Senior Data & Finance Systems Analyst

costar; United States; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

CoStar Group is seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst for the Enterprise Data Services - Finance (EDS-F) team in Arlington, VA. The role emphasizes writing requirements, data analysis with SQL, and close collaboration with engineering, product, and finance teams.

You will translate business needs into technical requirements, document processes, and support an efficient SDLC with risk tracking and release readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required from an accredited program; Business, Information Systems, CS, Finance or related field preferred.
• A track record of commitment to prior employers
• 5+ years as a business analyst, technical analyst, or product owner on software delivery teams.
• Ability to write and run SQL queries without help; joining tables, aggregating results, and investigating data questions.
• Experience writing requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for engineering teams.
• Experience with process modeling: use cases, sequence diagrams, and process flow charts.
• Experience as the interface between business stakeholders and engineers, including groups with competing priorities.
• Experience supporting an Agile or iterative delivery process.
• Clear written and verbal communication; able to brief engineers and write business cases.
• Experience managing several concurrent initiatives and tracking them to closure.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and document business and technical requirements for EDS-F initiatives.
• Write clear user stories and acceptance criteria for engineers to build from.
• Query and profile data with SQL to confirm assumptions and size work.
• Document As-Is and To-Be process flows using diagrams and maps.
• Review API contracts and data payloads with engineers to confirm feasibility.
• Support user acceptance testing with defined scenarios and criteria.
• Act as a liaison between EDS-F and partner teams in engineering, product, Finance, and Accounting.
• Represent EDS-F in cross-team design reviews and planning sessions.
• Explain platform constraints and deliver timelines to non-EDS-F audiences.
• Track risks, issues, actions, and decisions through to closure.

Skills

SQL

Data analysis

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Postman

Job description

CoStar Group is seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst for the Enterprise Data Services - Finance (EDS-F) team in Arlington, VA. The role emphasizes writing requirements, data analysis with SQL, and close collaboration with engineering, product, and finance teams.

You will translate business needs into technical requirements, document processes, and support an efficient SDLC with risk tracking and release readiness.