Homes.com - Data Analyst (SQL/PoweBI)

Homes.com - Data Analyst (SQL/PoweBI)

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Job Description

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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’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. 

Homes.com Overview

Homes.com is already one of the fastest growing real estate portals in the industry, we are driven to be #1. Just ask Brad Bellflower, Chief Change Officer at Apartments.com. After its acquisition in 2014, Apartments.com quickly turned into the most popular place to find a place. Proven success at the highest level – and we’re doing it again with the new Homes.com. Homes.com is a CoStar Group company with 20+ years' experience in leading and growing digital marketplaces. We pride ourselves on continually improving, innovating, and setting the standard for property search and marketing experiences. With Homes.com we’re building a brand on the cusp of defining the industry. We’re looking for big thinkers, brave leaders, and creative advertising wizards ready to influence a new age of homebuying within a tried-and-true, award-winning company. 

Learn more about Homes.com. 

Homes.com is growing quickly and we’re looking for analysts to help accelerate our growth. This role will be responsible for building out the data and reporting ecosystem Homes.com Sales will use to assess and drive sales performance. 

You will work with a diverse range of stakeholders to design, build, maintain, and improve Sales data and business intelligence reporting products.

This position is located in Richmond, VA and is in office Monday through Thursday and work from home on Friday.

Responsibilities

• Collect and understand business requirements from a diverse set of end users
• Analyze data structures, integrate, rationalize, transform, and optimize them for use in sales strategy analysis and business intelligence reporting
• Develop automated scripts using SQL and other platforms to transform raw source data into informational datasets for use by analysts and reporting tools
• Identify data accuracy and consistency opportunities and work with Technology and Sales partners to improve data capture and execute improvements
• Develop easily usable dashboards and reports for end-users in tools beyond spreadsheets
• Provide training on business intelligence tools to diverse sets of users
• Monitor business intelligence solutions to ensure they are running smoothly and troubleshoot any issues that arise
• Collect and integrate feedback from a diverse user base to continuously improve reporting

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required from an accredited, not for profit university or college, with degree preferably in Data Science, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or related quantitative field
• A track record of commitment to prior employers
• 5+ years of experience in data analytics or data science
• 5+ years of experience writing SQL queries and building business intelligence solutions like Tableau or PowerBI

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in at least one BI tool (MS PowerBI preferred)
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, and SQL
• Proficiency in data modeling techniques
• Experience in query optimization, performance tuning, and process automation.
• Able to prioritize effectively and balance multiple concurrent projects
• Ability to communicate with business as well as technical teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

What’s in it for You

When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a coll