Pricing Analyst

Cognizant; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Hyderabad is seeking a pricing and deal desk professional to support pre-sales pricing for enterprise-wide deals. You will partner with Sales, Finance, and Operations to structure pricing and maintain pricing integrity across deals.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and 3+ years in pricing, finance, or sales ops, with strong communication, Excel skills, and the ability to manage multiple updates in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or finance, required.
• 3+ years experience in Pricing, Finance, Deal Desk or sales operations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Drive deal pricing and act as the pricing liaison for field sales and cross-functional teams (finance, legal, order management).
• Advise field sales on pricing, product configuration, and business matters, ensuring adherence to approval policies.
• Engage with Sales/Deal Desk/Cross-functional teams to resolve pricing/OTC issues.
• Identify workflow gaps and opportunities for process improvement.
• Maintain knowledge material and training content for the Support domain.

Skills

Pricing

Finance

Deal Desk

Sales Ops

Customer success

Communication

Education

BA/BS in Business or Finance

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Basic Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree minimum.
• 1+ years experience, in pricing, finance, deal desk , sales ops, customer success (min 1+)
• Strong clear communication with customer centricity
• Basic to intermediate understanding of excel

Preferred Qualifications

• Solutioning mindset
• Attention to detail
• Adapting to change and ability to retain high volume of updates & Continuous Learning Mindset upskilling
• High-growth environment experience.
• Excellent collaboration skills.
• Drive fast paced outcomes.
• Analytical problem-solving mindset.
• Experience cross-functional teams.
• Supported B2B enterprise sales.

Detailed Description:

Service Description:

• The Supplier will provide a managed service focused on pre-sales pricing support. The Supplier personnel will work with sales teams across all levels to structure and execute strategic enterprise-wide deals.
• Guarantee that pricing integrity is maintained by ensuring deals follow proper operational guidelines. Build productive relationships with Sales, Pricing, Operations, Deal Desk and Finance teams.
• Drive deal pricing by being the single resource for field sales and act as a liaison with all organizations involved in the agreement process (finance, legal, order management, etc.) on behalf of sales
• Serve as a trusted advisor to field sales on product pricing and configuration and business matters and serve as an escalation point to business partners and ensure compliance with business approval policies

Regions supported: GLOBAL

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Drive deal pricing, including being a one-touch resource for field sales; responsible for liaising with all organizations involved in the agreement process (finance, legal, order management, etc.) on behalf of sales.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to field sales on pricing and product configuration, and business teams; serve as an escalation point to business partners and ensure compliance with business approval policies.
• Engage directly with Sales/Deal Desk/Xfn Teams as necessary through both written and verbal communications, helping to resolve pricing/OTC issues directly
• Support team manager to identify and implement workflow gaps and areas for process improvement opportunities
• Maintain knowledge management material, training content and change management for their Support domain.

Basic Qualifications:

• BA/BS or any bachelor's degree in business, Finance, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in Pricing, Finance, Deal Desk or sales operations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with proven stakeholder management experience. (Non-negotiable)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Experience working in high-growth, performance-focused environments.
• Collaboration skills - Ability to inspire and influence decision making in a cross-functional capacity.
• Commitment - Ability to drive key initiatives to successful outcomes in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Analytical & Problem-solving mindset.
• Self-starter who has experience working in highly cross functional teams
• Experience working with and/or supporting B2B enterprise sales organization.