Senior Pricing Associate

ICF is seeking a detail-oriented and collaborative Senior Pricing Associate to join our Corporate Pricing this role you will support the development of accurate compliant and competitive pricing solutions for ICF proposals while taking on increased ownership of standard pricing activities and routine proposal pricing support. You will work with pricing team members operations teams capture managers contracts finance subcontractors and proposal professionals to review solicitation requirements build and quality-check pricing models organize cost inputs and help prepare clear and defensible cost and business proposals for federal state local and commercial clients.

This role is best suited for an experienced associate who can execute standard pricing work with growing independence apply judgment to routine pricing questions identify and escalate more complex issues and help support newer team members. The successful candidate will bring strong Excel skills analytical curiosity attention to detail professionalism and the ability to balance multiple assignments in a deadline-driven proposal environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development of timely accurate compliant and competitive 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 assumptions and potential issues.

• Build maintain update and quality-check standard pricing models including labor other direct costs travel subcontractor costs indirect rates fees and escalation assumptions with limited oversight.

• Collect organize and review cost inputs from operations subcontractors finance contracts and other stakeholders to support complete and accurate pricing submissions.

• Perform standard cost analyses variance checks and pricing summaries to support proposal reviews internal approvals and stakeholder decision-making.

• Document pricing assumptions methodologies supporting rationale and open questions so proposal teams and reviewers can understand how pricing supports the proposed technical approach.

• Participate in pricing strategy discussions proposal reviews color team reviews and internal approval processes by preparing supporting materials and responding to routine reviewer feedback.

• Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders to resolve routine pricing questions clarify inputs and support timely proposal delivery.

• Identify and escalate complex pricing compliance modeling or schedule concerns to pricing leadership or senior team members.

• Share knowledge answer routine questions and provide informal support to newer pricing team members as needed.

• Contribute ideas to improve pricing templates tools quality controls and processes that support consistency compliance and efficiency across proposals.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Business Accounting Finance Economics Mathematics or a related field or equivalent professional experience in lieu of a degree.

• Experience supporting pricing cost analysis financial analysis proposal development government contracting professional services pricing or related business operations.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel including formulas data organization workbook review quality checks and the ability to 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 inputs analyses and open questions for pricing team members and proposal stakeholders.

• Attention to detail sound judgment and the ability to manage multiple assignments follow structured processes and meet deadlines in a fast-paced proposal environment.

• Ability to work core hours Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to government contracting proposal development professional services pricing cost accounting principles and the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

• Experience building updating or quality-checking pricing models for labor other direct costs travel subcontractors indirect rates fees escalation or profitability.

• Experience reviewing solicitation instructions pricing templates evaluation criteria contract requirements and compliance considerations.

• Ability to prepare standard cost analyses variance checks pricing summaries and supporting documentation for proposal reviews or internal approvals.

• Experience using Microsoft Office tools including Word PowerPoint Teams Outlook and Adobe Acrobat.

• Collaborative approach with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams ask thoughtful questions resolve routine issues constructively and escalate complex matters appropriately.

• Curiosity initiative and a desire to continue growing within pricing finance proposal development government contracting or business strategy.

Working at ICF

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position including but not limited to relevant work experience skills certifications and competencies that align to the specified role geographic location education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: