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PreSales Specialist - Advantage Budgeting

**Category:** Business Consulting, Strategy and Digital Transformation

**Main location:** United States, Virginia, Fairfax

**Position ID:** J1025-0160

**Employment Type:** Full Time

Position Description:

At CGI we offer limitless opportunities to make a difference for the clients and communities we serve. CGI Advantage is a unified ERP platform featuring a powerful combination of modern technology and built-for-government solutions. Based on more than 46 years of public sector expertise, the secure, intuitive platform is supported by an active client community that values innovation and access to CGI’s global network of experts.

CGI is seeking a highly skilled and client-focused PreSales Specialist to serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for CGI Advantage Budgeting, a robust public sector budgeting solution that supports strategic financial planning, performance-based budgeting, and operational efficiency for government agencies. This role is ideal for professionals who combine deep product knowledge with strong communication and solutioning skills. You will be instrumental in driving client engagement and adoption by leading budgeting-focused demonstrations, crafting tailored solutions, responding to RFPs/RFIs, and supporting early-stage delivery planning. Your expertise will help clients modernize their budgeting processes, improve transparency, and align financial planning with policy goals.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

1. Budgeting Solution Evangelism & Demonstrations

• Lead client-facing presentations and workshops focused on CGI Advantage Budgeting capabilities.

• Develop and deliver tailored demos that showcase how the platform supports key budgeting functions such as:

Operating and capital budgeting

Performance-based budgeting

Forecasting and scenario planning

Budget formulation and execution

2. Presales & Proposal Support

• Serve as the technical lead in responding to RFPs/RFIs, ensuring proposals align with client budgeting requirements and CGI Advantage capabilities.

• Collaborate with sales and proposal teams to develop compelling solution narratives, pricing strategies, and implementation approaches.

• Participate in bid defense meetings and client Q&A sessions to articulate solution value.

3. Budgeting Solution Design & Integration Planning

• Work with clients to understand their current budgeting processes, pain points, and modernization goals.

• Design solution architectures that leverage CGI Advantage Budgeting features and integrate with ERP, HR, and financial systems.

• Support API-based integration planning and ensure alignment with cloud-native environments (Azure preferred).

4. Stakeholder Engagement & Advisory

• Build trusted relationships with finance, budget, and IT stakeholders across state and local government agencies.

• Facilitate discovery sessions to gather requirements and translate them into actionable solution designs.

• Act as a liaison between clients and internal product/delivery teams to ensure feedback informs product enhancements.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• Proven experience in presales, solution engineering, or consulting within SaaS platforms or ERP extensions.

• Strong understanding of public sector budgeting processes, including budget formulation, execution, and reporting.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage both technical and executive audiences.

• Demonstrated success in preparing RFP/RFI responses and solution proposals.

• Experience of public sector government processes (Finance, HR, and Budgeting) is a plus.

• Experience with analytics and reporting tools such as Power BI, especially for budget performance tracking and visualization.

• Ability to quickly learn and configure demo environments tailored to budgeting scenarios.

• Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative, team-first mindset.

CGI anticipates accepting applications through November 30,2025.

CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit-based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $51,400.00 - $113,100.00.

CGI's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:

. Competitive compensation

. Comprehensive insurance options

. Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan

. Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time

. Paid parental leave

.Learning opportunities and tuition assistance

. Wellness and Well-being programs

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Skills:

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What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, sex, religion, creed, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and gender expression, familial status or responsibilities, reproductive health decisions, political affiliation, genetic information, height, weight, or any other legally protected status or characteristics to the extent required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws where we do business.

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All CGI offers of employment in the U.S. are contingent upon the ability to successfully complete a background investigation. Background investigation components can vary dependent upon specific assignment and/or level of US government security clearance held. Dependent upon role and/or federal government security clearance requirements, and in accordance with applicable laws, some background investigations may include a credit check. CGI will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records in accordance with all local regulations and ordinances.

CGI will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with CGI’s legal duty to furnish information.