Mercy Corps is recruiting a Strategic Pricing Advisor position. Proficiency in budgeting, financial analysis, and proposal development is required.
Essential Responsibilities
Strategic
Pricing & Budget Development
- Support the development of pricing strategies for funding
opportunities in collaboration with the Strategic Pricing Senior Manager
and proposal teams.
- Contribute to the development of compliant and competitive cost
proposals
- Review budget assumptions, scenarios, calculations and supporting
documents to ensure consistency and accuracy
Proposal
Development & Business Development Partnership
- Serve as a finance partner throughout the proposal development
process, supporting teams with budget development and financial analysis.
- Work closely with Business Development and Regional teams to help
assess financial feasibility and commercial pricing options.
- Support the development of proposal pricing approaches, including
cost analysis and value-for-money considerations
- Assist in evaluating commercial models and partner arrangements,
where applicable
- Support partnerships and consortium budget development, including
coordination with international and local partners
- Develop compliant budgets and cost proposals across a wide variety
of donors and client facing
- Collaborate with technical and operational teams to translate
program designs into realistic and implementable budgets
- Contribute to internal budget reviews by identifying assumptions,
risks, and areas requiring further analysis
- Support pre‑positioning efforts through financial research and
preliminary budget modelling
- Assist in maintaining proposal development tools, templates, and
financial resources.
Financial
Analysis & Risk Assessment
- Conduct financial analysis to support proposal pricing decisions and
identify key cost drivers
- Assist in assessing financial and commercial risks associated with
funding opportunities.
- Support scenario planning and sensitivity analysis for strategic
proposals.
- Gather and analyze market and donor information to support pricing
recommendations.
- Maintain pricing benchmarks and support analysis of sector trends
and funding practices.
- Escalate significant pricing, compliance, or financial risks to the
Strategic Pricing Senior Manager.
Country
Support & Capacity Building
- Provide guidance and support to Country and Regional teams on
budgeting and pricing processes.
- Assist in delivering training on proposal budgeting, cost proposal
development and pricing best practices
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of budgeting tools,
guidance documents, and training materials
- Promote knowledge sharing and consistent application of pricing
standards across the organisation
Accountability
to Participants and Stakeholders
- Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward
accountability, specifically to our program participants, community
partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding
international relief and development work. We are committed to actively
engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring, and
evaluation of our field projects.
Minimum Qualification &
Transferable Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or a
related field.
- 2-4 years of experience in budgeting, proposal finance, pricing, or
related field, preferably within an INGO or complex operating environment.
- Understanding of donor funding mechanisms and competitive proposal
development processes with a focus on different funding modalities
desired.
- Experience developing and/or reviewing budgets and financial
proposals
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high-attention to
detail
- Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to
non-finance stakeholders
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple
deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial modelling.
- Ability to work collaboratively across finance, operations,
programs, and business development functionsCommitment to Mercy Corps’
mission and humanitarian principles.
How to Apply
