Finance Manager

About the team

The FP&A team is on the front line of Zillow Group’s business planning and strategic initiatives, so you will work on some of the company’s highest visibility projects. This role not only offers phenomenal exposure, but also the chance to collaborate with many different groups across the organization. Join a dynamic team that helps drive the company towards its goals, with an abundance of growth opportunities along the way!

About the role

Zillow Group is looking for a dynamic Finance Manager to join the Financial Planning and Analysis team! This highly visible role requires a personable, proactive, and detail-oriented candidate with a consistent record of forging relationships across functions and levels, allowing for the opportunity to engage with business leaders on a regular basis. You’ll directly support our core Premier Agent business, while partnering with several functions as part of building towards our integrated transaction experience. Working with the teams and leadership, you will directly manage one or more financial analysts, and be actively involved in revenue planning, pricing optimization, construction of annual and long-range planning, and providing regular forecast updates. You will deliver valuable insights and analyses supporting new and existing initiatives and dig to find opportunities to drive efficiency. You will be a crucial FP&A leader, connecting our business partners with the greater Finance org (FP&A, Accounting, A/R, etc).

In this role, you will:

• Lead the long-range planning and month/quarter/annual forecasting processes for Zillow’s Premier Agent business
• Collaborate with key partners to develop new processes and investment frameworks, evaluate business opportunities, and provide clear and concise recommendations based on detailed analyses
• Lead a team of financial analysts, ensuring proper project prioritization and business partner support
• Identify and lead initiatives to continuously improve, automate, and scale forecasting and reporting tools, processes, and methodologies
• Work cross-functionally to drive consistency in forecast methodologies and models, weaving together key operational and financial metrics
• Provide P&L clarity across business teams, including expenses, financial drivers, and key performance indicators
• Balance ad hoc requests and demands, requiring the ability to quickly shift focus and effectively prioritize as necessary

This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice, which must be identified to the Company. U.S. employees may live in any of the 50 United States, with limited exceptions.

In California, Colorado, Connecticut, …