Proposal Writer

Job Title : Proposal Financial Analyst / Financial Proposal Executive

Department : Business Development

Location : Noida, Sector- 48

Salary : As per qualification and experience

Qualification

· Bachelor's degree in finance, Commerce, Economics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.

· MBA/PGDM in Finance or relevant professional qualifications will be an added advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare financial proposals and commercial bids for all types of consultancy, development, infrastructure, and service-sector projects.
• Review RFPs, RFQs, tenders, EOIs, and proposal documents to understand financial, commercial, and pricing requirements.
• Develop detailed project cost estimates, budgets, and financial calculations based on scope of work and project requirements.
• Prepare manpower costing, including expert fees, staff deployment, effort estimates, and level-of-effort calculations.
• Prepare costing for professional fees, consultancy fees, reimbursable expenses, travel, logistics, administrative costs, and other project-related expenses.
• Analyse the technical scope and convert the proposed methodology and resource requirements into appropriate financial estimates.
• Prepare detailed BOQ / cost sheets / rate analysis / pricing schedules, wherever applicable.
• Develop financial models and pricing structures for different types of proposals.
• Calculate applicable taxes, GST, overheads, contingencies, profit margins, escalation, and other commercial components as required.
• Coordinate with the Technical, Business Development, HR, and Project teams to obtain manpower, resource, and operational cost inputs.
• Review and validate cost inputs received from different departments to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Ensure financial proposals are prepared in accordance with client formats, tender conditions, submission guidelines, and timelines.
• Compare market/vendor rates and available cost data to support realistic and competitive costing.
• Prepare multiple pricing scenarios based on project requirements, budget limitations, and commercial conditions.
• Support the team in budget feasibility and commercial evaluation of prospective projects.
• Maintain a database of historical project costs, consultant rates, manpower rates, and other financial benchmarks for future proposals.
• Review financial proposals before submission and identify calculation discrepancies or missing commercial information.
• Coordinate with senior management for final pricing, margins, commercial strategy, and approval.
• Maintain proper records of submitted proposals, financial calculations, and supporting documents.
• Assist in post-submission activities, including commercial clarifications, revised financial proposals, negotiations, and financial negotiations, when required.

• Strong understanding of proposal costing and financial proposal preparation.
• Excellent skills in MS Excel, including formulas, costing sheets, financial models, and data analysis.
• Ability to interpret RFPs, TORs, BOQs, tender documents, and project scopes.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Good understanding of project costing, budgeting, overheads, margins, and pricing.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work on multiple proposals simultaneously and meet strict submission deadlines.
• Good coordination and communication skills.
• Ability to work with technical and non-technical teams.
• Strong documentation and presentation skills.

Experience

1-3 years of relevant experience in financial proposal preparation, tender costing, project costing, commercial estimation, or proposal management, preferably in a consultancy,

• infrastructure, development, engineering, or service-sector organization.