Manager, Pricing & Cost Estimating
Job in
Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, 39701, USA
Listed on 2026-11-01
Listing for:
Stark Aerospace
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-11-01
Job specializations:
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Finance & Banking
Financial Analyst, Financial Compliance, Risk Manager/Analyst
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of detailed cost estimates and pricing models for competitive and sole-source government proposals.
- Prepare bottom-up estimates based on labor, material, subcontract, travel, and other direct cost inputs.
- Develop and maintain pricing models for firm fixed price, cost plus, time and materials, and other contract types.
- Conduct price to win, sensitivity, affordability, and competitive analyses to support capture strategy.
- Evaluate cost, schedule, technical, and execution risks and incorporate appropriate pricing assumptions.
Development
- Collaborate with Engineering, Program Management, Operations, and Subject Matter Experts to develop and validate Basis of Estimate documentation
- Review labor hour estimates, technical assumptions, material requirements and program execution plans for completeness and realism.
- Ensure traceability between technical, management and cost proposal volumes.
- Lead preparation of cost and pricing volumes in response to Requests for Proposal (RFPs), Requests for Quote (RFQs) and other government solicitations.
- Ensure proposal compliance with solicitation instructions, evaluation criteria and submission requirements.
- Coordinate cost volume content, pricing narratives and supporting documentation across multiple functions.
- Review supplier and subcontractor cost proposals and price quotations
- Perform cost and price analyses to determine price reasonableness and adequacy
- Support subcontract proposal evaluations and negotiations
- Ensure compliance with FAR subcontract cost analysis requirements
- Apply approved indirect rate structures, including fringe, overhead, material handling and General & Administrative (G&A) rates.
- Partner with Finance and Accounting teams to assess forward pricing rates and long-range financial impacts.
- Analyze profit objectives, investment requirements and business case considerations
- Ensure proposal compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), Cost Accounting Standards, (CAS) and Truthful Cost or pricing Data requirements.
- Maintain audit ready proposal documentation supporting all pricing assumptions and methodologies.
- Interpret regulatory changes and implement compliant estimating practices.
- Support Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) audits, fact finding sessions and proposal reviews.
- Respond to government questions regarding labor, material, indirect rates and estimating methodologies.
- Prepare supporting analyses and documentation for internal and external audits.
- Lead pricing reviews during capture and proposal development phases.
- Present pricing recommendations and risk assessments during management reviews including Pink Team, Red Team and Executive Review sessions.
- Advise senior leadership on pricing strategy, win probability and financial performance considerations.
- Mentor pricing analysts and estimators and support continuous process improvement initiatives.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics or related field.
- 7+ years of experience in government contract pricing, cost estimating, program finance or proposal management.
- Extensive experience supporting U.S Government and Department of Defense proposal efforts.
- Strong knowledge of FAR, DFARS, CAS and Truthful Cost or Pricing Data requirements.
- Experience developing cost volumes for competitive and sole source acquisitions.
- Advanced proficiency in…
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