Job Description

CATO SMS and Pharm-Olam, LLC have merged to form Allucent!

Allucent is a full-service contract research and development organization with international resources dedicated to helping pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies efficiently and expeditiously navigate the regulatory approval process in order to bring new drugs, biologics, and medical devices to the people who need them. Allucent is a non-laboratory environment. At Allucent, our mission is to help bring new therapies to light. When you work at Allucent, that means rolling up your sleeves and applying your scientific knowledge, clinical expertise, and experience to partnerships with our clients in small and mid-sized biotech companies.

Location: Chennai / Bangalore, India (Office Based)

Requirements

Pharm-Olam is seeking an experienced Payroll Specialist to join our Finance team in our India office The Project Financial Analyst Associate (PFAA) assists the Project Financial Analyst (PFA) and Project Team with financial activities on the studies that we conduct for our sponsor and includes activities from project start-up to project close-out. This position regularly interacts with the PFA and Project Management to support project requirements.

and Responsibilities:

• Upon contract signature, the PFAA works with the Project Team, PFA, and the proposal function to ensure that the project is set up in Microsoft Dynamics, including the WBS for time keeping, project budgets, and payment schedule details, ensuring all are tied out to the fully executed contract.
• For any subsequent agreements (i.e. Change Order), the PFAA will ensure all respective updates are made in Microsoft Dynamics and tie to the latest fully executed agreement.
• The PFAA will be responsible for assisting in the initiation of any upfront advance requests with the Invoicing Department upon contract signature
• The PFAA will manage time movement requests for T&M projects in Microsoft Dynamics
• For T&M studies, the PFAA will distribute financial reports to the project teams, including realization, profitability, budget vs actual, and confirm if a Change Order is needed
• Upon Project Completion, PFAA will update Microsoft Dynamics, including study status, provide summary of final financial reporting to the PFA and Project Team, and assist the PFA in final reconciliations of invoicing

Contract Management

• Read and understand the contract to help ensure adherence to project scope and contractual deliverables.

Management, learning & development

• Provide financial support, and work with PFA and study teams to implement corrective actions and process improvements.
• Actively contribute to staff learning & development within the company

Account management, sales & acquisition

• Monitor and assure client satisfaction on finance related activities

Qualifications and characteristics

• Degree in financial administration or business administration field
• Minimum 1 - 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Approachable, outgoing and customer focused
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, challenging environment in a growing company
• Administrative excellence, strong excel and systems background
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong communication, presentation, and networking capabilities

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