Sr. Cost Price Analyst (Part-Time)
$106,080–$124,800 year
On-siteColorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Job Summary
Review Requests for Proposals and task order solicitations to identify pricing requirements and submission instructions. Develop detailed cost and price models for competitive and sole-source proposals, including labor, materials, subcontracts, and indirect costs. Prepare pricing for cost-reimbursement, time-and-materials, and fixed-price contract types while applying company-approved indirect rates. Coordinate with technical and program personnel to validate staffing plans and estimating inputs. Evaluate proposal pricing for mathematical accuracy, regulatory compliance, and alignment with technical solutions. Support subcontractor pricing analysis, competitive pricing assessments, and fact-finding or audit inquiries. Maintain organized, auditable pricing files and support post-award activities such as rate updates and contract modifications. Monitor changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation and develop internal estimating policies.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business administration, mathematics, or a related discipline
- Relevant experience may be considered in place of a degree
- At least five years of relevant experience for the mid-level position
- Eight years of relevant experience for the senior-level position
- Experience developing cost and price proposals for DoD or other federal government customers
- Working knowledge of the FAR and DFARS requirements applicable to government contract pricing
- Experience with multiple government contract types, including fixed-price, cost-reimbursement, time-and-materials, and labor-hour contracts
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including complex formulas, linked worksheets, pivot tables, scenario modeling, and large pricing workbooks
- Ability to analyze detailed financial and technical information and identify inconsistencies, omissions, risks, and unsupported assumptions
- Ability to manage multiple assignments and meet firm proposal deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- High level of accuracy, attention to detail, organization, and professional judgment
- Ability to work effectively with technical, operational, contracts, finance, accounting, human resources, and executive personnel
- Ability to handle proprietary, procurement-sensitive, and confidential information appropriately
- U.S. citizenship
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting proposals for the Department of the Air Force, U.S. Space Force, or other defense and intelligence community customers
- Experience pricing work requiring cleared personnel or highly specialized technical labor
- Experience with government cost and price analysis, indirect-rate development, forward-pricing-rate agreements, or incurred-cost submissions
- Experience with the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, and other requirements affecting government contracting and pricing
- Experience supporting Defense Contract Audit Agency or Defense Contract Management Agency reviews
- Experience with General Services Administration schedules, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts, multiple-award contracts, and task-order competitions
- Experience using pricing, accounting, enterprise resource planning, or proposal-management systems
- Experience developing price-to-win analyses and competitive pricing strategies
- Current or prior security clearance
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