2027 Summer Intern, Pricing Associate (Reston, VA or Remote)

ICF is seekinga motivated and detail-oriented Pricing Associate Intern to join our Corporate Pricing Team. In this role, you’lllearn todevelop accurate, compliant, and competitive pricing solutions that support ICF’s proposals and contribute to meaningful client outcomes. You will work with members of the pricing department, operations teams, capture managers, contracts, finance, and proposal professionals to analyze solicitation requirements, support and build pricing models, and help prepare cost and business proposals for federal, state, local, and commercial clients.

Our summer internship is full-time for 10-weeksbeginning in early June and ending in early August. Work may be hybrid from Reston, VA or performed from any U.S. location. At this time, we are unable to provide relocation norhousing assistance.

This is a strong opportunity for a candidatewho is interested in growing inpricing, finance, cost analysis, and government contracting. You’llgain exposure to the full proposal lifecycle, learn from experienced pricing professionals, and build skills in financial analysis, compliance, collaboration, and business strategy. The successful candidate will bring strong analytical skills, intellectual curiosity, a collaborative mindset, and a commitment to accuracy and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development of timely, accurate, and compliant cost and business proposals that help ICF compete effectively and deliver strong value to clients.

• Review requests for proposals and related documents to identifypricing requirements, evaluation criteria, submission instructions, compliance considerations, and key assumptions.

• Assistin building, maintaining, and quality-checking pricing models, including labor, other direct costs, travel, subcontractor costs, indirect rates, fees, and escalation assumptions.

• Collect, organize, and analyze cost inputs from operations, subcontractors, finance, contracts, and other stakeholders to support complete, clear, and defensible pricing submissions.

• Document pricing assumptions, methodologies, and supporting rationale so proposal teams and reviewers can easily understand how pricing aligns with the proposed technical approach.

• Participate in pricing strategy discussions, proposal reviews, color team reviews, and internal approval processes by preparing analyses and responding to reviewer feedback.

• Prepare financial analyses, scenario comparisons, and pricing summaries that help proposal teams evaluate competitiveness, profitability, and risk.

• Contribute ideas to improve pricing templates, tools, quality controls, and processes that support consistency, compliance, and efficiency across proposals.

Basic Qualifications

• By start date at least 15 completed credit hoursin Accounting, Data Analytics, Economics, Finance, Management, Supply Chain Managementor related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiencywith Microsoft Excel, including formulas, data organization, workbook review, and the ability to learn and work with detailed pricing models.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work accurately with financial, operational, and proposal data.

• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize assumptions, analyses, and recommendations for different audiences.

• Attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to follow structured processes and meet deadlines.

• Interestin cost estimation, pricing, financial analysis, business operations, government consulting, or government contracting.

Bot and Third-Party Applications

Please note that this application must be submitted directly by the applicant for consideration. Failure to do so may result in the application being excluded for consideration. Applicants needing an accommodation for disability or religious purposes in connection with the application process should contact [email protected] for assistance.

Working at ICF

We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building a workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer.Together, our employees are empowered to share theirexpertiseand collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information, please read our EEO policy.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals withsincerely heldreligious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To requestan accommodation,please email [email protected] and we will be happy toassist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extentrequiredto provide needed reasonable accommodations.

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Candidate AI Usage Policy

At ICF, we are committed to ensuring a fair interview process for all candidates based on their own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate orassistwith responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is notpermitted. This policy is in place tomaintainthe integrity and authenticity of the interview process.

However, we understand that some candidates may require accommodationthat involves the use of AI. Ifsuch anaccommodation is needed, candidates are instructed to contact us in advance at [email protected]. Weare dedicated to providingthe necessary support to ensure that all candidates have an equal opportunity to succeed.

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final payfor a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: