Description : Budget Analyst (Clinical trials) - Remote - Certain EMEA Locations. Company : Thermo Fisher Scientific. Location : Remote in South Africa

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Our colleagues in corporate strive for excellence in every task, at every moment. We are game changers seeking improvements to processes and more efficient ways of working or adapting to changing financial and industry environments.

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic professional to join our Global Investigator Grants Team as a:

Budget Analyst

You will part of a global team responsible for the management and preparation of global investigator budgets.

Your main responsibilities as a Budget Analyst would require for you to manage the preparation, review and finalization of global investigator grant budgets and payment schedules for multiple international clinical trials. You will be involved in the process of negotiating the budget parameters with the clients and communicating with the local project teams the budget frames and the procedures to be followed.

As part of the team you will be required to establish effective relationships with the clients and the internal PPD functional teams. You should be able to ensure and demonstrate high quality and correctness of quantitative functions in investigator grant templates.

In order for you to be successful and integral part of our Global Investigator Grants team, you need to have:

• Bachelor's Degree in a Business-related area
• Minimum of 1 year experience in bid preparation and/or the development and fulfillment of contracts requirements with demonstrated ability to take on increasing levels of responsibility.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office software (minimally Word and Excel).
• General knowledge of contractual documents.
• High quality oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to handle multiple deliverables with firm deadlines and multiple competing priorities.
• Ability to coordinate information and follow-up with various sources in order to meet clients' requirements for proposal and budget development.
• Detail oriented.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.

At PPD clinical research services we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognize the power of being one team. We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore at PPD you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential.

As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where PPD truly value a work-life balance. We’ve grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organization but with a local feel.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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