Financial Analyst 3

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. 

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. 

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.  We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Description Summary:

Job Description:

PayPal, Inc. seeks Financial Analyst 3 in San Jose, CA

Job Duties: Lead month-end close and reporting activities such as booking accruals, rolling up forecast, and preparing monthly actuals-to-forecast variance analysis for Finance and HR business units. Prepare budgets and forecast monthly and yearly for based on run rates and analyze multiple scenarios to attain optimal financials. Develop an understanding of the business strategic priorities, resources, and headcount needs by providing attrition trends and analysis. Collaborate with the business to execute and improve financial planning and budgeting and guide business partners on understanding their variances and targets through analytical reports. Identify trends, anticipate needs, and gather business requirements to support an evolving planning and management reporting function that meets the needs of the users. Drive process improvements using reporting and planning tools such as EMT and establish processes to standardize reporting methodology of KPIs. Provide analysis and recommendations to business partners and cross-functional Finance teams as necessary. Effectively communicate financial results and key drivers through concise and effective storytelling, presenting results monthly to senior leaders and VPs. Ensure strict adherence to corporate policies and GAAP regulations. Implement and practice strict audit rules with business and do analysis on cross BU financials to ensure adherence to finance principles. Provide ad-hoc analysis and contribute to projects as needed to support or improve business needs. Perform regulatory checks for human resources to review and approve headcount and OPEX POs. Proficient in Microsoft Office applications with good level of experience with PowerPoint, Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP formulas). Partial telecommuting permitted from a commutable distance.

Minimum Requirements: Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Finance, Business Administration or a closely related field plus two years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.

Special Skill Requirements:

1.            GL Accounting

2.            Financial Analysis

3.            Financial Capital budget

4.            Financial Forecasting

5.            SAP & BI/BW analysis

6.            Financial modeling

7.            Office 365 tools

8.            R coding

9.            Data cleanup and modeling