[Remote] Senior Pricing Analyst
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Altarum is a company focused on improving health and healthcare through research and collaboration. They are seeking a Senior Pricing Analyst to own end-to-end pricing for proposals, build audit-ready models, and ensure compliance with cost principles. The role includes collaborating with cross-functional teams and contributing to financial planning discussions.
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 that are clear, accurate, and easy to defend
- 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
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, or a 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
- Candidates must be currently eligible to work in the United States; sponsorship is not available
- All work must be performed within the continental U.S. for the duration of employment, unless required by contract
- Ability to work core hours aligned with Eastern Time, unless otherwise approved by your manager
- Remote employees must maintain a dedicated, ergonomically appropriate workspace free from distractions, with reliable internet and a mobile device that supports efficient work
- Pricing experience for health-focused programs (e.g., HHS/CMS/CDC/NIH/HRSA; Medicaid/public health)
- Familiarity with GSA Schedules and contract vehicles such as IDIQs/GWACs
- Experience supporting audits and indirect rate activities (e.g., DCAA) and/or competitive price-to-win work
- Familiarity with tools such as GovWin IQ, Salesforce, SharePoint, Power BI, and/or Deltek Costpoint
- Some exposure to FP&A concepts or processes, such as budget development, variance reporting, or financial forecasting
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