Sales Operations Analyst, Apartments.com - Richmond, VA

CoStar•Richmond, VA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

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. Apartments.com is the nation’s #1 rental marketplace for owners, property managers and consumers. Apartments.com is the network that millions of renters every year rely on to find their new place, is continuing to grow our industry-leading sales force. We provide apartment Property Managers and Owners with a platform to market their property listings and the industry’s most comprehensive virtual tools to attract the most and highest-quality renters. The Apartments.com Network includes Apartments.com, ForRent.com, ApartmentFinder.com, ApartmentHomeLiving.com, and eight other leading rental sites. Our suite of services includes digital advertising, social and reputation management, and market analytic solutions which delivers innovative tools for our customers. The Apartments.com Sales Operations team is looking for a self-starter Data Analyst. In this role, analysts will be expected to learn essential business functions, develop key metrics, and deliver analyses and reporting that contribute to business decisions across the organization. Team members will be required to work cross-functionally with management, analysts, developers, and product teams to meet objectives and deliver actionable insights to the business. As an integral member of our team, you will be responsible for creating the overarching data and reporting strategy to support the management and optimization of the Apartments.com sales function and assist in improving the operations and decision-making of our business. An ideal candidate will possess strong problem solving and conceptual thinking abilities in addition to strong mathematical, analytical, and data modeling skills. The ability to manipulate large, complex data sets into manageable, understandable reports. Excellent problem-solving, communication, and team-working skills. You should be flexible and able to work independently or in a team. This position is in office Monday through Friday.

Requirements

3+ years in Business Intelligence and analytics experience.
3+ years of Power BI visualization and development
5+ years SQL Server experience including query writing, dataset creation; analytical programming experience
Strong technical aptitude with the ability to analyze data, interpret information and trends in large amounts of data to develop actionable recommendations
Ability to work on multiple projects and deliverables simultaneously and quickly adapt as business evolves and objectives change
Proven proactive, self-starter with the ability to work both as an individual and within a team to resolve issues, create new approaches to analyzing data, and drive decisions and consensus within the business.
Familiarity with data modeling software and Excel software
A track record of commitment to prior employers.
Bachelor’s degree required from an accredited, not-for-profit, in-person University or College.

Responsibilities

Design/build reports, create models and analyses to identify trends and improve existing business processes
Build and maintain critical dashboards, reports and presentations that enable key leaders to understand, interpret and make decisions quickly
Leverage a data first approach to identify critical business trends to deliver both insights and specific actionable recommendations to the business
Dive into both quantitative and qualitative data to understand and prioritize strategic opportunities with regional sales leadership
Utilize multiple data sources (primarily MS/T-SQL) build datasets and perform ad hoc analyses that drive actionable insights for the business
Partner across departments to identify key information gaps and plans to provide or obtain that information
Identifies, communicates, and resolves data quality and data reconciliation issues
Serve in a consultative role with client to advise on best practices where appropriate

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
Commuter and parking benefits
401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
Employee stock purchase plan
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classes
Access to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups
Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks