Someone's / something's privilege against someone / something else

Question

Imagine two friends are talking to each other about a rival company which is competing one of these two (as the owner of a big company) for a big project to win the lowest bid. The guy who is the owner of the company is worried a lot and the other one is going to make his advantages bold and express his sympathy in that way. I have no idea how to phrase it like a native speaker. I just can translate what comes through my mind to English. Please let me know if it sounds natural to you? If not, please let me know how a native speaker would say it:

• Don't worry; your privilege (in front of / against) him is your education degree / financial (status / conditions) / etc.

Answer 1

'Privilege' is the wrong word to use here; use 'advantage' instead, and usually one would say 'to have an advantage over someone'.

So it would go something like this: "Don't worry, you have an advantage over him because you have [a better degree / more money / etc.]"

You could also phrase it like: "Don't worry, your [superior degree / better financial status / etc.] gives you an advantage over him."

Answer 2

I suggest Upper hand too.

So we paraphrase it as:
"Don't worry, with your education degrees or financial status, you gain the upper hand".

Yes, it is a synonym of 'advantage'. I just thought you might want to consider as 'privilege is not as appropriate.