Senior Accountant

Overview

The Company Pay Pal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, Pay Pal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers.

We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. Pay Pal provides proprietary payment solutions that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers. We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, and the ability to transfer and withdraw funds.

Our Pay Pal, Venmo, and Xoom products also enable safer and simpler fund transfers between friends and family. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing cross-border trade complexity.

Our beliefs guide our daily work, anchored by Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. We strive to work as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do.

This job oversees financial reporting, compliance, and internal controls. You will ensure accurate financial information, manage audits, and implement accounting policies in line with GAAP/IFRS and SEC regulations. This role collaborates with cross-functional teams, supports strategic decision-making, and drives process improvements. Strong leadership, technical expertise, and attention to detail are essential.

• Partner with Pay Pal business leaders and wider Pay Pal finance organization on accounting and reporting matters
• Drive accounting support within finance transformation work programs and other process enhancements
• Provide accounting expertise and leadership to finance and business organizations
• Consult with business partners regularly to ensure awareness of significant transactions and potential accounting impact

• 8+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

High Level Job Summary: This role will report directly to the Credit Controller and will be responsible for leading daily and monthly accounting operations, monthly and quarterly reporting (including 10Q/10K) and also, working on complex accounting areas related to Pay Pal’s rapidly expanding Global Consumer and Merchant loan portfolios. Key responsibilities will include: quarterly SEC reporting and CECL allowance process, ongoing loan portfolio externalizations (ie.

loan sales and securitizations), and other special projects, such as product launches, system migrations, changes in accounting policy and broader finance automation initiatives. It is a fast-paced environment that requires juggling of multiple projects with competing deadlines. Highly automated Accounting environment with multiple loan servicing systems, as well as other supporting systems, which adds unique operational complexities and requires a focus on streamlining and automation solutions to ensure scalability.

Role will oversee the 3 accounting managers on the team.

is role will ensure accurate financial information in line with US GAAP and IFRS (as applicable), review all Credit related SEC reporting, manage audits, and partner with cross functional business leaders, serving as a key point of contact. Strong leadership, technical expertise, and attention to detail are essential.

• Cross functional teams across Pay Pal, include: FP&A, Capital Markets, Credit Risk, Data Analytics, System Platform, Corporate Accounting, Treasury, Accounting Policy, SEC Reporting, SOX, etc.
• Partnership with Capital Markets team (and greater Credit FP&A team) which are based in NYC is a critical function of this role.
  
  Note:
  
  Credit business partners/leaders are primarily based on the East Coast, across the Tri-State area.
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