RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Responsible for managing the P&L and BS of specific CoStar international products/ services. This includes: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 and contribution to the monthly management accounts commentary.Challenging stakeholders to drive accountability, as well as providing them with the tools necessary to track progress against their financial targets and most importantly, allow them to keep within agreed budgets.Demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of revenue performance & cost drivers.Developing and managing financial models to support budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning.
2. Partner with Group Finance to aid key business objectives (e.g. acquisition integrations). Specifically, to support on controls management, including implementation of controls, improvements to international systems, processes and reporting.
3. Collaborate and be the lead partner with group treasury, tax and payroll to ensure compliance with corporation tax, VAT and payroll tax requirements of specific international countries.
4. Be the lead conduit with external auditors and facilitate review of the close process, account reconciliations and variance analyses.
QUALIFICATIONS
5. ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
6. Experience in managing and developing reporting, comfortable with large volumes of data.
7. Strong system skills including Oracle and MS Office, particularly Excel (Pivot tables, vlookups, Power Query, etc).
8. Demonstrate a continuous improvement approach to work, including but not limited to, identifying areas for process improvements and implementing robust solutions.
9. Experience of working to a monthly close cadence
10. Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights
11. Strong project management, time management and communication skills
12. 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 that attracts the best and brightest across a broad range of disciplines. As well as having an outstanding working environment based in iconic buildings the Shard and Blue Fin or one of our key UK-wide hubs. Other perks include full private medical cover, dental cover, Life Assurance and member rewards, 28 days annual leave, a competitive pension, season ticket loans, enhanced maternity and paternity payand much more!