The Verification Associate is a highly motivated, responsible, analytical thinker and detail-oriented professional. The Verification Associate will assist with ensuring M3 recruits and retains panel members of high quality, providing support to the Operations team regarding respondent issues on a per project basis and providing general back up and support to the Panel/Support teams. This position includes conducting detailed desk research while also having direct communication, via phone and email, with panellists throughout the day.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Ability to clearly communicate with users and participants on the issues and resolve in accordance with policy
- Examine participant and panel provided documentation for authenticity or potential fraudulence
- Verify and validate quality of participants and their responses prior to participation in studies via desk research, direct communication
- Review respondents scheduled for marketing research projects and follow procedures to validate respondents prior to deadline
- Ability to think out of the box in a fast paced, quick turn environment providing suggested routes of action based on discovered information or taking direct action in user accounts
- Verify physicians and other healthcare professionals using provided system and protocols
- Work with potential panellists and obtain necessary information to verify or identify fraudulence
- Conduct reverse image searches to validate verification
- Ensure that validation tasks assigned are fully executed within the given timelines
- Track bad data issues reported by Operations and handle appropriate communication to participants including matters regarding non-payment due to data quality issues
- Manage post data collection validation process when requested by clients, work with overseas team as needed. Collaborate with non-validated users to successfully complete validation
Outcomes
Requirements Include:
- 2+ years of direct customer service experience with diverse audiences, preferably in the market research and/or medical/healthcare field preferred
- Previous experience in areas of fraud investigation, auditing, etc strongly preferred.
- Highly competent at identifying altered documentation, keen eye for details, internet savvy for the purpose of accurately investigating individuals and reaching conclusions. Strong desk research skills
- Familiarity with physician s and other healthcare professional s educational and career paths preferred
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Self-motivated and able to prioritize tasks throughout the workday. Understands sense of urgency and when it is needed, can shift focus quickly and independently. Equally comfortable working on repetitive tasks for long durations as well as dynamic, new and unique projects and tasks.
- Exceptional time management, organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to multitask
- Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills
- Must have ability to work autonomously and in team environment to successfully meet individual and departmental objectives
