Financial Analyst 2025

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal 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. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants 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, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Summary

As part of the UK Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team and working closely with regional Senior Management, you will develop your analytical and presentation skills while gaining a deep understanding of PayPal’s fast-growing business across the regions as well as other Core Markets. . Role reporting to the UK FP&A Director.

Core responsibilities

• Work with the FP&A team to deliver performance insights to the regional Senior Management team and central Core Markets FP&A team, enabling optimal decision making.
• Support the regular finance reporting cycles (weekly, monthly, quarterly) to produce analytical dashboards, reviews of monthly business performance, quarterly targets, and annual budget
• Perform deep dive analyses to understand revenue trends; identify potential business opportunities/risks.
• Support central Core Markets and other regional FP&A teams as required and contribute to specific ad-hoc projects
• Drive best practices and identify areas of improvement and make recommendations to optimize processes or analytics tools.

Skills and abilities required

• Comfortable with financial and analytical modelling.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office package (Excel and PowerPoint).
• Fluent in English.
• Like to play with numbers, solve problems and learn by doing.
• Have high attention to details and work in a clear, structured, and organized way.
• Can multi-task and manage priorities and timeline to deliver and “get things done” in a fast-paced, dynamic, and challenging environment.
• Feel accountable for own responsibilities.
• Thrive evolving as a team player and in a multi-cultural environment.
• Solid interpersonal, writing and communication skills to manage stakeholders and convey clear and relevant messages to decision makers.
• Familiarity with SQL/Essbase/Thinkcell is a plus.

Education required

• BA / BS degree or equivalent practical experience
• Have a strong interest in and general knowledge of the Payment industry, Fintech companies and more broadly Internet/e-commerce.

What we offer

• A supportive and diverse environment that allows our employees to thrive and learn.
• Flexible working.
• Attractive compensation and benefits.
• Future career opportunities with international exposure via PayPal’s network of global locations.
• A diverse and inclusive working environment.
• A socially innovative company that helps communities worldwide through charitable giving or donation of time.

For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our benefits

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more.