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Senior Cost and Pricing Analyst

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Durham, NC, USA
Full-time

Responsible for leading the development, analysis, and finalization of the budget/cost proposal for submission to a variety of funders, including the U.S. Government, non-profit organizations, multilateral donors, commercial corporations, foundations, and foreign governments. Provides regular and ongoing comprehensive financial insight, information, and support to proposal team members and consolidates their inputs to build the proposal budgets and complete cost requirements identified in the solicitations. Provides timely and competitive pricing strategies on proposal bids. Analyzes information, metrics, and data to provide accurate and useful information to the proposal and management team for decision making related to the proposal, with a primary focus on cost realism as it relates to project implementation, compliance, revenue generation, and assessing financial risk to full cost recovery. Participate in departmental initiatives to improve tools, processes, internal capacity building, and report and metric development, and recommend improvements to managemen

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Leads the proposal budget process and develops competitive, compliant, and accurate cost proposals that are responsive to solicitation requirements as well as funder and internal policies.
  • Provides guidance and instructions to partners for the development of sub-award or subcontractor budgets for inclusion in organizational led bids; and provides high quality review and feedback on their proposal budgets.
  • Establishes, maintains and analyzes historical and current price reference documentation and makes recommendations to facilitate optimal pricing decisions.
  • Works on new and existing funder bids as well as supports large, complex modifications to existing awards.
  • Builds proposal budgets, prepares budget templates and budget guidance, drafts cost proposal narratives for the proposal team, and provides high quality review of proposal team input to both the proposal budgets and budget narratives.
  • Provides support for a range of government contracting activities such as acquisition planning/negotiation, evaluation of proposals, and interpretation and application of federal procurement regulations and other procurement guidance related to the proposal budgets.
  • Demonstrates a solid understanding of federal pricing and cost analysis theory, concepts, and principles; and is able to broadly apply these concepts.
  • Familiar with best practices and terminology used in both public and private sector contracting.
  • Works well in teams and is effective in diplomatically communicating orally and in writing with colleagues in offices around the world, leadership, and external customers.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
Educational Background: 
Bachelor's Degree or its International Equivalent • Finance, Business Administration, Accounting or Related Field.
Skills/Experience: 
  • 3 - 5 Years of progressively responsible financial analysis and pricing experience
  • Experience in proposal cost preparation and analysis supporting the federal sector; to include knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), contract cost, and price evaluation techniques, cost accounting standards (CAS) and generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
  • Experience with development of contract price proposals.
  • Knowledge of legislation, regulations, and methods used in Federal contracting.
  • Knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), cost and price analysis techniques.
  • In-depth knowledge and understanding of procurement regulations and contracting principles to plan, develop, implement, maintain and administer all pricing related aspects of the proposal process.
  • Knowledge of negotiation techniques, cost/price analysis, legal and regulatory interpretations, unique terms and conditions, subcontracting requirements and complex technical specifications to assist in developing pre-negotiation strategies and negotiating contract price.
  • Knowledge of public and private sector and legal principles and practices, concepts, terminology, etc.
  • Knowledge of cost evaluation techniques, accounting principles and auditing standards to evaluate vendor proposals.
  • Systems knowledge, including MS Excel; ability to use word processing application software.
  • Non-governmental organization (NGO) experience preferred.
  • Familiarity with USAID rules and regulations preferred.
  • Knowledge in GSA mechanisms preferred.
  • Possess excellent analytical skills and experience using systems to generate financial reports.
  • In-depth knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP), budgeting and fiscal control theory and practices.
  • Knowledge in pricing of various award mechanisms including GSA, grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts inclusive of IDIQ, T&M, FP, CR, and CPFF.
  • Ability to collaborate with others in order and ensure development of compliant cost/price proposals that are professional, accurate, competitive and profitable.
  • Ability to develop all aspects of the budget and budget narrative.
  • Ability to effectively manage large volume of information in fast-paced environment and document basis of cost inputs.
  • Ability to complete all cost proposal requirements identified in the RFP’s or RFA’s using self-generated checklists to ensure all requirements are met.
  • Ability to review and negotiate budgets with subcontractors.
  • Ability to generate and ensure cost strategies and budget models are responsive to specific requirements of solicitations.
  • Ability to independently respond to post-submission funder queries and requests for revision.
  • Ability to develop responsive proposal budget templates and modify existing templates to meet the demands of solicitations or ad-hoc request.
  • Ability to communicate with international/domestic program, technical, and financial staff to obtain and/or verify financial and budget information to ensure quality of complex proposal models.
Compensation/Benefits: 

FHI 360 fosters the strength and health of its workforce through a competitive benefits package, professional development and policies and programs that support healthy work/life balance. Join our global workforce to make a positive difference for others — and yourself.

Job Function: 

Organization Info

Fhi 360

Overview
Headquarters: 
Washington, DC, United States
Annual Budget : 
More than $500M
Founded: 
1974
About Us
Mission: 

To improve lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions for human development.

Why Work For Us?: 

We Believe…

…the key to improving the lives of the world's most vulnerable people lies in generating, sharing, and applying knowledge.

…sustainability comes from improving the capacity of individuals and countries to address their needs.

…in partnerships with governments, civil society organizations, the private sector, and communities.

…in approaches that address human needs as a whole

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Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Feb 19 2019
Active Until: 
Mar 19 2019
Hiring Organization: 
Fhi 360
industry: 
Nonprofit