--- title: 'Chief Financial Officer at Bisnow' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/chief-financial-officer-bisnow-denver-seksxyv4qrwa' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Chief Financial Officer at Bisnow - **Company:** Bisnow - **Location:** Denver, CO - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-08-22 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/bisnow/7a379ace-2cfb-4ea3-9870-2c92205aeedb ## Job description Our SelectLeaders client is a well-established real estate organization. They are seeking a Chief Financial Officer to serve as a strategic partner to ownership and a trusted advisor to senior leadership. ## About the Role The CFO will lead the organization's financial, capital, and risk management functions while playing an active role in shaping long-term strategy. This is a broad, high-visibility position for a finance leader who wants to influence decision-making beyond the numbers by strengthening reporting, driving process improvement, and modernizing the finance function through automation and technology. Responsibilities: - Serve as a strategic advisor to leadership on financial and business decisions - Participate in evaluating investment and capital allocation decisions - Guide capital strategy, including financing, investor relationships, and partnership structuring - Oversee treasury, cash flow, and overall capital structure - Provide leadership over financial reporting, compliance, and internal controls - Support oversight of core business operations from a financial standpoint - Guide tax, HR, and risk/insurance strategy in partnership with outside advisors - Lead modernization efforts for technology and financials. - Build and manage a high-performing finance team Qualifications: - Substantial real estate finance experience, including prior CFO or senior finance leadership experience - A track record of strengthening financial infrastructure and reporting in a growing organization - CPA or MBA a plus, not required - Strong business judgment paired with high emotional intelligence and communication skills - A collaborative leadership style. - Must be able to work in office five days a week. Compensation: - Base range: $250,000 - $375,000 - Bonus Opportunity ## About Bisnow ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Bisnow is the leading B2B platform serving the commercial real estate industry, delivering news, events, marketing services, and recruiting solutions to over 1.7 million subscribers worldwide. - **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Axel Springer in 2016) - **Headquarters**: New York City, USA - **Founded**: 2005 - **Founders**: Not publicly available ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Online Media / Commercial Real Estate B2B Platform - **Target customers**: B2B – commercial real estate professionals including developers, owners, investors, brokers, and service providers (Enterprise, SMB) - **Mission or purpose**: “To inform, connect and advance the commercial real estate community to do more business.” [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/bisnow-media) ## Products & Services - **Bisnow News**: Award-winning daily journalism covering the most pressing CRE trends across 50 metro markets in North America and Europe. [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about) - **Live & Digital Events**: 340+ events per year (webinars, digital summits, in-person conferences, and premier leadership retreats like Elevate, Escape & Ascent) attended by over 75,000 people and 2,000 sponsors. [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about) - **Studio B (Marketing Services)**: Custom content creation, targeted lead generation campaigns, and brand awareness solutions for CRE clients. [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about) - **SelectLeaders (Recruiting)**: A real estate job network connecting talent with the industry’s most prominent companies. [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about) - **Biscred (Sales Enablement)**: A platform providing CRE-specific contact data, email addresses, phone numbers, and LinkedIn profiles to help sales teams close deals. [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about) - **Newsletters**: Morning briefs and sector-specific newsletters reaching more than 1.5 million executives. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/bisnow) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Acquired by Axel Springer in May 2016 for $50 million (not currently trading publicly). [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/bisnow) - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of ~$40 million (LinkedIn estimate). [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/bisnow) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Axel Springer (parent company); acquired SelectLeaders in December 2019. - **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 172 (+13.3% year-over-year); operates across 7 countries (U.S., UK, Philippines, Indonesia, Germany, etc.); hosts 340+ events annually; reaches over 1.7 million subscribers. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/bisnow) [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about) ## Competitive Advantages - **Vertically integrated CRE platform**: Combines news, events, marketing services, recruiting, and sales intelligence – a one-stop ecosystem for the industry. - **Deep market penetration**: Active in 47+ local markets across North America and Europe, providing hyper-local coverage alongside global perspective. - **Data-driven sales tools**: Biscred offers proprietary CRE-specific contact data that competitors lack. - **Most Loved Workplace® Certified**: Recognized for culture and employee experience. [mostlovedworkplace.com](https://certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/bisnow) ## Strategic Focus - Expand the data and intelligence capabilities of the platform (e.g., Biscred). - Continue scaling the events business both in-person and digitally. - Deepen presence in existing markets and explore international expansion (already in UK/Ireland). - Enhance recruitment offerings through SelectLeaders and cross-selling to the existing subscriber base. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Fast-paced, collaborative, and ownership-driven. Values include “Bold, Collaborative, Accountable, Curious, Fast-paced, Authentic, Respectful.” [mostlovedworkplace.com](https://certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/bisnow) - **Work environment**: Hybrid-first with many roles offering hybrid or remote arrangements. Offices in New York City (HQ), Atlanta, and Washington D.C. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/bisnow-media) - **Perks & benefits**: Unlimited vacation, health insurance with HSA, mental health support via Talkspace, fertility care through Kindbody, generous parental leave, wellness incentives, and dependent care support. [mostlovedworkplace.com](https://certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/bisnow) - **Career development**: Individual Development Plans, quarterly ROCKS goal-setting, clear internal promotion paths, and cross-departmental mobility. [mostlovedworkplace.com](https://certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/bisnow) - **Engineering/technology culture**: Data-driven mindset; leverages AI tools in the hiring process; small, agile teams with high ownership. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/bisnow) ## Sources 1. [Bisnow](https://www.bisnow.com/about) 2. [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/bisnow) 3. [Built In](https://builtin.com/company/bisnow-media) 4. [Most Loved Workplace](https://certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/bisnow) 5. 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