(Clinical) Financial Coordinator

Job Title: Financial Coordinator

Job Description

As a Financial Coordinator, you will play a crucial role in clinical trial financial management and contract negotiation. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure that the budget for each cancer research study is financially viable, properly funded, contractually approved, and ready to launch without creating financial or compliance risks. You will be tasked with ensuring that the study makes financial sense, identifying all study-related costs, and finalizing contracts and budgets to meet the 120-day activation goal. You will manage 3-4 budgets at any given time.

Responsibilities

• Review new clinical trial protocols to understand the required work.
• Calculate the cost of running the study at the site.
• Build study budgets and negotiate funding with pharmaceutical companies, biotech sponsors, or CROs.
• Determine if a study is financially worthwhile for the cancer center.
• Manage and track research contracts through approval systems.
• Update budgets and contracts when studies are amended.
• Coordinate with investigators, study coordinators, finance teams, legal teams, and sponsors.
• Track progress to ensure studies are activated promptly.

Essential Skills

• Proficiency in clinical trial operations, study protocol, and finance.
• 2-3 years of experience as a Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) supporting clinical research operations, study start-up activities, research administration, finance, regulatory, contracts, or budget management.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel.
• Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and team-player mentality.
• 4-year degree required.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Oncology experience preferred, but not required.
• Experience with Adobe preferred, but not required.
• Possess an optimistic, positive attitude, backbone, open-mindedness, adaptability, and curiosity.

Work Environment

This position is 100% remote. Candidates must have an in-home office setup, including reliable internet and preferably two screens. Candidates must reside in one of the following states: Alaska, California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, or in the Unincorporated Territories of the US (i.e., American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands). Working hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Durham, NC.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $24.00 - $27.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 29, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing winner for both client and talent service.

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