Financial Analyst, Sales Analytics

Financial Analyst, Sales Analytics

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Job Description

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CoStar Group Company Intro: 

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. 

Learn more about CoStar.  

 

Role Description:  

We are seeking a highly motivated and analytical individual to join our team as a Financial Analyst - Sales Analytics. In this role, you will play a crucial part in automating and validating sales performance data and identifying key insights on successes, failures, and areas of improvement. The ideal candidate will possess strong excel skills, a proficiency in SQL or a willingness to learn, be able to communicate with sales, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. This individual will work cross-functionally with the finance and technology teams to deliver successful reporting and reporting improvements to our sales leaders and senior management. 

  

Responsibilities: 

• Review sales transaction data for insights, validate accuracy, and identify data issues. 

• Use SQL to extract and validate data within automated dashboards. 

• Execute and validate test plans to ensure accuracy and functionality of new sales reporting dashboards. 

• Develop reports and dashboards to track sales performance metrics and KPIs. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather data and insights supporting sales strategies. 

• Identify process improvement opportunities within the sales reporting cycle and recommend solutions. 

• Determine sales attribution for sales transactions based on rules of engagement. 

• Review sales attribution override requests and communicate status updates to sales leaders. 

• Present findings and insights to stakeholders clearly and concisely. 

• Identify internal process improvement initiatives related to customer sales proposal workflows. 

• Manage projects related to technology improvements in sales reporting and analytics. 

• Assist with the design and development of PowerPoint presentations for internal sales meetings. 

• Analyze new sales contracts to identify trends, patterns, and growth opportunities. 

• Evaluate sales cancellations