Senior Cost and Pricing Manager, Arlington, VA

Senior Cost and Pricing Manager, Arlington, VA

Company Profile:

Management Systems International (MSI), a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, D.C. metro area management consultancy with a 40-year history of delivering results for our clients. Our expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation; democracy and governance; peace and stability; rule of law and accountability; education; gender and inclusion; strategic communications; and leadership and organizational development. MSI has implemented projects in 90 countries around the world such as Afghanistan, Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria and Ukraine, and works domestically. We support clients ranging from the U.S. Government (e.g., the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Departments of State and Labor, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation) to large bilateral and multilateral donors (e.g., the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program). We also work with national and local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

Position Summary:

The Senior Cost and Pricing Manager is responsible for leading the preparation of Cost Proposals, including the proposal budgets and all accompanying financial and required documentation in support of MSI’s bids and proposals, as an integral member of MSI’s Cost & Pricing Team.

Responsibilities:

• Provides cost & pricing support on a full range of proposals to include both domestic and overseas opportunities.
• Determine optimal price points for bids and conduct price-to-win analysis.
• Ensure cost proposals meet profitability rates and targets set by the organization.
• Prepares and/or updates budget spreadsheet templates for various contracting mechanisms.
• Facilitate accuracy and consistency in how budget data is compiled and presented.
• Assess pricing and estimating approaches used throughout MSI.
• Identify and recommend best practices for companywide use.
• Collect cost and pricing data for bids, including in-country cost data, market data for cost line items.
• Utilize and maintain cost and pricing models and narratives, schedules, and technical elements in the development of proposals in accordance with request for proposal (RFP) specifications.
• Determine anticipated direct costs and indirect rates for a variety of proposal types to comply with bid requirements and MSI’s costing standards.
• Provides training on the use of existing pricing templates, toolsets and processes, to MSI staff.
• Collaborates with project managers and other MSI staff to ensure that all contract pricing activities comply with company requirements and policies.
• Actively participates in all proposal Red and Green Team reviews, Post Proposal and Post Award reviews.
• Provide capacity development to small and local subcontractors in budget preparation, indirect cost rate or multiplier development, and other supporting documentation.
• Conduct salary, benefits and allowances negotiations.
• Negotiate with partners and subcontractor organizations.
• Ensure partners’ budgets and cost proposal documentation are compliant with donor and solicitation requirements.
• Ensure subcontractors have adequate systems to manage donor funds.
• Determine optimal subcontract type depending on subcontractor capacity.
• Prepares justifications and supporting documentation to secure client waivers and approvals for subcontractors, grantees, personnel, etc.
• Prepare consent documents for subcontracts, including collecting and analyzing documentation, and completing competitive processes where required.
• Review client requests for proposals (RFPs) in developing pricing strategies.
• Send pricing data calls to subcontractors.
• Responds to pricing data calls by prime contractors as needed.
• Review draft and final award documents for consistency of financial and costing data with cost proposals.
• Provide analyses and documentation to project implementation team.
• Collaborate with Technical teams, Project Managers and Financial Management Team (FMT).
• Assess financial implications of teaming, staffing and procurement decisions for bids and post-award implementation.
• Work with Project Managers and Contracts Department in the development of budgets for Contract Modifications.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, finance, business, or equivalent field of studies.
• At minimum five year’s work experience in cost and pricing and/or budget management
• Demonstrate experience preparing and/or managing budgets for USAID and/or other international development agencies.
• Knowledge of USG procurement regulations and of FAR/AIDAR.
• Substantial experience in the use of Excel for budget preparation.
• Excellent communications skills, in written and spoken English.

MSI is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We strive to develop and maintain a culture that honors the perspectives and identities of our employees, our communities and those impacted by our work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

MSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities/Veterans Employer.

Reasonable Accommodations: MSI is dedicated to hiring an inclusive workforce. If you would like to request reasonable accommodations during the application process, please email [email protected] with Reasonable Accommodations in the title. Our recruitment team looks forward to engaging in an interactive process to provide reasonable accommodations for candidates.

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

To apply: Please visit our website, www.msiworldwide.com

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