Pricing Intern — Government Proposals & Finance

ICF; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 38,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF is seeking a motivated Pricing Associate Intern to join our Corporate Pricing Team. This 10-week summer internship offers hands-on experience in developing compliant pricing solutions for federal, state, local, and commercial clients. You’ll work with finance, contracts, and proposal professionals to build pricing models and support proposals.

The role is full-time over the summer with hybrid options from Reston, VA or other U.S. locations.

Qualifications

• By start date at least 15 completed credit hours in Accounting, Data Analytics, Economics, Finance, Management, Supply Chain Management or related field.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including formulas, data organization, workbook review, and the ability to learn and work with detailed pricing models.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work accurately with financial, operational, and proposal data.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize assumptions, analyses, and recommendations for different audiences.
• Attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to follow structured processes and meet deadlines.
• Interest in cost estimation, pricing, financial analysis, business operations, government consulting, or government contracting.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of timely, accurate, and compliant cost and business proposals that help ICF compete effectively and deliver strong value to clients.
• Review requests for proposals and related documents to identify pricing requirements, evaluation criteria, submission instructions, compliance considerations, and key assumptions.
• Assist in building, maintaining, and quality-checking pricing models, including labor, other direct costs, travel, subcontractor costs, indirect rates, fees, and escalation assumptions.
• Collect, organize, and analyze cost inputs from operations, subcontractors, finance, contracts, and other stakeholders to support complete, clear, and defensible pricing submissions.
• Document pricing assumptions, methodologies, and supporting rationale so proposal teams and reviewers can easily understand how pricing aligns with the proposed technical approach.
• Participate in pricing strategy discussions, proposal reviews, color team reviews, and internal approval processes by preparing analyses and responding to reviewer feedback.
• Prepare financial analyses, scenario comparisons, and pricing summaries that help proposal teams evaluate competitiveness, profitability, and risk.
• Contribute ideas to improve pricing templates, tools, quality controls, and processes that support consistency, compliance, and efficiency across proposals.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Interest in cost estimation

Education

15+ credit hours in accounting/finance/analytics

Tools

Excel

Job description

ICF is seeking a motivated Pricing Associate Intern to join our Corporate Pricing Team. This 10-week summer internship offers hands-on experience in developing compliant pricing solutions for federal, state, local, and commercial clients. You’ll work with finance, contracts, and proposal professionals to build pricing models and support proposals.

The role is full-time over the summer with hybrid options from Reston, VA or other U.S. locations.