Job Description
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, 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’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors. We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation. This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors. By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.
Role Overview: Financial Transformation Senior Manager
Arlington, VA | In office, Monday – Friday
The Finance department is looking for a Financial Transformation Senior Manager with extensive process improvement and Financial Business Systems project experience, to drive and manage the transformation projects of the company’s Procure to Pay (P2P) Record to Report (R2R) and/or Order to Cash (O2C) processes. These efforts will involve a strong focus on enhancing the customer experience and process re-engineering, enabling CoStar Group’s global expansion. The role will be in CoStar’s headquarters in Arlington, VA and will report to the VP, Financial Systems and Transformation.
This individual will work with business and technical teams in Finance, IT, and Product to standardize, modernize, digitize, and deploy Global ERP processes. The ideal candidate will have experience operating in a public, multinational organization on large, complex financial change initiatives and have proven competency in process improvement methodologies and technical project experience on financial systems projects. This individual will identify process improvements opportunities, using metrics, and must be comfortable in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day operational aspects of multiple simultaneous finance transformation projects.
- Develop a strong understanding of CoStar’s O2C, P2P, and R2R financial systems and existing business processes.
- Participate in Process mapping and process improvement for all processes.
- Coordinate development with multiple internal and external technical teams.
- Create and maintain current and complete scope documents, project plans, project schedules, action trackers, issue logs, progress reports, and other project documents/artifacts in appropriate systems.
- Drive internal and external activities needed to meet the dates defined in the project schedule.
- Produce presentation materials, coordinate and lead status calls and executive status meetings.
- Deliver projects on time, on budget, and within scope.
- Prevent or minimize delays by keeping all stakeholders informed of progress.
- Identify, manage, and communicate project risks.
- Control project scope with an effective change management process.
- Escalate issues internally and externally proactively as needed.
- Coordinate project deliverables based upon internal resource availability.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required from an accredited, not-for-profit, in-person college/university.
- 12+ years of total career experience in IT, Finance, Accounting, or other business system related discipline.
- 5+ years of experience as Project Manager specifically on accounting, financial, or financial business transformation process projects.
- Proven competency with multiple project management methodologies – Waterfall, Agile, Scrum.
- Demonstrated ability to multitask and manage multiple concurrent projects.
- Bachelor's or Advanced degree in IT, Accounting, or other business system related discipline.
- Organized thinker and excellent communicator, verbal and in writing.
- Work successfully with little direct supervision, self-driven, and initiative taker.
- A track record of commitment to prior employers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Oracle ERP
- Lean Six Sigma certification
- Project management certification (PMP or CAPM)
What’s In It For You?
If you are a driven professional looking for a high-growth, high-reward career, CoStar Group offers the ideal opportunity. Be part of a best-in-class company with strong year-over-year growth that invests in your success. Enjoy a rewarding atmosphere where you can learn, excel, and grow.
When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.
We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training and tuition reimbursement.
Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
- Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
- Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
- 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/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent)
- Access to CoStar Group’s Employee Resource Groups
- Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks
Sponsorship
We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.
The final salary or hourly rate offered for this role will fall within the range set forth below based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies.
Base Compensation: $150,000.00 - $180,000.00 Annually
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CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, IT, or a related business systems discipline from an accredited, not-for-profit, in-person college or university
- 12+ years of total career experience in IT, Finance, Accounting, or another business systems-related discipline
- 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager on accounting, financial, or financial business transformation process projects
- Experience with multiple project management methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile, and Scrum
- Ability to multitask and manage multiple concurrent projects
- Strong organizational, verbal, and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and demonstrate initiative
- Track record of commitment to prior employers
- Experience with Oracle ERP
- Lean Six Sigma certification
- Project management certification, such as PMP or CAPM
CoStar Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CoStar Group and has not been reviewed or approved by CoStar Group.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as extensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans, with additional life and supplementary insurance options. Mental health counseling and wellness incentives are also part of the package, reinforcing the sense of strong health support.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle perks include commuter and gym reimbursements and daily lunch, alongside office snacks/drinks and company social events. Fitness stipends and wellness programs add to the perceived day-to-day value of the rewards package.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Opportunities to become a shareholder via stock-related programs are highlighted as a meaningful element of total rewards. Equity and employee stock purchase options are positioned as an additional path to value beyond base pay.
CoStar Group Insights
What We Do
CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a global leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, online marketplaces, and 3D digital twin technology. Founded in 1986, CoStar Group is dedicated to digitizing the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights, and connections that improve their businesses and lives. CoStar Group’s major brands include CoStar, a leading global provider of commercial real estate data, analytics, and news; LoopNet, the most trafficked commercial real estate marketplace; Apartments.com, the leading platform for apartment rentals; Homes.com, the fastest-growing residential real estate marketplace; and Domain, one of Australia’s leading property marketplaces. CoStar Group’s industry-leading brands also include Matterport, a leading spatial data company whose platform turns buildings into data to make every space more valuable and accessible, STR, a global leader in hospitality data and benchmarking; Ten-X, an online platform for commercial real estate auctions and negotiated bids; and OnTheMarket, a leading residential property portal in the United Kingdom.
