About the Team and the RoleThe Finance Insights & Technology (FIT) organization partners closely with FP&A, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, and Technology teams to modernize financial planning, improve data transparency, and enable faster, more confident decision making across the enterprise. FIT focuses on aligning planning processes, systems, and data to support scalable forecasting, accurate reporting, and operational excellence across Finance.
We are seeking a Business Systems Analyst - Finance Systems with a strong FP&A orientation to support the accuracy, reliability, and usability of eBay's financial planning and reporting ecosystem!
This role works across Anaplan, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) to ensure that Finance collaborators have trusted data for planning, forecasting, and performance analysis.
The ideal candidate has a deep knowledge of FP&A processes and financial systems. They show strength in auditing data, balancing variances, and resolving reporting issues across coordinated platforms.
What You Will Accomplish- Support day-to-day operations of FP&A-critical systems including Anaplan, SAP S/4HANA, and SAC, ensuring stable planning and reporting cycles
- Partner closely with FP&A teams during budgeting, forecasting, and outlook cycles, supporting data readiness, validation, and issue resolution
- Perform end-to-end audits and reconciliations between planning, ERP, and reporting systems to ensure forecast and actuals alignment
- Investigate and explain plan vs. actual, forecast vs. forecast, and reporting variances, identifying root causes related to data, mappings, or system behavior
- Validate planning master data, hierarchies, drivers, and assumptions to ensure consistency across models and reports
- Support management and executive reporting by ensuring data accuracy, timing, and transparency
- Leverage automation, analytics, and advanced spreadsheet tools to streamline reconciliations, variance analysis, and validation checks, reducing manual effort
- Support user acceptance testing (UAT) for planning model changes, system upgrades, and new integrations impacting FP&A processes
- Maintain validation reports, reconciliation frameworks, and documentation to support auditability and repeatable planning cycles
- Collaborate with Accounting, IT, and data teams to resolve integration, timing, and data quality issues affecting forecasts and reports
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives passionate about forecast accuracy, planning efficiency, and data trust
What You Will Bring- 5+ years of experience supporting FP&A, finance systems, or budgeting and financial analysis processes
- Hands-on experience with prioritisation and results analysis platforms such as Anaplan, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP S/4HANA, or similar tools
- Proven experience in auditing, managing the balance of, and validating planning and actuals data across multiple systems
- Proven ability to analyze and resolve forecasting and reporting discrepancies with clear, finance-related explanations
- Solid grasp of FP&A processes, including budgeting, forecasting, budget deviation assessment, and management reporting
- Experience supporting planning-to-ERP integrations and understanding how upstream data impacts forecasts
- Proficiency with automation or data preparation tools and advanced Excel to support FP&A analysis and controls
- Ability to manage competing priorities during critical planning and close timelines
- Effective communication skills, with the ability to translate system behavior into FP&A-relevant insights
- Exposure to global FP&A operations or COE models preferred
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Finance, Accounting, Business, Technology, or related field
Additional DetailsThe base pay range for this position is expected in the range below:
$118,000 - $128,000
Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and restricted stock units (as applicable) in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
If hired, employees will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
Remote roles are not eligible for U.S. visa sponsorship.
