Lead Financial Analyst (Commercial Real Estate) - Arlington, VA

Role Overview

The Lead Financial Analyst will support CoStar Group's Commercial Real Estate business by performing financial analysis, developing management/sales reporting, conducting variance analysis, and modeling revenue and expense forecasts.

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, highlighting operational performance and measuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Maintain customer analysis including penetration, total addressable market sizing, and performance against specific sales campaigns.
• Track, budget, forecast, and analyze expenses 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.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, finance, analytics, and/or sales operations; or 6+ years of relevant experience with a completed MBA or related master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience forecasting revenue and financial performance, leveraging data analysis and business insights to deliver accurate short- and long-term projections.
• 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.