Director, Corp FP&A

eBay • Bellevue, WA

1d • $152,000 - $260,600

About The Position

Director, Corporate FP&A eBay is a global commerce leader that shapes how the world buys, sells, and gives. You’ll be part of a work culture that’s been genuinely committed to diversity and inclusion since its founding more than 30 years ago. Here, you can be yourself, do your best work, and have a meaningful impact on people across the world. We are looking for talented team members with drive, ideas, and a passion for helping small businesses succeed to help shape the future of eBay. Does this sound like you? If so, we’d love to talk to you. About the Team and Role: The Corporate FP&A organization is seeking an experienced professional to provide financial and strategic insights; lead the monthly forecast process; support the Investor Relations team with the quarterly earnings process; and manage finance transformation activities. This requires building close partnerships with FP&A, Markets, Business Units teams, as well as other corporate functions (Treasury, Controllership, Compensation) to support our leadership team. This is an opportunity to join a dynamic organization in an impactful role which includes frequent interaction with the Finance Executive Leadership Team. The successful candidate will find themself surrounded by sharp professionals with diverse backgrounds, operating in a fast-paced, intellectual, and team-oriented environment. This highly visible role reports to the Director, Corporate FP&A. Job Description: This role will be on the eBay Corporate FP&A team supporting FP&A efforts across the entire company. This team serves as the principal interface between Corporate (CEO/CFO/IR), other corporate functions and eBay’s global finance teams. The successful candidate will move beyond the numbers and work with key stakeholders to understand the market, business dynamics, and key messages. The role requires a candidate that can learn quickly, think and communicate clearly, and provide positive influence throughout the organization. This is a leadership role on the team, will have at least one direct report, and will be tasked with support and development of these individual(s). Doing FP&A for the corporate team is uniquely interesting and challenging, and we are looking for stellar finance leaders who possesses strong critical thinking, domain expertise, phenomenal communication skills, exemplary leadership, and execution horsepower.

Requirements

• Candidates for this position will have 8+ years of progressive financial planning & analysis and management experience. Extensive experience at a large growth company a plus.
• Exposure to consumer internet or e-commerce business models is preferred.
• Candidates should also possess the following:
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, or Accounting. Master’s degree is a bonus.
• Strong analytical skills with proven proficiency in financial modelling and experience manipulating large data sets from various sources, interpreting data trends, and extracting business insights.
• Demonstrated experience in applying knowledge of accounting and forecasting concepts in developing financial projections with full sets of financial documents.
• The ability to listen actively and ask relevant, incisive questions as well as confident, independent thinking that communicates an analytic point-of-view to finance and business partners.
• Polished communications skills including an ability to understand sophisticated matters and analyses, articulate issues in a clear and concise manner, and present findings as well as recommendations in both oral and written presentations especially at exec level.
• Experience influencing, training, mentoring, and demonstrating one’s skills and others to achieve objectives in a cross-functional and matrix organizational environment.
• Proven working experience with reporting tools like Anaplan XL, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP BW, and Tableau.
• Customer focused mindset with the energy and desire to effectively collaborate and influence across a global organization; including working with all levels and with remote team members.
• Appreciation of eBay’s cultural values and behaviors as well as familiarity with eBay through experience buying and selling on the platform.

Nice To Haves

• Extensive experience at a large growth company a plus.
• Exposure to consumer internet or e-commerce business models is preferred.
• Master’s degree is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the regular forecasting (M) process, managing all stakeholders relationships, preparing materials for management reviews, and highlighting key trends as well as risks & opportunities
• Own the Quarter End daily flash forecasting process to review financial forecasts against quarter end expectations, provide insightful analysis and prepare management review materials to drive decisions
• Prepare quarterly financial information and analysis to support the quarter-end earnings process, partnering with the Investor Relations team to prepare earnings guidance, consolidate financial analysis & reporting, and provide detailed business performance insight to inform earnings messaging
• Design and build presentations for Executive and Board level audiences
• Develop a strong working relationship with all the various teams spanning multiple business units/geographies and keep up to date with daily/weekly/monthly business reviews in order to be in sync with current business and industry trends
• A successful candidate will possess sound strategic perspective, business judgment, financial statements understanding, financial story-telling capabilities, and a collaborative working style. The ability to lead partners through clear communication and cross-functional relationships is very important.
• The ability to lead partners through clear communication and cross-functional relationships is very important.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director