Senior Pricing Analyst – Federal Proposals (Remote)

Altarum; Silver Spring (MD); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaboration Day (6 times per year)

Remote work within approved U.S.States

Job summary

Altarum, a nonprofit focused on improving health for underserved populations, seeks a Pricing Lead to own end-to-end pricing for federal and state proposals. You will build audit-ready cost volumes in Excel, apply FAR Part 31 and 2 CFR 200, and partner with program teams, contracts, HR, and finance to ensure compliant, competitive pricing.

You’ll translate staffing into budgets, validate rates, support audits and post-award analysis, and contribute FP&A activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, or related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on pricing experience for federal and/or state government contracts.
• Advanced Excel skills and comfort building complex, multi-variable pricing models.
• Working knowledge of FAR Part 31 and 2 CFR 200, including experience across contract types (cost-reimbursable, T&M, fixed price).
• Clear communicator who thrives in a collaborative, deadline-driven proposal environment.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end pricing for proposals, from solicitation review and strategy through final cost volume submission.
• Build and maintain audit-ready Excel models including labor, indirects, escalation, fee, and subcontractors.
• Apply and interpret cost principles and requirements such as FAR Part 31, 2 CFR 200, and agency guidance to ensure compliant, responsive pricing.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate staffing and level of effort into budgets, validate rates and assumptions, and integrate subcontractor proposals and required flowdowns.
• Support cost narratives and final proposal reviews, checking for cost realism, consistency with the technical approach, and mathematical accuracy.
• Help strengthen pricing templates, tools, and processes, and provide support for audits, negotiations, and post-award analysis.
• Contribute to select FP&A activities, including supporting budget-to-actual variance analysis and providing pricing data to inform internal financial planning discussions.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical thinking

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, or related field

Tools

GovWin IQ

Salesforce

SharePoint

Power BI

Deltek Costpoint

Job description

Altarum, a nonprofit focused on improving health for underserved populations, seeks a Pricing Lead to own end-to-end pricing for federal and state proposals. You will build audit-ready cost volumes in Excel, apply FAR Part 31 and 2 CFR 200, and partner with program teams, contracts, HR, and finance to ensure compliant, competitive pricing.

You’ll translate staffing into budgets, validate rates, support audits and post-award analysis, and contribute FP&A activities.