Commercial Officer at Genesis Analytics

As a Commercial Officer within the Finance team, you will report to the Financial Controller, with a strong dotted line to the Business Development lead. You will support the Practices assess the commercial value of opportunities, develop budgets/pricing and prepare Commercial narrative proposals.  When not working on a specific bid, you will undertake research, develop written content and tools to support the work of the Finance and Business development teams to improve our bidding process and win rate. 

Management and production of commercially responsive bids to clients and partners. Part of a team responsible for winning new business in line with the strategy and values of the organisation.

Commercial Associate Duties

• Assist with qualifying using the bid /  no bid form
• Develop project budgets and definitive estimates
• With support from senior members of the team, prepare detailed bid costings
• Write commercial response and financial methodology for commercial proposals
• Assist with the revision of costings and commercial proposals during contract negotiation process
• Actively participate as member of bid teams to the development of compelling, commercially sound responses to client tenders
• Contribute to the continuous review and development of the commercial bid development process
• Build knowledge and experience through working with colleagues, developing networks, communicating widely, and attending internal and external events.
• Be aware of and adhere to company quality standards and procedures in accordance with Genesis’ commitment to working to the highest quality standards and striving for continual improvement
• Support the development of budget templates, and keeping them updated according to client and Genesis requirements
• Keep a database of unit rates of expenses across the range of Genesis’ countries of work
• Work with HR to calculate staff salary costs and total cost of employment for bids
• Calculate potential tax liabilities (Withholding tax and VAT) for bids
• Undertake commercial reviews of ongoing projects
• Support framework contracts through the whole project lifecycle, monitoring financial performance

Requirements

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent work experience
• Excellent use of Microsoft Office applications, specifically advanced Excel skills
• Previous experience in the consulting industry
• Experience in preparing high value commercial proposals/pricing
• 5 plus years’ experience with budgeting/pricing
• Experience in reviewing contracts is desirable
• Experience with Google Suite Desirable
• Previous experience in developing International Development bids desirable