Sr. Manager Military Costing

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Job Description:

Job Summary: The Senior Manager of Government Costing is responsible for leading the preparation of Cost Proposals, including
the budgets and all accompanying financial and required documentation in support of proposals. Knows and applies applicable
government regulations as needed (i.e. FAR)
Primary Responsibilities:
1. Costing:  35%
● Oversees cost and pricing for a range of proposals to include both domestic and international opportunities and ranging in
size of complexity.
● Ensure costing information provided is timely, accurate and supportable in response to requests
● Act as primary point of contact for company responses to U.S. Government agency (i.e. DCAA) audits
● Collaborates with other departments to gather information needed in a timely fashion to meet deadlines
● Able to garner information needed from other departments in a timeline fashion to meet deadlines.
● Ensures functional areas understand what substantiation is required to support their estimates for each proposal
2. Business Cases:  35%
● Create business cases which provide management sufficient cost, margin and price information and analysis for proposed
and established prices to support business decisions.
● Leads finance offer evaluation process to retrieve approvals needed for release of offer.
3. Staff Management and Development:  20%

The Company reserves the right to revise, change and/or modify job duties, responsibilities or working conditions as the need
arises, with or without advance notice. Employment with the Company is at-will. This position description and the statements contained
within it do not create any contractual rights between the Company and its employees, either express or implied.
Senior Manager, Military Costing March 4, 2021 / March 23, 2021
● Manage, develop, mentor and coach staff to ensure staff exhibit company core values and behaviors, interact professionally
with the team/company/external parties, and maintain and/or improve those skills and knowledge necessary to adequately
perform their assigned jobs.
● Provides training as needed to colleagues on templates that could be used for gathering costing information for proposals.
● Foster innovative mind-set in order to continually improve processes and ways of working.
4. Proposal Development:  10%
● Creates basis of estimates (BOE) for proposals, if required, as justification for pricing to customer. Ability to train team and
colleagues on the use of BOEs for proposal development.
● Contribute to writing of pricing content in proposals submitted to the customer.
● Meets company internal and customer external requirements necessary for contract negotiations and award
Additional Responsibilities:
Other duties as assigned:      
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Qualified Experience and Training:
Education:
Required
● BS Accounting or Finance or equivalent in experience and education
Preferred
● MBA or MS in Accounting or Finance
Experience:
Required
● Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience preparing FAR 12 type U.S. Government Proposals
Preferred
● Experience includes work at a US Government defense contractor and fixed priced and cost type US Government contract
types.
Licensure/Certifications:
Required
● N/A
Preferred
● N/A
Travel Required:
● 5% Domestic and International
Citizenship:

The Company reserves the right to revise, change and/or modify job duties, responsibilities or working conditions as the need
arises, with or without advance notice. Employment with the Company is at-will. This position description and the statements contained
within it do not create any contractual rights between the Company and its employees, either express or implied.
Senior Manager, Military Costing March 4, 2021 / March 23, 20