health Authorities regulations and Novartis standards
• Strong financial and business economics background.
• Strong process and system understanding
• Independent, dynamic, structured and committed way of working. Communicates effectively in a local/global matrixed environment

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