Proposal Financial Analyst (US Citizen) - Lynchburg, VA - JP6967

We've determined which skillsets are most beneficial for this role. These skills are listed first below as the Must Haves and Nice to Haves our hiring team highly prefers. Below that you'll find the standard job description for this opportunity.

Must Haves:

• Strong Excel (pivots, x look up, vlookups, work in large database/lots of tabs)
• Reviewing Bids and analysis proposals/bill of materials
• Bachelors' in Finance or Business with 2+ years of related experience
• 2 year/AS degree with 6+ years' experience
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent proposal tasks and prioritize them appropriately
• Excellent communication skills
• Want someone that "wants to work"
• Demonstrated Organizational skills and ability to multi-task.
• Self-starter/Self-motivated to set priorities and finish taks by deadlines
• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting Business or related discipline and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience or 2 years post-Secondary/ Associates Degree and a minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.

Nice to Haves:

• Understanding terms and conditions/RFPs
• Understanding a sales cycle

Job Description:
Support the front end of the business as a financial analyst on bids and proposals going through the Public Safety and Professional Communications Proposal Center. Must be comfortable in a dynamic, fast paced environment with the ability to prioritize and multi-task while working on multiple proposal teams simultaneously.

Essential Functions:

• As an integral member on proposal teams, reviewing and understanding RFP documents for requirements such as base and optional scope, terms and conditions, bonds, customer directed price page format, etc., is instrumental in supporting the proposal process and deliverables.
• Key responsibilities include incorporating Bills of Material into the financial template, leading proposal cost scrubs, gross margin analysis and cash flow modeling to achieve or exceed the established targets, prepare financial charts, address questions, perform what-if analysis during pricing meetings and translate the solution to customer facing price pages.
• While being consultative throughout the process, educate and prepare Sales to present financial data for internal price reviews and customer facing meetings.
• The analyst will continue with financial support on post-submittal activities to include customer evaluation questions, oral interviews, scope changes and negotiations. Upon contract, the analyst is responsible for revision control and turning over the final "as sold" financial file for execution and implementation.
• Take full ownership and accountability on all proposals assigned with the ability to effectively communicate to management on key proposal information, status updates, financials and required approval meetings per the Delegation of Authority.
• Proposal schedules and follow-on support may require availability during non-standard hours on occasion. Other responsibilities include but are not limited to metrics, audit support and process improvements.

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