Sr Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis
PayPal · Posted Oct 20
Online payment processing, digital wallet, money transfer, and financial services
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About the role
The role sits within PayPal's G&A finance team, supporting financial planning and decision-making for Corporate/Enabling Functions such as Legal, HR, Facilities, and IT. The team owns Opex and headcount planning and reporting standards for a global payments platform, working with modern planning tools including SAP and SAP Analytics Cloud. This Senior Analyst will connect company strategy to headcount and operating expense plans, deliver insights to senior leadership, drive automation and process improvement, and help lead a team of analysts.
What you will do
- Support planning and forecasting processes
- Review business performance on regular cadences (weekly, monthly, quarterly)Collaborate with stakeholders to gather inputs and summarize insights
- Produce executive-level presentations
- Work closely with the finance and technical teams to drive process and system improvements
- Facilitate discussions with various stakeholders, manage expectations, and collaborate cross-functionally
- Consult with finance leads to review and discuss key issues, risks, and dependencies for assigned initiatives
- Document and escalate potential risks/issues, assist in developing mitigation strategies, and support their implementation
- Own the Opex planning, forecasting, and budgeting cycle for Corporate/Enabling Functions (e.g., Legal, HR, Finance, Corporate Real Estate, IT), ensuring alignment with enterprise-wide financial targets
- Partner directly with senior functional leaders to translate business priorities into financial plans, headcount models, and investment cases, acting as a trusted financial advisor
- Deliver clear, concise, and compelling storytelling on financial performance, key cost drivers, and variances to executive and cross-functional audiences
- Drive standardization, automation, and process improvement across Opex reporting workstreams, leveraging tools such as SAP, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), and other planning platforms
- Lead monthly close, variance analysis (budget vs. actual/forecast), and headcount tracking, proactively flagging risks and opportunities before they surface in results
- Build and maintain robust financial models and business cases to support strategic decisions, cost-optimization initiatives, and ad hoc leadership requests
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Controllership, Corporate FP&A, Legal, HR/People, and business stakeholders to ensure data integrity, consistency, and a single source of truth across reporting
- Represent Finance in leadership forums, demonstrating strong executive presence and the ability to influence and articulate recommendations to senior stakeholders
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5+ years of progressive FP&A or corporate finance experience, ideally within a fintech, financial services, or technology environment, with direct exposure to Corporate/Enabling Functions
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or professional certification (CPA/CFA) a plus
- Hands-on experience with SAP and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) required; familiarity with additional planning tools (Tableau, Power BI) is a plus
- Demonstrated experience managing Opex budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis for a large, matrixed organization
- Strong executive presence with the ability to confidently present to and influence senior leadership, including comfort operating with ambiguity and competing priorities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to distill complex financial data into clear, actionable narratives for non-finance audiences
- Self-starter who can work autonomously in a fast-paced, global environment while collaborating effectively across time zones and functions
Benefits and support
- generous paid time off
- healthcare coverage for you and your family
- resources to create financial security and support your mental health
- balanced hybrid work model with 3 days in the office and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace
About PayPal
PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system that supports online money transfers globally. It serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods, providing merchant processing, digital wallets, and peer-to-peer payment services through major brands like Venmo, Braintree, and Xoom.
- Industry
- Financial Technology
- Company size
- 23800 employees
- Founded
- 1998
- Location
- San Jose, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $216M raised
- 2022-07-26Post IPO
Leadership
President & Chief Executive Officer
Jamie Miller
Chief Financial & Operating Officer
Srini Venkatesan
Chief Technology Officer
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