Sr Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

Overview

A senior financial planning and analysis role supporting G&A financial planning and decision-making, owning Opex strategy for Corporate/Enabling Functions.

What you'll do

• Own the Opex planning, forecasting, and budgeting cycle for Corporate/Enabling Functions (e.g., Legal, HR, Finance, Corporate Real Estate, IT), ensuring alignment with enterprise-wide financial targets.
• Partner directly with senior functional leaders to translate business priorities into financial plans, headcount models, and investment cases, acting as a trusted financial advisor.
• Deliver clear, concise, and compelling storytelling on financial performance, key cost drivers, and variances to executive and cross-functional audiences.
• Drive standardization, automation, and process improvement across Opex reporting workstreams, leveraging tools such as SAP, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), and other planning platforms.
• Lead monthly close, variance analysis (budget vs. actual/forecast), and headcount tracking, proactively flagging risks and opportunities before they surface in results.
• Build and maintain robust financial models and business cases to support strategic decisions, cost-optimization initiatives, and ad hoc leadership requests.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Controllership, Corporate FP&A, Legal, HR/People, and business stakeholders to ensure data integrity, consistency, and a single source of truth across reporting.
• Represent Finance in leadership forums, demonstrating strong executive presence and the ability to influence and articulate recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Support planning and forecasting processes; review business performance on weekly, monthly, and quarterly cadences; collaborate with stakeholders to gather inputs and summarize insights; produce executive-level presentations.
• Work closely with the finance and technical teams to drive process and system improvements; facilitate discussions with various stakeholders, manage expectations, and collaborate cross-functionally.
• Consult with finance leads to review and discuss key issues, risks, and dependencies for assigned initiatives; document and escalate potential risks/issues, assist in developing mitigation strategies, and support their implementation.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of progressive FP&A or corporate finance experience, ideally within a fintech, financial services, or technology environment, with direct exposure to Corporate/Enabling Functions.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• Hands-on experience with SAP and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) required.
• Demonstrated experience managing Opex budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis for a large, matrixed organization.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to confidently present to and influence senior leadership, including comfort operating with ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to distill complex financial data into clear, actionable narratives for non-finance audiences.
• Self-starter who can work autonomously in a fast-paced, global environment while collaborating effectively across time zones and functions.
• Minimum qualifications: 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice to have

• MBA or professional certification (CPA/CFA).
• Familiarity with additional planning tools (Tableau, Power BI).

Details

• Locations: Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
• Hybrid work model: 3 days in the office and 2 days at your choice of PayPal office or home workspace.
• Employment is subsidiary: PayPal Travel; travel percent: 0.