IMS Budget Specialist I - Morrisville

IMS Budget Specialist I (Sponsor Dedicated/Hybrid Morrisville, NC)Syneos Health is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to addr ...

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IMS Budget Specialist I (Sponsor Dedicated/Hybrid Morrisville, NC)

Syneos Health is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.  

Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you'll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know: 

WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people. 
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we're able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong. 

Job Responsibilities

IMS Budget Specialist I

Drive Financial Precision in Clinical Trial Delivery

Syneos Health is seeking a detail-oriented and analytically driven IMS Budget Specialist I to support the financial backbone of global clinical trials. In this role, you will serve as a key operational partner, ensuring that investigator payments, contract budgets, and financial systems are aligned, accurate, and inspection-ready.

If you thrive in data-driven environments, enjoy translating contract language into actionable financial structures, and want to play a critical role in study startup and execution, this is a high-visibility opportunity to build deep expertise in clinical trial financial operations.

What You Will Lead & Support:

Contract & Budget Interpretation

• Analyze and interpret payment terms within fully executed Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs).

• Translate contract language into accurate and compliant site budget structures within CTMS.

• Ensure alignment between negotiated contract budgets and system templates.

Financial System Accuracy & Data Integrity

• Input and validate site budget costs within the Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS).

• Perform quality control reviews of cost structures to ensure precision and compliance.

• Maintain and update contractual budget records and financial setup details within enterprise systems.

• Reconcile payment data and support reporting accuracy across multiple platforms.

Payment Strategy & Issue Resolution

• Serve as a subject matter resource to project teams on contract interpretation and investigator payment strategies.

• Proactively contribute to Investigator Payment Planning (IPP) meetings, supporting strategic payment setup for new studies.

• Assist in resolving payment setup discrepancies and operational challenges.

• Ensure vendor financial account information and required tax documentation are complete and compliant.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Operations, Finance, and Legal teams to ensure seamless budget implementation.

• Support multi-study environments while maintaining high attention to detail and deadline adherence.

What You Bring:

• Bachelor's degree required.

• Strong Excel proficiency, including data manipulation and reconciliation.

• Experience with reporting, financial data handling, and budget tracking.

• Ability to interpret contractual payment language and apply it accurately within financial systems.

• Experience working with enterprise financial systems or CTMS platforms preferred.

• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational discipline.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments.

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining accuracy and efficiency.

Why This Role Matters:

Accurate investigator payments and contract alignment are essential to maintaining site relationships, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving study momentum. As an IMS Budget Specialist I, you will directly support the financial integrity of clinical programs—helping ensure that clinical sites are compensated correctly, timelines stay on track, and operational execution runs smoothly.

This role offers a strong foundation for growth within clinical financial operations, study startup, and broader project management pathways.

At  Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position may include a company car or car allowance, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance, and flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time.  Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.

Salary Range:

The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you'll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.  The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description.  The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.   Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.  Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms.  Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.  The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.