**Work Schedule** Standard (Mon-Fri) **Environmental Conditions** Office **Job Description** 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. **Location/Division Specific Information** Our Site Contracts and Payments team partners closely with a variety of groups across our Clinical Development Services Division to deliver contracts with sites and process payments throughout the life of a study. **Discover Impactful Work:** As Associate Project Manager within Site Payments you will contribute to the management of studies to ensure project deliverables and targets are met according to the highest quality standards. You will also liaise with internal teams to provide payment status updates and identify and resolve issues. You will be responsible for supporting functional leads and assisting in contract modification development. Responsibilities may include reviewing and approving site payments, budgets and reconciliations. **A day in the Life:** + Contributes to study management, ensuring that individual project targets are met and services are provided according to the highest quality standards, policies and procedures. Escalates project risks appropriately. + Plans and communicates to team members study specific tasks and project priorities. + Analyzes and interprets various financial reports and monitors project finances. + Trains study teams on site payment process, including setting expectations around site payments' requirements and deliverables. + Generates reports for study-level KPIs and metrics; evaluates and interprets data. Escalate performance issues to management. + Attends internal team meetings and provides updates on payment statuses as well as external meetings with the clients if needed. Manages escalations (project team, site and sponsor) regarding payment issues. + May review and approve payments, budgets, and/or reconciliations, etc., in accordance with procedural documents and site contracts **Keys to Success:** **Education** + Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification. **Experience** + Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0to 2 years). **Knowledge, Skills, Abilities** **Decent organizational and negotiation skills** + Good attention to detail + Capable of handling multiple time sensitive tasks efficiently and effectively + Flexible and able to reprioritize workload to meet changing project needs + Good computer skills, proficient in MS Word and Excel and CTMS, EDC or financial systems + Experience of working in a project matrix structure + Capable of mentoring and coaching others + Effective communication skills, which includes English language (oral, written) and other languages would be an advantage (where applicable) + Capable of extracting pertinent information from study documentation such as protocol, contracts,budgets, etc. and performing data entry and review of such documents + Capable of effectively analyzing project specific data/systems to ensure accuracy and efficiency + Basic understanding of country regulatory and/or applicable tax regulations **Physical Requirements / Work Environment** Thermo Fisher Scientific values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role: + Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner. + Able to work upright and stationary for typical working hours. + Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency. + Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities. + May require travel. (Recruiter will provide more details.) **Benefits** We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation! 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.