PayPal Financial Analyst Transaction Loss FP & 

Luxembourg, Luxembourg 

881648983

The FP&A Analyst will support Transaction Loss FP&A activities such as building budgets and forecasts, maintaining reserve adequacy models and providing transparency on transaction losses trends atlevel. The role will also require close collaboration with the Risk organization and Business units to gather inputs, summarize insights and produce executive level presentations. Key focus will be to drive optimal decision-making through financial modelling and quantitative analysis.The FP&A Analyst will report into the Transaction Loss FP&A Lead and will be based in Luxembourg but with colleagues and stakeholders across multiple time zones.

Job Description:

Job Description:

• Support planning and forecasting for PayPal Transaction Loss and work with Risk & BI teams to produce weekly, monthly and quarterly reports, review quarterly forecasts and annual budgets acrossproducts/segments/regions.

• Help maintain the Forecast Reserve Adequacy Model (FRAMe) for PayPal and its main cross-properties, ensuring appropriate reserve levels and adherence to audit/controllership principles.

• Partner with Risk BI/GOAL team to transform our forecasting and reporting capabilities towards a customer-based view and while providing proactive and action-oriented Transaction Loss insights to BU Leadership & BU FP&A partners.

• Derive actionable insights based on quantitative and qualitative research, discover new opportunities and identify the gaps to grow and optimize business through deep dive analysis on very large quantities of data.

• Support Finance process and system improvements, partnering with global FP&A/Analytics and technology teams.

• Successfully collaborate with Transaction Loss FP&A colleagues, and the broader FP&A community including BU & Global Markets FP&A.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering or related field.

• Experience gained in FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, management consulting or risk management; ideally in fast-paced, agile and growth environments.

• Demonstrated experience in financial modeling, forecasting, and analysis. Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills. Experience with database products is a plus (i.e. Essbase, SQL, Python).

• 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.

• Strong communication skills and experience distilling and presenting complex financial analyses into action-oriented recommendations.

• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills: ability to work across functions, organization & geographies and influence peers and more senior colleagues.

Our Benefits:

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