Director, Financial Systems Arlington, VA

Who is CoStar Group?

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, 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.

Arlington, VA | In‑office, Monday‑Friday

The Director of Financial Systems is responsible for the oversight, support, and strategic management of multiple financial business systems at CoStar Group, a $3B publicly traded company. This role is deeply embedded in and highly knowledgeable of the end‑to‑end processes supporting the CFO organization and its functional teams.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Financial Systems & Transformation, the position is accountable for the functional, technical, and administrative support of both core and legacy financial business systems.

• Develop and execute strategies for system stability, modernization, integration, and eventual migration or decommissioning of legacy platforms.
• Maintain a long‑term systems roadmap aligned with business and transformation objectives.

• Ensure the ongoing stability, security, availability, and performance of all managed financial systems.
• Proactively identify and mitigate technical risks to critical business processes.

• Lead the intake and evaluation of newly acquired financial systems, including process, compliance, and functionality assessments; system documentation and knowledge transfer; staffing, training, and transition planning; integration into the managed financial systems portfolio.

• Own vendor relationships supporting financial business systems, including contract management, service levels, renewals, and performance oversight.

• Lead resolution of complex technical issues, security vulnerabilities, and system‑related incidents; ensure appropriate escalation, remediation, and documentation.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high‑performing team of direct IT staff and contract resources, on‑site and remote; drive accountability, knowledge growth, and operational excellence across the team.

• Partner closely with business stakeholders (billing, collections, cash operations, accounting, finance, etc.) to support effective use of legacy systems.
• Collaborate with other IT teams on infrastructure, access, vulnerability management, and security patching.

• Support and contribute to enterprise migration initiatives that move business activity from legacy systems to core corporate financial platforms.
• Partner with Financial Business Systems and IT teams to ensure successful transition and minimal disruption.

• Oversee systems, teams, and vendor resources located domestically and internationally.

• Ensure systems comply with ITGC/SOX requirements and internal control standards.
• Enforce change management and access control processes across all supported platforms.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field from an accredited, for‑profit institution.
• A track record of commitment to prior employers.
• 10+ years of experience managing, developing, and supporting financial business systems across cloud, client/server, midrange, and enterprise environments.
• 7+ years of people management experience leading professional IT teams of 7+ individuals, with a proven record of building and developing high‑performing teams.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience within a large, publicly traded organization.
• Proven expertise managing multiple concurrent small‑to‑mid‑scale ERP environments ($10M+).
• Extensive experience implementing, supporting, and managing ERP, CRM, and financial systems such as Oracle, Net Suite, Great Plains, Dynamics/Navision, SAP, Quick Books, Sage, Salesforce, Zuora, and…