POSITION SUMMARY:

Our mission is to make communities SHINE! Our team provides excellent service to our clients, all while nurturing communities, acting with integrity, and hustling to get the job done.

The Pricing Analyst is responsible for providing financial and operational support. The role will focus on RFP prep and model building, along with timely and accurate reporting to management that facilitates timely and impactful decisions.

DUTIES:

• Manage the RFP proposal process; develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives and expenditure analysis.
• Prepare financial and business-related analysis and research in such areas as financial expense performance, cost of sales, cash flow forecasting, and working capital.
• Assist with special financial and business-related studies and cooperates with other departments in preparing analyses.

Track financial status by monitoring variances from plan.

• Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis.
• Provides information to management by assembling and summarizing data; preparing reports; making presentations of findings, analyses, and recommendations.
• Take aspects of multiple dimensions and perspectives reflected in the business and bring them together with a quantitative approach.

• Assist with pricing estimates for customer proposals.
• Conduct field research and cost revisions, while also considering the going rates for similar products in the industry, in order to remain competitive.
• Maintain and regularly update a pricing history database.
• Perform financial evaluation to assess pricing action effectiveness.
• Govern total pricing procedure, enhance processes to make most of efficiencies and ensure timely response to market conditions.
• Analyze financial impact of price approach in view of overall history as well as profitability of customer.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Excellent computer skills with a proficiency in Excel
• Understanding of basic financial concepts (markup, margin, profitability, etc.)
• Strong interest to learn more about the business, emerging issues, and facets of the industry in order to perform quality analysis.
• Demonstrates professional verbal and written communication skills.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree, emphasis in Accounting or Finance, Supply Chain, etc..
• Minimum of two years of Financial Analysis experience preferred.
• Strong business acumen and analytical skills
• Able to reason analytically, logically, and in a consistent fashion.
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Understanding of Cost Accounting and Statistics preferred
• Self-starter able to function effectively in a fast-paced growing company and adapt to change.
• Financial modeling ability for utilization in budget and forecasting processes

Physical Requirements and Work Content:

Americans with Disability Specifications: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, move, operate with hands and arms, and lift up to 15 pounds. The employee is regularly required to use hands to operate or feel objects, tools or controls, communicate, distinguish or identify, adjust or focus.

Work Environment:

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This position is a sedentary position that requires 8 hours of sitting at a desk in a climate controlled environment with frequent computer, mouse, 10 key touch and phone work.

Additional Comments:

These declarations are not to be an "all-inclusive" list of the duties and responsibilities nor of the skills and abilities required to do the job. They are intended only to describe the general nature of the job and a reasonable representation of its activities. Additional essential functions and/or tasks may be identified by the company and listed as such in the incumbent's performance appraisal. Various tasks may be assigned under each task or function. The incumbent performs other job-related duties as assigned and required.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at-will" employment relationship.

EOE including disability, vets