Manager, Commercial Finance & Bid Support

Manager, Commercial Finance & Bid Support

Join Our Team and Shape the Future of Commercial Finance

Are you passionate about driving strategic growth and financial excellence?

At Sodexo, we're looking for a dynamic leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and loves turning complex challenges into smart, sustainable solutions. If you're ready to make an impact on high-profile deals and help shape the way we win new business, this role is for you.

The Manager, Commercial Finance & Bid Support plays a critical role in driving financial rigor, deal strategy, and commercial effectiveness for new business and rebid pursuits. This position serves as a key liaison between Sales, Finance, and Operations, ensuring all proposals are structured for financial sustainability, risk mitigation, and alignment with enterprise growth objectives. The role requires expertise in financial modeling, pricing strategy, and commercial terms to support competitive bids and client renewals.

This is a remote role with the preferred candidate able to work Eastern Standard Time Zone hours.

What You'll Do

• Lead Commercial Finance Strategy : Partner with Sales and Finance to structure competitive, profitable deals aligned with margin, risk, and growth objectives.
• Analyze & Optimize Deals : Conduct financial analysis on bids and rebids, including revenue projections, cost modeling, margin optimization, and scenario planning.
• Support Negotiations : Provide financial insights to shape terms, incentives, and investment trade-offs.
• Develop Tools & Models : Create standardized financial models, sensitivity analyses, and ROI tools for consistent evaluation of opportunities.
• Collaborate Across Teams : Work with Operations and Supply Chain to quantify savings and performance commitments in proposals.
• Ensure Governance : Oversee internal financial review processes to meet corporate approval thresholds and compliance standards.
• Drive Continuous Improvement : Introduce data-driven insights and best practices to enhance bid and rebid processes.

What We Offer

Compensation is fair and equitable, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. Salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education, and training. Sodexo offers a comprehensive benefits package that may include :

More extensive information is provided to new employees upon hire.

What You Bring

Education : Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration (MBA or advanced finance certification preferred).

Experience :

Skills & Competencies :

Who We Are

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better everyday for everyone and build a better life for all. We believe in improving the quality of life for those we serve and contributing to the economic, social, and environmental progress in the communities where we operate. Sodexo partners with clients to provide a truly memorable experience for both customers and employees alike. We do this by providing food service, catering, facilities management, and other integrated solutions worldwide.

Our company values you for you; you will be treated fairly and with respect, and you can be yourself. You will have your ideas count and your opinions heard because we can be a stronger team when you're happy at work. This is why we embrace diversity and inclusion as core values, fostering an environment where all employees are valued and respected. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to individuals regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, military status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.