Director, Corp FP&A

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.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

• 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

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.

The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below:

$195,200 - $260,600

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and…