Sr. Cost Price Analyst

Job Summary

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
• •Experience interpreting government solicitations
• •Developing pricing models
• •Preparing cost volumes
• •Supporting fact-finding, audits, and negotiations
• •Developing labor rates using company compensation data, market salary surveys, geographic factors, security-clearance requirements, escalation assumptions, and applicable wage determinations
• •Applying company-approved indirect rates and other estimating assumptions
• •Preparing compliant cost and pricing narratives, basis-of-estimate documentation, pricing summaries, and supporting schedules
• •Coordinate with technical and program personnel to validate staffing plans, labor mixes, hours, materials, travel, subcontractor requirements, and other estimating inputs
• •Evaluate proposal pricing for mathematical accuracy, internal consistency, regulatory compliance, reasonableness, and alignment with the technical solution
• •Support subcontractor and vendor pricing analysis, including proposal evaluation, price comparisons, cost analysis, and documentation of fair and reasonable pricing
• •Conduct competitive pricing analysis, scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and price-to-win assessments
• •Support proposal reviews, pricing strategy discussions, management briefings, and approval processes
• •Respond to government evaluation notices, clarification requests, fact-finding questions, audit inquiries, and requests for additional cost or pricing support
• •Assist with Truthful Cost or Pricing Data submissions, certificates of current cost or pricing data, and related disclosure requirements when applicable
• •Maintain organized and auditable pricing files, assumptions, source documentation, approvals, and proposal records
• •Support post-award activities, including rate updates, contract modifications, requests for equitable adjustment, and pricing of additional work
• •Monitor changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, and other requirements affecting government contracting and pricing
• •Develop and improve estimating policies, pricing templates, proposal procedures, and internal controls
• •Ability to translate technical staffing and performance requirements into defensible cost estimates
• •Ability to distinguish between cost analysis, price analysis, and cost realism analysis
• •Ability to clearly document the source, methodology, rationale, and assumptions supporting proposed costs
• •Ability to communicate complex pricing concepts to both financial and nonfinancial stakeholders
• •Ability to work independently while maintaining close coordination with cross-functional proposal teams
• •The position may be performed onsite, remotely, or in a hybrid arrangement based on company and customer requirements in the Colorado Springs or Los Angeles area preferred