IMS Specialist I – Payments Analyst, Clinical Trials, Advanced English

Syneos Health

Payments Analyst processing payments to Investigators & Institutions in clinical trials at Syneos Health. Collaborates with internal teams to ensure accurate funding and payment management.

Posted 7/9/2026full-timeBuenos Aires • 🇦🇷 ArgentinaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Oracle

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Investigator Management Solutions Specialist I administers payments to Investigators & Institutions participating in clinical trials in accordance with sponsor and Organization’s requirements.
Works with internal teams to ensure appropriate funding prior to administering payments, keeps internal and external team members aware of site payment status and issues.
Processes investigator payments by managing the investigator payment portion in various CTMS Tools like IMPACT, Medidata, and Clinpay etc.
Reviewing data with project manager for quality and completeness.
Processing and creating approved grant payment requests via the CTMS Tools and forwarding or interfacing with A/P; and distributing investigator payments to respective sites.
Facilitates site payments with internal groups such as clinical operations, project management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and site contracts teams.
Coordinates with regional colleagues to ensure holistic global view of project payment/funding status.
Collaborates with accounts receivable and project management to ensure advance funding is received from sponsors on a timely basis for global project needs and deposits are available before site payments are processed.
Creates, maintains, and reconciles MS Excel Project Grant Tracker as necessary.
Reviews and interrogates Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs) and CTA amendments to ensure payments are made according to the documented payment terms and schedule.
Prompts project teams through grants payment process and system navigation, as needed.
Researches, compiles, and creates necessary information as required in support of sponsor invoicing.
Identifies and works with clinical team to follow up on invoice discrepancies, past due invoices and to request refunds from sites.
Ensures proper account and project coding are applied to third party invoices as it relates to investigator payments.
Creates project reports as requested from sponsors, operations, accounting and/or upper management to support Sunshine Act reporting & various other statutory reports, monthly close process and ad hoc financial analysis.
Assists Investigator Payments Manager with Audits of site payments and sponsor deposits.
Minimal travel may be required (up to 25%).
Works with sponsor systems and applications as required by the project.

Requirements

What you’ll need

BA/BS degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, plus some financial experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Strong proficiency in using Excel for spreadsheet analysis. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), email, and voicemail.
Oracle experience preferred but not mandatory.
Foreign language proficiency preferred.
Ability to organize and prioritize work to meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.
Above average attention to detail, and interpersonal skills with a team-oriented approach.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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 building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Financial AnalysisPayment ProcessingData ReviewProject ReportingAccount Coding

Soft Skills

Organizational SkillsAttention to DetailTeam-Oriented ApproachCommunication Skills