Sr. Financial Analyst - NEU/ICE FP&A

<p><b>The Company</b></p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p></p><p><b>Job Description Summary:</b></p>What you need to know about the role:<br/><br/>As a Sr Financial Analyst (FP&amp;A), you will support profitable growth for PayPal in the NEU (Northern Europe), and ICE (Israel and Central Europe) regions through financial and commercial insight.<br/>In this role you will partner closely with business market leaders and other global and regional cross-functional stakeholders, explain key drivers and make actionable recommendations to drive financial performance.<br/><br/>Meet our team:<br/><br/>Our team is a diverse one, based out of varying European offices and working closely with colleagues in APAC and the US. The Sr. Financial Analyst is a key member of the broader EU FP&amp;A team and will be based near Berlin (Dreilinden), reporting into the NEU and ICE FP&amp;A Manager, based in Paris, France.<p></p><p><b>Job Description:</b></p><p><b>Your way to impact:</b></p><p></p><p>The core aspects of the role include business partnering, budgeting, forecasting, target setting, analytics &amp; building complex financial models. The individual will establish the critical link of digging deep into the data including non-financial metrics to determine the causes of trends, identifying anomalies, spotting opportunities etc. and in the process help the business determine focus areas. The role will go further into helping the business make better decisions, pre-empt future trends and take corrective actions to ensure PayPal remains on track to meet its short-term and long-term goals.</p><p></p><p><b>Your day-to-day:</b></p><ul><li><p>Analyze and explain TPV, revenue, margin and other financial KPIs, including detailed weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual trend analysis across various dimensions of the business such as product, merchant segments, and regions; identify potential business opportunities/risks.</p></li><li><p>Partner closely with business and finance teams to design and implement a robust financial analytical review framework to ensure financial and strategic objectives are met.</p></li><li><p>Provide regional senior leadership with timely, accurate, and insightful financial analysis to monitor business KPIs and financial results to enable key strategic decision-making.</p></li><li><p>Coordinate and communicate with global and regional FP&amp;A teams to ensure alignment and consistency of data and messaging, and to ensure information flows seamlessly across the various segments, product and market finance teams.</p></li><li><p>Drive best practices and identify areas of improvement and make recommendations to optimize processes or analytics tools.</p></li><li><p>Support other FP&amp;A teams as required and contribute