Pricing Analyst

ARA; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a committed Pricing Analyst to enhance their team. This role focuses on compliance in government contracting, requiring strong analytical and communication skills, with opportunities for career growth in a collaborative environment. The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience in pricing analyses and cost proposal development.

Benefits

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Excellent benefits

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in a government contracting environment.
• Knowledge of FAR/DFAR regulations.
• Experience with cost proposal development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee ARA’s cost proposal review program.
• Support cost proposal reviews for compliance.
• Provide training on cost proposal development.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Time management

Detail-oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Excel

Power Point

Job description

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If you have in depth experience in pricing in a FAR/DFAR environment, as well as analyzing cost proposals for compliance and consider yourself to be a trusted business partner that your team and customers turn to for value added pricing assessments with exceptional results, this might be just what you are looking for. This unique opportunity would provide you the ability to learn and grow your analytical skills within this great and growing company.

Part of our team’s mission is to provide pricing compliance in accordance with customer requests or contractual obligations, government regulations and ARA standards through evaluation, communication and collaboration while allowing our technical partners to focus on delivering results. We are looking for a Pricing Analyst who is a self-starter with excellent pricing skills, written and verbal communication skills, outstanding customer service background, detail orientated, and thrives in a team environment.

We are offering a great opportunity to become an employee-owner, enjoy excellent benefits, and support an organization full of brilliant employee-owners that together work to meet ARA’s mission to solve problems of national importance.

Learn more about us at ARA.com

What will you do as a Pricing Analyst? You will be responsible for the following areas:

• Lead and oversee ARA’s cost proposal review program
• Serve as the primary resource for questions regarding proposal pricing standards
• Support cost proposal reviews to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with requests for proposals or contract requirements, FAR/DFARs regulations and ARA’s cost estimating procedures
• Review solicitations when necessary to assist with questions concerning cost proposal development
• Work closely with Division proposal staff to provide cost proposal development support and assist with any pricing compliance related questions
• Provide clear feedback to proposal team on pricing issues related to proposals
• Provide compliance-based recommendations for improving cost proposal development and review processes based on ARA procedures and standards
• Perform audits on cost proposals to ensure proposal submissions are compliant with ARA’s estimating procedures
• Deliver general cost proposal development and expert evaluation training to internal stakeholders
• Maintaining and expanding your knowledge of government and commercial contract pricing standards and regulations
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

What our Pricing Analyst needs to have (required skills)?

• Previous work in a government contracting environment
• Proven experience with developing and reviewing government cost proposals; additional experience reviewing commercial cost proposals a plus
• In depth knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition
  
  

Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and other government agency supplements cost proposal submission requirements

• Expert understanding /experience developing cost proposals/budgets for various contract types, including Time and Materials, Cost type, and Fixed Price contracts
• Must be customer service focused and have excellent time management skills
• Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Must be detail-oriented and well organized
• Ability to take initiative
• Requires the ability to communicate well (both verbally and written), and work collaboratively as a team member or on an individual basis
• Must be self-sufficient, flexible and able to work under tight timelines
• Strong computer and presentation skills, practical knowledge and advanced experience with Excel and Power Point
• Experience working in a remote environment
• Education: Bachelor's with a minimum of 5-7 years of experience, or a Master’s with 3-5 years of experience.
  
  

Applied Research Associates, Inc. Company Information

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is a 100% employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 1,600 employee-owners and continues to grow. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership inspires greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take active roles as employee-owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employee-owner’s contributions not only bolster the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please apply at careers.ara.com.

Please visit our Careers page to learn more about employee-ownership, ARA benefits and explore some of our featured offices.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing and Sales

• Industries

  Software Development, Defense and Space Manufacturing, and Research Services

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