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Administrative Assistant - MSD1JP00001074

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Posted 14 hours ago, valid for 15 days
Location

London, Greater London SW1A2DX, England

Salary

£18 per hour

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position involves supporting the finance mailbox, tracking invoices, and responding to NHS site queries regarding payment status.
  • Candidates should have at least 1-2 years of administration experience and strong MS Excel skills.
  • The role requires excellent communication skills, proficiency in IT, and the ability to work independently in a remote setting.
  • A Bachelor's degree or completed job training in office management, administration, finance, or healthcare is preferred.
  • Salary details are not specified, but the role offers opportunities for career growth within a supportive environment.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Support monitoring the finance mailbox, tracking invoices and responding to queries from NHS sites regarding payment status.
  • Support the invoice payment process, by requesting documentation and liaising internally to support approval workflows
  • Support the COM group in liaising with NHS sites and CRAs to address invoice queries.
  • Support the finance taskforce initiative, which is working to ensure all sites are up to date with their invoicing- the work in this area is likely to increase significantly between Dec 2024 and Jun 2025,
  • Support the site personnel compliance workflow activities required for clinical trial contract execution. This work will increase over the next 6-9 months, as the number of sites in set up increases.
  • Support the MSD End of Year finance process in Nov and Dec 2024, ensuring all pending invoices are processed prior to Year End cut off, to minimise accruals.
  • Site budget tracker reconciliation work, to ensure finance process is robust and as efficient as possible.

Experience, Knowledge & Skills:

Essential:

  • Team player that clearly demonstrates positive outlook
  • Excellent IT skills including proficiency in Outlook and Excel, and experience in working on company systems
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Experience of working remotely and self managing workload
  • Prioritisation of workload
  • Administration experience
  • Some knowledge of financial systems

Desirable:

  • Clinical research finance knowledge
  • Experience of work within NHS or pharmaceutical industry
  • Prior experience with eClinicalGPS

Ad Qualifications & Education:

  • Fluent in Local Languages and business proficient in English (verbal and written) and
  • excellent communication skills
  • Hands on knowledge of Good Documentation Practices
  • Good IT skills (Use of MS office, use of some clinical IT applications on computer) and ability
  • to adapt to new IT applications. Strong MS Excel skills required.
  • Effective time management, organizational and interpersonal skills, conflict management
  • Effective communication with external customers (e.g. sites and investigators)
  • High sense of accountability / urgency. Ability to set priorities and handle multiple tasks
  • simultaneously in a changing environment
  • Works effectively in a matrix multicultural environment. Ability to establish and maintain
  • culturally sensitive working relationships.
  • Demonstrates commitment to Customer focus, both internally and externally.
  • Able to work independently
  • Proactive attitude to solving problems / proposing solutions
  • Positive mindset, growth mindset
  • Completed job training (office management, administration, finance, health care preferred) or Bachelor's Degree

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