Financial Analyst, Sr

Realtor.com Careers•Austin, TX

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Recognized as the No. 1 site trusted by real estate professionals, Realtor.com® has been at the forefront of online real estate for over 25 years, connecting buyers, sellers, and renters with trusted insights and expert guidance to find their perfect home. Through its robust suite of tools, Realtor.com® not only makes a significant impact on the real estate industry at large, but for consumers, navigating the biggest purchase they will make in their life, by providing a user experience that is easy to use, easy to understand, and most of all, easy to make decisions. Join us on our mission to empower more people to find their way home by breaking barriers to entry, making the right connections, and building confidence through expert guidance. SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST, FP&A The Impact At http://Realtor.com , you’ll be a key member of our best-in-class FP&A team, building the financial models that help us understand our business and drive our strategy forward. This role is designed for a curious, resourceful learner and automation-minded analyst who finds professional satisfaction in building clean, logical, driver-based models and maintaining meticulous file hygiene. You will act as a strategic partner to your business area, working side-by-side with leaders to explain the "why" behind the numbers, ensuring every decision is built on a bedrock of accuracy, strategy, and trust.

Requirements

Experience: 5+ years of progressive finance experience, ideally in a marketplace, SaaS, or high-growth tech environment.
Modeling & Rigor: Expert-level ability to build driver-based (PxQ) models. You are naturally disciplined and believe that file structure and naming conventions are a reflection of analytical quality.
Resourceful Learner: You are a naturally curious problem-solver who enjoys learning new systems and data structures. You take the initiative to find answers and develop compelling data insights independently.
Detail Obsession: You have the persistence to dig into GL-level discrepancies and the patience to organize "messy" data into clean, repeatable frameworks.
Professional Judgment: Proven ability to operate with high autonomy while possessing the judgment to proactively loop in management on medium-to-high impact decisions.
Technical Prowess: Advanced Excel is required. Proficiency with Google Sheets and experience with Adaptive (or similar financial planning tools) is strongly preferred.
Modern Mindset: Tech-curious early adopter of AI productivity tools with a passion for automating repetitive tasks.
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related quantitative field.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Oracle, Snowflake, SQL, or Power BI is a plus.

Responsibilities

Strategic Business Partner: Manage the P&L for your business units and provide rigorous financial advice, contextualized by company strategies, to executive leadership.
Strategic Opinions: Go beyond reporting to provide proactive opinions on business strategy and perform ad hoc finance and business case analyses for stakeholders.
Business Support & Communication: Develop and maintain detailed budget and forecast models, communicating results and insights effectively to all stakeholders.
Provide P&L owners and Business Partners with budget-to-actual analysis and support managers in the development of concrete action plans to improve variances.
Executive Reporting: Develop and prepare KPI and financial reports for distribution to senior management, including the preparation of financial package presentation materials.
P&L Integrity: Ensure the foundational accuracy of your P&L, including month-end accrual and billing accuracy.
Headcount Management: Manage personnel costs—often the largest P&L driver—by tracking and forecasting both FTEs and contractors to ensure alignment with operational plans.
Systems Architecture: Build models, create dashboards, and generate reports within the FP&A reporting system, using several different systems such as Adaptive, Excel, and Gsheets.
Process Improvement: Identify and lead process improvement projects that result in enhanced internal/external reporting and forecasting, with a relentless drive towards improving forecast accuracy.
AI-Forward Efficiency: Actively leverage AI tools to accelerate data cleaning, audit formulas, and streamline documentation, reclaiming time for deeper analysis.
File & Data Hygiene: Maintain a gold standard for organization, including logical model flows, intuitive file naming, and clear folder structures that ensure work is documented and scalable.