PayPal is hiring a Manager, Controllership

The Manager, Controllership at PayPal is responsible for driving controllership activities across a portfolio of European corporate entities, ensuring financial integrity, statutory compliance, and strong control environments. This role plays a key part in maintaining accurate financial reporting and governance within a global finance organization.

What You'll Do

• Lead several process workstreams through explorations, gap analysis, integration planning, execution, and problem solving
• Identify finance-related risks and partner with cross-functional teams to mitigate the identified risks
• Discuss finance/accounting concepts with others across the organization
• Lead and drive execution of plans and influence where you do not have direct authority through strong interpersonal skills
• Proactively engage, evaluate, and drive resolution of potential conflicts between various Finance and non-Finance functions
• Manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Work collaboratively with workstream leads and subject matter experts to arrive at risk-based approaches related to tactical execution steps
• Serve as the single point of accountability for financial integrity, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance
• Lead second-level review of CoE-prepared close outputs (analytics, reconciliations, journals, control documentation)
• Review monthly analytics, investigate variances, and escalate risks appropriately
• Maintain robust governance over accounting policies, controls, and entity-specific requirements
• Provide direction, priorities, and quality expectations to the CoE
• Ensure timely, accurate statutory financials under IFRS/local GAAP through review, challenge, and approval of CoE-prepared statements
• Ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory, and audit requirements across all entities
• Oversee third-party vendors supporting statutory financial statement preparation
• Lead annual audit cycles, including planning, reviews, query management, and presentation of results
• Presentation Board-level materials covering financials, forecasts, controls, and regulatory insights, produced by the CoE
• Ensure all filings, signatures, and archiving meet local jurisdictional requirements
• Oversee execution and review of internal controls performed by the CoE and other teams
• Monitor control outcomes, identify deficiencies, and ensure timely remediation
• Ensure compliance with capital/funding requirements, governance frameworks, and jurisdiction-specific regulations
• Presentation control outcomes, audit updates, and financial risks to the EU Controller, CFO, and relevant stakeholders
• Partner with Internal Audit, SOX, Legal, Compliance, and Risk
• Be accountable for issue prioritization, monitoring, escalation, and closure
• Provide governance, guidance, and escalation support to ensure timely and sustainable resolutions
• Communicate impacts and timelines to leadership
• Lead 2–3 CoE resources, setting expectations for quality, timeliness, controls rigor, and documentation
• Provide coaching to strengthen accounting, controls execution, and analytical skills
• Ensure consistent execution and alignment across regions through structured review and prioritization processes
• Drive standardization, automation, and continuous improvement
• Partner with Global controllership, APG, Tax, Legal, Compliance, Treasury, FP&A, and the Tax CoE to assess and implement accounting, fiscal, and statutory impacts
• Provide controllership leadership on transformation projects (e.g., S/4HANA, system upgrades, grants)
• Support entity-level forecasting and provide clear analytical insights
• Represent Finance in worker council and local stakeholder interactions
• Prepare and present monthly analytics and reporting to senior leadership
• Presentation financial statements, control outcomes, key accounting matters, and forecasts to entity Boards
• Communicate complex accounting or regulatory topics clearly to non-finance stakeholders
• Support Board discussions on statutory performance, risks, and regulatory considerations

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business, or related field
• 5+ years of controllership, accounting, and/or Big4 audit experience
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and/or US GAAP
• Experience in external audits and internal controls
• Ability to collaborate across functions, internationally and influence without authority
• Strong analytical and communication skills, including presentations to Management and Boards
• Ability to manage multiple priorities

Nice to Have

• ACCA, CPA, ACA, CIMA, or equivalent
• Experience leading remote or geographically distributed teams
• Experience with SAP/S4HANA or ERP transformations
• Background in financial services or payments
• Understanding of tax, transfer pricing, and capital/funding frameworks

Technical Stack

• SAP
• S/4HANA
• ERP systems

Team & Environment

• Team size: 2–3 CoE resources
• Structure: Controllership Center of Excellence (CoE) in India with oversight of European entities
• Reporting to: EU Controller, CFO, and relevant stakeholders

Benefits & Compensation

• Comprehensive, choice-based programs to support physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing
• Generous paid time off
• Healthcare coverage for you and your family
• Resources to create financial security
• Support for mental health
• Balanced hybrid work model offering 3 days in the office and 2 days at home or office of choice

Work Mode

• Type: hybrid
• Locations: India (CoE location), Europe (entity locations: Ireland, Poland, Spain, Luxembourg)
• Flexibility: 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at home or office of choice

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.