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Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

* Prepare the annual budget submission to the NIH for current awarded government grants. Major components of the annual request include the development of a budget and price estimate using standard models and development of well-written proposal text with corresponding assumptions, a compelling message detailing the projects accomplishments, and a clear.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Responsible for generating proposals according to client RFP specs and PRA policies.
• Interacted with proposal and clinical development teams to ensure essential bid information is accurate, complete, and integrated into the bidding system
• Organized cross-functional teams to develop proposal strategy, response and pricing
• Resolved Sales, Clinical Operations and other Therapeutic Expert review comments and incorporate into bid
• Established and managed deadlines throughout the production cycle of RFP
• Utilized my Finance and Clinical Development background and was able to identify potential problems that would put the proposal at risk.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Review and process investigator grants/payments and vendor payments, as needed to ensure budgetary contractual agreements are met.
• Facilitate communication and flow of information between the Study Team, Vendors and Investigator Site Personnel by sending and requesting documents, channeling requests for supplies, problems or questions to the.
• Assist CPMs in the reconciliation of vendor invoices against previous payments, achieved milestones and contractual agreements.
• Assist CPMs with maintenance of study budget(s).
• Distribute Safety Alerts to Investigators and to ensure compliance with SOPs and Regulatory Guidelines as needed.
• Contribute to the update of trial status report(s) and overviews.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

· Collection and application of customer payments· Reconciliation of customer accounts· Investigate and resolve customer queries and payment irregularities· Develop and maintain a positive, professional working relationship with customers· General ledger account reconciliation· Post cash/credit card revenue· Reporting and analysis· Develop and implement.

• Responsible for HRIS functionality, HR data analytics, data integrity, reporting and analysis.
• Designed, implemented, evaluated and analyzed data and reporting mechanisms to bring clarity to HR related issues and overall trends in the organization.
• Worked closely with HR staff and senior management.
• Worked with HR team to launch the use of SAP SuccessFactors for performance management.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Performed all key accounting responsibilities for both the Research and Development and Operations divisions in four key areas: Project Management, Management Reporting, Accounting and Contracts.
• Demonstrated ability to assess an organization’s finance needs as well as define and implement actionable solutions
• Provided Project Management leadership to both onshore and offshore teams
• Proven ability to manage vendor and employee relationships
• Superb leadership skills with proven ability to communicate and work effectively with all employment levels

• Provided a high level of customer service in the areas of accounts payable, purchasing, T&E and other general areas of finance.
• Created and entered journal entries, reconciled vendor statements and handled disputes.
• Approved employee expenses per the global travel policy.
• Provided purchase orders as well as timely payments to vendors as well as employee T&E.
• Prepared, audited and processed check runs for the RTP site.
• Entered vendors using W9 forms and used the TIN matching to verify information.

Performed Accounts Payable duties, as well as Purchasing and Procurement.

Assistant to Director of Human Resources. Responsible for supporting staff of 3, managing the Front Desk Receptionist, as well as overseeing the facility vendors and inventory.

Master Of Science, Project Management

Bachelor Of Science, Communications