SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST

Company: Zillow
Location: Little Ferry
Posted on: October 19, 2024

Job Description:

About The Team

Have you got what it takes to succeed The following information should be read carefully by all candidates.

The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team of ZGM is responsible for the following key activities:

• Management of corporate finance activities - reviewing closing financials, forecasting, annual budgeting, and long-range planning
• Business partnership activities - collaborating with and presenting to Mortgage leadership during Monthly Business Reviews
• New customer product and channel projects - working with ZGM and other business segments at Zillow to develop and implement new growth strategies involving mortgage products
• Ad-hoc analysis - developing and completing actions that can drive revenue acceleration or margin improvement for any of ZGMs LOBs
  About The Role
  
  This role requires an analytical, meticulous, and proactive candidate with outstanding eye for business and a curiosity to learn about the different revenue and cost levers that drive our business forward. You must be comfortable with ambiguity, have an interest in partnering closely with product leadership and an eagerness to distill key financial insights into practical strategy recommendations to help our products scale quickly and profitably.
  
  You Will Get To:
  
  

• Lead revenue and expense analysis, forecasting, and budgeting processes
• Support the rapid growth of our business as we continue to grow and scale our operations across the nation.
• Collaborate with our business leaders, stakeholders, and product management operation group to ensure we are making the right decisions today for sustainable, thoughtful, and efficient long-term growth.
• Help build cross-segment and line of business reporting for senior leadership, collaborating with data science, broader finance teams, and data engineering teams
• Partner with business leaders to develop strategies, evaluate business opportunities, and provide clear and concise recommendations based on detailed analysis
• Build and support reporting and model functionality within our financial models and planning tools
• Balance multiple ad hoc requests and demands, requiring the ability to quickly shift focus as necessary
• Lead and/or participate in meetings with key decision makers, including ZG executives
  Who you are
  
  
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience in investment banking or corporate finance
  • Experience building sophisticated financial models in Excel
  • Ability to own the development of high caliber PowerPoint presentations that are delivered to senior leadership and Board members
  • Learning agility on financial systems for headcount planning, P&L hierarchies and management and BI Tools (e.g., Tableau)
    Preferred, But Not Required
    
    
    • Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
    • Software experience in Workday, Anaplan, and Tableau
    • Database and SQL querying experience
      Get to know us
      
      Zillow is reimagining real estate to make home a reality for more and more people.
      
      As the most-visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow and its affiliates help movers find and win their home through digital solutions, first class partners, and easier buying, selling, financing and renting experiences. Millions of people visit Zillow Group sites every month to start their home search, and now they can rely on Zillow to help make it easier to move. The work we do helps people get home and no matter what job you're in, you will play a critical role in making home a reality for more and more people.
      
      Our efforts to streamline the real estate transaction are supported by a deep-rooted culture of innovation, our passion to redefine the employee experience, a fundamental commitment to Equity and Belonging, and world-class benefits. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverages as well as parental leave, family benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off. We're also setting the standard for work experiences of the future, where our employees are supported in doing their best work and living a flexible, well-balanced life.
      
      Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at RecruitingAccessibility@zillowgroup.com.
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