Senior Payroll Analyst, CoStar Group - Arlington, VA

Senior Payroll Analyst, CoStar Group - Arlington, VA

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.

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 with the entire organization, including global offices, in supporting the payroll process for over 8,400+ employees within the US and 14 international countries.

• 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 partners.
• 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, 401(k) 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 to questions/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.
• Promote and encourage a collaborative working environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

• 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, VLOOKUPs, pivot tables).
• Exceptional stakeholder management experience, ideally including an outsourced provider.
• Experience using HRIS/HCM platforms such as…