Pricing & CPQ - Analyst
Accenture
Accenture
Join our team as a Pricing & CPQ Analyst, focusing on optimizing pricing strategies and Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) solutions for mid-size to enterprise organizations. This role is central to driving accurate and efficient quoting processes, leveraging advanced analytics and a strong understanding of pricing methodologies. You will collaborate with sales, finance, product, and IT teams to gather requirements, design scalable solutions, and enhance business performance within the CPQ domain.
This position offers a dynamic environment to work on cutting-edge pricing tools and methodologies. We are looking for professionals with a proven track record in CPQ implementation and a passion for driving business impact through effective pricing strategies. Your expertise will be crucial in assessing pricing processes, designing future-state solutions, and enabling impactful sales strategies.
Provide comprehensive functional and implementation support for leading Pricing and CPQ tools, including PriceFx, CONGA, PROS, SFDC CPQ, Zilliant, Vendavo, SAP/Oracle Pricing, and Callidus.
Develop robust pricing models utilizing advanced analytics and AI, tracking key pricing KPIs and creating leadership dashboards in visualization tools like Power BI and Tableau.
Assess current pricing processes through data diagnostics and gap analysis, designing future-state improvements aligned with business imperatives and sales strategies.
Design and implement pricing waterfalls, competitive pricing strategies, pricing elasticity models, margin analysis, and contract pricing for services to positively impact top-line and bottom-line growth.
Conduct B2B pricing analytics, including exploratory analysis and reporting, recommending target state analytics. Deploy process improvements with best-in-class KPIs.
Act as a key consultant within the client's sales organization, promoting effective pricing and discounting approaches. You will design, build, and implement strategies to enhance business performance in Pricing & CPQ.
We are seeking candidates with 2-3 years of progressive industry or consulting experience, specifically within the Products, Communications & High Tech, or Financial Services industries.
Essential technical expertise includes experience with PROS Smart Price Optimization & Management (POM) and Smart Configure Price Quote (CPQ). While certification is an advantage, hands-on experience is paramount.
Functional experience in pricing services, products, parts, and post-sales services is required. Proficiency in MS Excel, Macro, and PowerPoint is a must, along with exposure to visualization tools like Power BI and Tableau.
Knowledge of other pricing and CPQ tools such as PriceFx, CONGA, SFDC CPQ, Zilliant, PROS, Vendavo, SAP/Oracle Pricing, and Callidus is considered a plus. Certification in any of these solutions is highly desirable.
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