Senior Financial Data & Systems Analyst

CoStar Group, Inc.; Arlington (TX); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401(k) matching

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health resources

Commuter benefits

Job summary

CoStar Group, Inc. is hiring a Senior Technical Business Analyst for the Enterprise Data Services – Finance (EDS-F) team in Arlington, VA. The role focuses on gathering and writing requirements, querying data with SQL, and translating business needs into technical specifications.

You will act as the primary liaison between EDS-F and engineering, product, Finance, and Accounting, coordinating intake, scope, risks, and release readiness across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university; fields preferred include Business, Information Systems, CS, Finance.
• 5+ years as a BA/TA/PO on software delivery teams.
• Ability to write and run SQL queries, join tables, and investigate data independently.
• Experience writing requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for engineering teams.
• Experience with process modeling: use cases, sequence diagrams, process flows.
• Experience bridging business stakeholders and engineers in agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and document business and technical requirements for EDS-F initiatives.
• Write clear user stories and acceptance criteria for engineers.
• Query and profile data with SQL to validate assumptions and size work.
• Document As-Is/To-Be processes with diagrams and flowcharts.
• Review API contracts and data payloads with engineers.
• Support UAT; define test scenarios and confirm delivered work meets criteria.
• Act as the first contact between EDS-F and partner teams in engineering, product, Finance, and Accounting.
• Lead intake for requests; clarify needs and scope work.
• Represent EDS-F in design reviews and dependency discussions.
• Explain platform constraints, data models, and timelines to non-EDS-F audiences.
• Support SDLC through scope, estimates, and release readiness.

Skills

SQL queries

Requirements writing

User stories

Process modeling

Agile / SDLC

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business/IS/CS/Finance

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Postman

Job description

CoStar Group, Inc. is hiring a Senior Technical Business Analyst for the Enterprise Data Services – Finance (EDS-F) team in Arlington, VA. The role focuses on gathering and writing requirements, querying data with SQL, and translating business needs into technical specifications.

You will act as the primary liaison between EDS-F and engineering, product, Finance, and Accounting, coordinating intake, scope, risks, and release readiness across teams.