Python Job: Analyst - Financial Planning & Analytics

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives.

Job Description Summary: The FP&A Analyst, Finance & Analytics will be a key member of the Australian Financial Planning & Analytics team based in Sydney and will report into the Finance Director. This role will be a hybrid between the Finance and Analytics parts of FP&A.

Job Description:

The FP&A Analyst, Finance & Analytics will be a key member of the Australian Financial Planning & Analytics team based in Sydney and will report into the Finance Director. This role will be a hybrid between the Finance and Analytics parts of FP&A.

The FP&A Analyst will work closely with the FP&A team to drive key weekly and monthly FP&A cadences focused on performance review, variance analysis and forecasting, while aiming to do so in a scalable and efficient way. Further, the role is also expected to drive actionable insights and optimal decision making primarily aimed at positively impacting revenue. For this, the candidate will be able to spend a share of time on deep dive analysis outside of the recurring FP&A cadences for both Australia and other Core Markets regions (North America, UK, DEATCH, Western Europe and Southern Europe).

A successful candidate will be highly analytical, have an enquiring mind, a proactive/self-starter nature, commercial acumen, and a desire for discovering insights from consumer and merchant activity. This role requires quantitative analysis of large data sets, financial modelling, collaboration with a wide array of stakeholders and creation of executive level presentations.

Your core responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of PayPal’s business across different segments, verticals and regions.
• Support weekly and monthly AU FP&A cadences with performance reviews, variance analysis and deep dives.
• Review and communicate performance against defined targets. Regularly perform variance and sensitivity analyses on (daily/weekly/monthly) revenue performance.
• Partner closely with Senior Management across Finance and Business Units to discover commercial opportunities. Influence decision makers with executive level presentations.
• Perform deep dives and leverage financial analytics analysis on very large quantities of data to deliver insights on business performance & revenue drivers for AU.
• Support ad-hoc analyses & projects at AU and Core Markets level.
• Optimize and automate recurring processes towards efficient and scalable solutions.
• Build new and develop existing frameworks (models and reports) to analyze and keep track of AU business performance.
• Support Finance process and system improvements, partnering with global FP&A/Analytics and technology teams, to streamline efficiency.

Education required:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Finance, Economics or related quantitative discipline.

Experience required:

• Experience gained e.g., as a Business Analyst, Insights & Analytics Analyst, Business Intelligence Analyst, Financial Analyst, FP&A Analyst, ideally in a fast growing, medium/large company environment within the eCommerce or financial services sectors.
• Demonstrated experience in building and challenging financial models, guiding business decisions.

Skills & Abilities required:

• Ability to work across functions, organization & geographies and influence peers and more senior colleagues.
• Strong communication skills and experience distilling and presenting complex financial analyses into action-oriented recommendations.
• Thorough understanding and experience of working with large customer and transactional datasets and true desire to understand the drivers of the business.
• Ability to effectively manage projects/ results oriented.
• Excellent SQL, Excel (including pivot tables, functions, macros, charts) and PowerPoint skills.
• Experience with database products (i.e. Essbase, Python) would be an advantage.
• Experience with CRM tools (i.e. Salesforce.com) would be an advantage.
• Fluency in English. Any other language of the region is more than welcome.

What we offer:

• A supportive and diverse environment that allows our employees to thrive and learn.
• Flexible working.
• Attractive compensation and benefits.
• Future career opportunities with international exposure via PayPal’s network of global locations.
• A diverse and inclusive working environment.
• A socially innovative company that helps communities worldwide through charitable giving or donation of time.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

Who We Are:

To learn more about our culture and community visit https://about.pypl.com/who-we-are/default.aspx

PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected].

As part of PayPal’s commitment to employees’ health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.