FP&A COE Finance Analyst
eBay · Posted Oct 28
Global online marketplace and e-commerce services
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About the role
eBay's FP&A Center of Excellence is a global organization established to centralize, standardize, and scale core financial planning and analysis activities, supporting global FP&A teams and business units with month-end close, forecasting, reporting, financial analysis, and business performance management. The team partners with Global Finance, Business teams, and Controllership to deliver OPEX accruals and forecasts, spend visibility, variance analysis, and financial insights. This execution-focused role owns and delivers core FP&A activities and drives process standardization, automation, and tooling improvements.
What you will do
- Own and execute core FP&A activities, including close, accruals, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and analysis.
- Act as a key point of contact for Finance stakeholders, ensuring accurate, timely, and well-controlled deliverables.
- Review and validate OPEX accruals, forecasts, budgets, and variance analysis, providing clear insights on financial performance.
- Partner with Finance and business teams to understand investment plans, cost drivers, risks, opportunities, and changes in assumptions.
- Build scalable reports, dashboards, analytical tools, and insights to improve spend visibility and decision-making.
- Drive process standardization, simplification, automation, and continuous improvement across FP&A activities.
- Support the transition of Finance activities into the COE, ensuring clear ownership, controls, governance, documentation, and service expectations.
- Partner with Controllership and Finance teams to ensure compliance with US GAAP, internal controls, accounting policies, and audit requirements.
- Contribute to the development of the COE operating model, governance, performance metrics, and best practices.
- Manage multiple priorities and timelines effectively in a dynamic, matrixed environment.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience; CA, CPA, CMA, ACCA, MBA, or similar qualification preferred.
- 2–6 years of relevant experience in FP&A, financial analysis, accounting, or business finance.
- Strong knowledge of accrual accounting, budgeting, forecasting, month-end close, variance analysis, and financial reporting.
- Proven ability to independently manage complex FP&A deliverables with accuracy, accountability, and strong attention to controls.
- Experience in leading process transitions, standardization, operating-model improvements, or automation initiatives.
- Experience in developing and implementing financial tools, dashboards, models, reports, or automated solutions.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, spreadsheet, and presentation skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across functions, levels, and geographies in a matrixed and evolving environment.
- Experience with tools such as Anaplan, SAP, Tableau, Power BI, workflow platforms, AI, or similar technologies.
- Strong commitment to quality, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About eBay
eBay Inc. is a multinational e-commerce corporation based in San Jose, California, that facilitates online consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales. Founded in 1995, the platform connects millions of buyers and sellers globally through auctions and fixed-price 'Buy It Now' listings across numerous categories. It operates as one of the world's largest digital marketplaces, emphasizing specialized categories like collectibles, luxury goods, and refurbished products.
- Industry
- E-commerce
- Company size
- 12000+ employees
- Founded
- 1995-09-03
- Location
- San Jose, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer
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