Business Analyst, CoStar Risk Analytics Job Description 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. CoStar Risk Analytics, located in Boston, MA, works with market participants across the commercial real estate (CRE) lending spectrum. Our solution provides lenders with the ability to better target business, appropriately price loans, make informed approval of credits, actively manage their portfolio with robust stress testing and surveillance measures, assess refinance risk, and execute with a disciplined framework. CoStar Risk Analytics is currently looking for a Business Analyst to join the growing Boston-based team. This individual will work together with Product Managers, Software Engineers, User Interface Designers, and Web Developers. In this position, you'll have the chance to transform product concepts into features in our cutting-edge risk management solution for lenders. This position is located in Boston, MA and offers the following schedule: 4 days onsite / 1 day remote. Responsibilities: Elicit business needs and product requirements on a regular basis from stakeholders, including senior management, client support, sales team, and clients. Communicate business goals and product requirements clearly with the technical team. Collaborate with senior management and technical team leads to form decisions on project work scope and priorities. Translate business needs into technical requirements with comprehensive documentation of functional specifications, use cases, user stories, and workflows. Work closely with the technical team under agile project management to ensure development processes proceed as expected, identify issues, and find optimal solutions. Collaborate with the design team to create product UI designs. Collaborate with the QA team to create and implement effective test plans and regression testing procedures for product features and bug fixes to ensure adherence to user acceptance and quality standards. Monitor product daily operations to identify and report bugs. Evaluate product performance to identify areas for future enhancements. Analyze product usage to measure the success of product value delivery. Conduct market research on technology innovations in product development to maintain product competitiveness. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Business Analytics, Data Science, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related fields from an accredited, not-for-profit University or College. Aptitude for technology and ability to communicate between the business and technical team. Preferred Qualifications: A master’s degree in a related field. Evidence of strong academic performance in college. Experience in product life-cycle management. Experience working in an agile environment. Experience in financial or analytic products used in related industries including banking, insurance, investment management, or accounting. Experience in commercial real estate, banking, or fixed-income investment. Experience in SQL, Python, or .Net development languages. Experience in working with Database technologies. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Experience in working within AWS or Azure Services. Strong understanding of API technologies. Demonstrated experience in requirements gathering, documentation, and communication. Knowledge of data analysis and visualization tools including skills to develop analysis queries and procedures in SQL, SAS, Microsoft Power BI, or other business intelligence and analysis software. What’s in it for you? 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, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program. 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. 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. This position offers a base salary range of $74,900-$104,800, based on relevant skills and experience, and includes a generous benefits plan. LI-NH1 CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. CoStar Group is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. J-18808-Ljbffr