Senior Finance Analyst, Finance - London

COSTAR GROUP - SENIOR FINANCE ANALYST, FINANCE - LONDON

OVERVIEW

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.

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers. We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation.

DESCRIPTION

At CoStar Group, our finance group centralises transaction processes, providing accurate reporting, financial resolutions, and proper forecasting analysis. The Senior Finance Analyst will be primarily responsible for assisting in the monthly close process, including preparation of monthly journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance analyses related to the monthly results. This position will also play a key role in supporting financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis of CoStar’s international entities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for managing the P&L and BS of specific CoStar international products/services, including:
  • Ensuring accuracy and timeliness of monthly financial data through processing monthly journal entries.
  • Delivery of month-end results, including consistent and insightful reporting to business unit leaders.
  • Challenging stakeholders to drive accountability and providing them with tools necessary to track progress against their financial targets.
  • Demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of revenue performance & cost drivers.
  • Developing and managing financial models to support budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning.
• Partner with Group Finance to aid key business objectives (e.g., acquisition integrations) and support on controls management.
• Collaborate with group treasury, tax and payroll to ensure compliance with corporation tax, VAT and payroll tax requirements.
• Be the lead conduit with external auditors and facilitate review of the close process, account reconciliations, and variance analyses.

QUALIFICATIONS

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
• Experience in managing and developing reporting, comfortable with large volumes of data.
• Strong system skills including Oracle and MS Office, particularly Excel.
• Demonstrate a continuous improvement approach to work.
• Experience of working to a monthly close cadence.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights.
• Strong project management, time management and communication skills.
• Ideally proficient in one or more European languages, specifically Spanish, German or French.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
Working at CoStar Group means you'll enjoy a culture of collaboration and innovation. Other perks include full private medical cover, dental cover, Life Assurance, 28 days annual leave, a competitive pension, season ticket loans, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and much more!

At CoStar, we recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality. We aim to recruit the person most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. However, we particularly encourage applications from underrepresented groups.

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