Financial Analysis Advisor

• Provides support to sales bid teams (deal teams) through financial model development, risk assessment, pricing analysis and contract close-out
• Manages the scope, quality, risks, schedule, and resources of company-wide pricing initiatives
• Provides guidance and management to measure the effectiveness of the analyses being performed
• Analyzes current and historical results of pricing activity and transactional data to identify actionable opportunities, develop ideas, and make recommendations to improve pricing performance
• Examines opportunities to expand initiatives, processes and best practices while ensuring alignment with relevant businesses policies
• Able to build the deal assessment financial model using appropriate toolset, following all guidelines in a more consultative way by interacting with sales and solution teams
• Able to do a slightly deeper analysis on the costs and provide inputs to the solution team to rectify the issues in the cost model
• Thorough understanding of the tools and able to coach /train team members
• Thorough understanding of all the relevant policies and able to articulate to the broader team to help them understand the impact
• Good understanding of the company’s accounting policies and able to apply those to better structure deals
• Produces the pricing templates for the customer as requested. Performs analytical review ensuring accuracy of price units as well as taking care of the dependencies between the various price units
• Able to use materials available to draft proposal and T&C’s content
• Provides guidance and advises the team on the correct governance process, escalating as necessary. Understands the essence of the deal and can present the facts effectively

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Typically requires 5-7 years relevant experience
• Possesses and applies strong knowledge of financial and pricing analysis principles
• Exceptional data analysis skills
• Exceptional oral, written and presentation skills
• Ability to physically perform general office requirements
• Must be able to perform essential responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodations

Graduate degree (like MBA/MS Finance) or professional certification (like CPA/CA/CMA) preferred