Sr. Analyst - FP&A

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:

We're looking for a FP&A Senior Financial Analyst to join the Consumer Product OpEx team, helping to provide strategic and operational finance support to the team to manage their finance successfully.In this role, you will be involved in budgeting, forecasting, month end close, variance analysis and reporting related to operating expenses, capital expenditure and headcount, as well as managing the day-to-day process and guide the business through various finance-related tasks. This role will work closely with cross-functional teams to provide business insight and guide them towards sound financial decisions.

Job Description:

• You will work closely with the business as well as other finance team members for forecasting, month end close activities including accrual JE, reporting and budget process.
• Assist in Monthly reporting, variance analysis (Actual Vs. Forecast Vs. Budget) and adhoc deep dive analysis relating to expenses, Capex and headcount.
• Work with business, budget owners and other financial analysts to build business cases and set up processes to manage the spending of new projects/initiatives
• Process cost center creation and changes, movement of cost center hierarchies
• Lead month-end close and reporting activities such as booking accruals and cross charge JE’s accurately and on time
• Monitor expense and headcount plan vs actual, and provide analysis/recommendation for business partners and Finance team
• Build reports and assist with monthly actuals-to-forecast variance analysis
• Monitor expense and headcount plan vs actual, and provide analysis/recommendation for business partners and Finance team
• Ensure strict adherence to corporate policies and GAAP regulations
• Develop an understanding of the business strategic priorities, resource and headcount needs; collaborate with them to execute and improve financial planning and budgeting

Job Qualifications (Desired):

• 5+ years of experience in FP&A
• Detail oriented and ability to produce work with high degree of accuracy.
• Strong analytical/data processing skills and methodological/conceptual understanding; can focus on detail without losing track of the bigger picture
• Proficiency in MS office
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Process-focused – ability to identify and execute process improvements
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications with high level of experience with
• Proficient in budget and repor