CoStar Group:

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.  

Role Overview: Senior Payroll Analyst: 

Arlington, VA | In office, Monday – Friday 

At CoStar Group, our finance group centralizes transaction processes, providing accurate reporting, financial resolutions, and proper forecasting analysis. Joining the team offers access to financial specializations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash and asset management, client contracts and billing, payroll, and revenue recognition. 

We are currently seeking a Senior Payroll Analyst to join our team in our Arlington, VA headquarters. This role would interact the entire organization, including global offices, in supporting the payroll process for over 8,400+ employees within the US and 14 international countries. 

Responsibilities:

• Support the accurate and timely bi?weekly and monthly payroll process for more than 6,800 employees in the US and 14 international countries. 
• Ensure payrolls are administered in compliance with all US and international regulations, company policies and SOX requirements. 
• Participate in Expatriate processing to ensure accurate payroll recording, partnering with HR and external tax partner. 
• Support the payroll input process to include building, uploading files and manual inputs in the Workday Payroll system. 
• Coordinate with Human Resources and Benefits on payroll impacting transactions such as leave of absences, retro benefit premium deductions, 401k loans, etc. 
• Complete post-production processing tasks such as settlement, vendor integrations, and reconciliations. 
• Manage the time entry process to include outreach to employees and managers to ensure hourly employees are paid accurately and timely. 
• Maintain full life cycle garnishment processing to include system inputs, communication to employees, responding answers/interrogatories, etc. 
• Participate in projects such as ongoing process improvements and new feature adoption in Workday. 
• Maintain process maps and documentation; updating as processes evolve. 
• Serve as primary lead for specialized tasks such as stock awards/option exercises, SEC filings, and/or sales commission payments. 
• Oversee quarterly reconciliations and filings for all taxes as well as support for year-end activities such as annual tax filings, reconciliations, and W?2 generation. 
• Provide excellent customer service to CoStar employees, responding to payroll related questions. 
• Maintain strict confidentiality of employee records including compensation details and personal information. 
• Promotes and encourages a collaborative working environment. 
• Other duties as assigned.

What’s In It?For?You?:? 

If?you are?a driven professional looking for a high-growth, high-reward career, CoStar?Group?offers the ideal opportunity.??Be part of a best-in-class company?with strong year-over-year growth?that invests in?your success. Enjoy a rewarding atmosphere where you can learn, excel, and grow.? 

When you join CoStar Group,?you’ll?experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.?? 

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training?and?tuition reimbursement.?? 

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):?? 

• 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)? 
• Access to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups? 
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks? 

Sponsorship: 

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply.?However, please note that CoStar Group?is not able to?provide visa sponsorship for this position. 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required from an accredited, not-for-profit, in-person college/university. 
• 8+ years' experience in Payroll or related field or relevant Master's Degree with 2+ years' experience in Payroll. 
• A track record of commitment to prior employers. 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Excel (must be able to conduct data analysis, VLOOKUP’s, pivot tables). 
• Exceptional stakeholder management experience, ideally including an outsourced provider. 
• Experience using HRIS/HCM platforms such as Workday, TMF, ADP. 
• Payroll.Org (formerly American Payroll Association) CPP or FPC Certification preferred. 

About CoStar Group

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.

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