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

Role Overview

The Lead Financial Analyst will support CoStar Group's Residential Real Estate business, focusing on financial analysis, modeling, and reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with other Finance staff and non-financial professionals to develop budgets and forecasts and maintain them in the budgeting system.
• Concentrate on revenue drivers such as sales rep productivity, sales activities, and SaaS metrics.
• Partner with Sales and Executive Leadership to support their reporting needs, highlighting operational performance and presenting actionable insights.
• 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.
• 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.

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 opportunity within a best-in-class company.
• Collaborative and innovative culture with a focus on employee success.
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, vision, dental, prescription drug, life, legal, supplementary insurance, virtual and in-person mental health counseling services, commuter and parking benefits, 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, on-site fitness center, and complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks.

Equal Employment Opportunity

CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.