Change Orders Manager

Position Summary:

The Change Orders Manager will lead change order budget creation activities between project management, functional leads, and the financial analysts in order to develop, explain, and provide variance analysis for the change orders in preparation for presentation to the client. The Change Orders Manager will contribute to the tracking and record keeping of change order requests in order to develop departmental metrics, and lead and/or actively participate in internal and client calls on a routine basis.

Essential functions of the job include but are not limited to:

• Work collaboratively with project management, financial analysts, functional leads, and other contributing parties in order to produce a high-quality change order which is meaningful, accurate, and in accordance with the changes in assumptions on a timely basis.
• Provide review of changes in assumptions to the budget in order to work with the extended project team to identify information gaps and/or discrepancies, unique service requirements in order to translate information into budgets.
• Actively communicate with the project team and other key stakeholders both within and outside the organization in order to support the timely and accurate delivery of change orders.
• Schedule and lead the change order alignment calls with the extended project team.
• Prepare, edit, and customize change order text to accurately reflect the strategic message, changes in assumptions, budget summaries, changes in resourcing, and additional financial requirements.
• Incorporate vendor and partner change orders into the main change order as applicable while ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Ensure all information is accurate and clearly stated including assumptions, processes described, changes from prior executed agreements inclusive of resourcing updates, timeline shifts, country/site/patient changes, etc.
• Meticulous attention to the use of financial formulas to ensure an accurate change order which includes, but not limited to: cross checks, formula review, reasonable testing, etc.

Qualifications:

Minimum Required: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in science, finance/accounting or related business field.

Other Required: Ideally at least 3 years experience with change orders preparation in an excel based costing tool. Must have clinical CRO budgeting experience. Working knowledge of project budgets, financial analysis, advanced excel skills with a meticulous attention to detail.

Precision for Medicine is the first global precision medicine clinical research services organization, purpose-built to improve the clinical research and development process for new therapeutics. Our novel approach integrates clinical operations excellence, with laboratory expertise, and advanced data sciences to inform every step. We apply our expertise to trials at all stages—from early development through approval—with embedded experience in oncology and rare disease.