Lead Financial Analyst; Residential Real Estate - Arlington, VA

Lead Financial Analyst (Residential Real Estate)

Arlington, VA | In office, Monday – Friday

CoStar Group is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world's real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

Role Overview:
Lead Financial Analyst

At CoStar Group, our finance group centralizes transaction processes, providing accurate reporting, financial resolutions, and proper forecasting analysis.

CoStar is currently seeking an experienced Lead Financial Analyst to join the Business Unit Finance Team supporting their Residential Real Estate business. The Lead Financial Analyst will perform financial analysis/modeling, develop management/sales reporting and conduct variance analysis. The Lead Financial Analyst will play a significant role in modeling the company's revenue and expense forecasts while identifying growth-drivers within the business.

• Work closely with other Finance staff as well as and non-financial professionals around the company (e.g. President/General Managers, Sales Leaders, Marketing team, Product team etc.) to develop budgets and forecasts and maintain those forecasts in the budgeting system.
• Concentrated focus on revenue drivers including sales rep productivity, sales activities and performance, as well as SaaS metrics and drivers. Partner with Sales and Executive Leadership to support their reporting needs to highlight operational performance, present actionable insights, and measure alignment with strategic objectives.
• Maintain customer analysis including penetration, total addressable market sizing and performance against specific sales campaigns.
• Focus on expense tracking, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling to communicate impacts on business unit profitability.
• Collaborate with Marketing to review advertising campaign effectiveness, perform search engine marketing cost analysis, and identify opportunities for more efficient spending.
• Assist with the design and creation of PowerPoint presentations for management presentations to support quarterly business reviews and strategic decision making.
• Evaluate, model and analyze M&A targets that align with supported business units, as necessary.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required from an accredited, not-for-profit, in-person college/university.
• A track record of commitment to prior employers.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, finance, analytics, and/or sales operations; OR 6+ years of relevant experience with a completed Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Strong Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and financial modeling skills.
• Experience using financial and budgeting applications is required.

• Master's degree in accounting, finance, or related.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent written and oral communication skills with a track record of working successfully with both financial and non-finance professionals.
• FP&A experience within a publicly traded or large SaaS company.
• Analytical business background, problem-solving skills, strategic thinking, and high attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
• Oracle ERP, EPM, Smart View experience preferred.
• Familiarity with financial reporting and/or business intelligence tools (Power BI) is a plus.
• A strong working knowledge of accounting is a plus.

If you are a driven professional looking for a high-growth, high-reward career, CoStar Group offers the ideal opportunity. Be part of a best-in-class company with strong year-over-year growth that invests in your success. Enjoy a rewarding atmosphere where you can learn, excel, and grow.

When you join CoStar Group, you'll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar…