Financial Analyst, CoStar Group - Arlington, VA

Role Overview

The Senior Financial Analyst will join the Business Unit Finance Team supporting CoStar Group's Commercial Real Estate business. They will perform financial analysis, modeling, develop management/sales reporting, and conduct variance analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with other Finance staff and non-financial professionals to develop budgets and forecasts and maintain those forecasts in the budgeting system.
• 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.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field from an accredited, not-for-profit, in-person college/university.
• 1+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, finance, analytics, and/or sales operations; MBA or related master’s degree may be considered in lieu of equivalent professional experience.
• Strong Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and financial modeling skills.
• Experience using financial and budgeting applications is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in accounting, finance, or related.
• 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.
• An 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, SmartView 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.

What’s In It For You?

• High-growth, high-reward career in a best-in-class company with strong year-over-year growth.
• Opportunities for professional and academic growth through internal training and tuition reimbursement.
• Comprehensive benefits package including healthcare coverage, life and legal insurance, mental health counseling, commuter and parking benefits, 401(K), and employee stock purchase plan.
• On-site fitness center, complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks.
• Access to CoStar Group’s Employee Resource Groups.