FP&A COE Finance Manager

Job Summary

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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