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FP&A COE Finance Manager
This is an outstanding chance to join eBay's FP&A Center of Excellence (COE) and build the future of global finance. The COE is a newly established global finance organization composed to centralize, standardize, and scale core FP&A activities. By joining this team, you will play a pivotal role in improving decision-making processes and financial rigor across the organization.
About the team
The COE supports local FP&A teams and business units by providing centralized capabilities with deep expertise in month-end close activities, forecasting, reporting, and financial analysis. Our professionals partner closely with FP&A to deliver outstanding OPEX accruals and forecasts, month-end close reporting, spend visibility, and trend insights.
Key Responsibilities
● Own and lead core FP&A execution activities within the COE, with a strong focus on month-end close, forecasting, and reporting.
● Act as a senior point of contact for supported FP&A teams, ensuring quality, accuracy, and timeliness of deliverables.
● Own the review and validation of OPEX accruals, forecasts, and close reporting.
● Partner closely with global FP&A teams to align on assumptions, outputs, timelines, and expectations.
● Review, challenge, and synthesize variance analysis and forecasts to ensure consistency and financial rigor.
● Work with Controllership to ensure compliance with US GAAP, internal controls, and audit requirements.
● Lead or support the transition of activities into the COE, including documentation, knowledge transfer, and stabilization.
● Identify and drive opportunities for process standardization, automation, and system improvements.
● Build scalable reporting, dashboards, and insights to support decision-making.
● Contribute to the evolution of the COE operating model, governance, and best practices.
● Provide coaching, guidance, or informal leadership to analysts as needed; formal people management responsibilities may evolve over time based on business needs.
Experience and Qualifications Required
● Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
● 8+ years of relevant finance experience (FP&A, accounting, business analysis, or similar).
● Strong understanding of accrual-based accounting, forecasting, and budgeting concepts.
● Experience working with financial systems such as Anaplan, SAP, BW, or similar (preferred).
● Proven ability to collaborate effectively across functions and geographies.
● Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
● Comfortable operating in a matrixed, evolving environment with ambiguity.
● Strong technical skills with spreadsheets and presentations, along with proven financial analysis capabilities.
● Ability to multi-task and manage timelines.
● Prior experience managing, mentoring, or leading teams or workstreams is a strong plus, along with the aspiration to develop as a people leader.
● Curiosity and a mentality for continuous improvement, automation, and process optimization.
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Additional Details
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of relevant finance experience in FP&A, accounting, business analysis, or a similar field
- Strong understanding of accrual-based accounting, forecasting, and budgeting concepts
- Experience with financial systems such as Anaplan, SAP, BW, or similar
- Ability to collaborate effectively across functions and geographies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Comfort operating in a matrixed, evolving environment with ambiguity
- Strong spreadsheet and presentation skills with proven financial analysis capabilities
- Ability to multitask and manage timelines
- Prior experience managing, mentoring, or leading teams or workstreams
- Curiosity and a mentality for continuous improvement, automation, and process optimization
eBay Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about eBay and has not been reviewed or approved by eBay.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage begin on the date of hire, complemented by mental health resources, an EAP, disability coverage, FSAs, and wellness initiatives.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — A robust mix of PTO, paid holidays, flexible work styles, parental leave, and a four‑week paid sabbatical after five years supports work‑life balance.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Total compensation commonly includes stock components, with access to an employee stock purchase plan at a discount and stock awards enhancing overall packages.
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What We Do
eBay Inc. is a global commerce leader that connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world. We exist to enable economic opportunity for individuals, entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations of all sizes. Our portfolio of brands includes eBay Marketplace and eBay Classifieds Group, operating in 190 markets around the world. We offer sellers the ability to grow a business with little barrier to entry regardless of size, background or geographic location. We never compete with our sellers. We win when our sellers succeed. Buyers who shop on our Marketplace and Classifieds platforms enjoy a highly personalized experience with an unparalleled selection at great value.
