Senior Budget Lead, Proposals at FHI Clinical Inc – Centurion, Gauteng

Summary of the position:

The Senior Budget Lead, Proposals will be responsible for developing clinical trial budgets in response to sponsor requests for proposals. This includes determining, with input from others, which budget template and approach will be used for each proposal. Develops a costing response to the sponsor’s request using supplied specifications, making assumptions, and working closely with other team members, including the technical lead, subject matter experts, writers, proposal managers, and contracts department. Works with external partners and vendors as needed to estimate costs. Designs and develops budgeting and analytical tools, promotes adoption of the tools, and establishes strong customer relationships (both internal and external).

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Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Position Requirements

Education: Bachelor's Degree or its International Equivalent in Information Systems, Finance, Business Administration or Related Field.

Preferred Job-related Experience: Typically requires a minimum 5 - 8 years of progressively responsible financial costing experience. Experienced using systems to produce budgets and other costing exercises and reports. Proficiency in spreadsheet software required.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications: Familiar with cost estimating models, basic modeling and simulation principles, basic operations research methods, particularly statistical data analysis preferred. Experience in CRO and/or pharmaceutical business development preferred.

Preferences: None.

Special Position Requirements: None.

Physical Expectations:

Travel Requirements:

Expected travel time is less than 10% for this position.

This job description is not intended to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned with or without notice.