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PayPal is a fintech and e-commerce payments company that helps individuals and businesses move money online. Its platform supports digital payments, mobile commerce, peer-to-peer transfers, payment security, developer monetization tools, and services designed to help online businesses manage transactions and customer payments.
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Director, Bank Controller - PayPal (Hybrid, United States)

Lead PayPal Bank’s controllership function across financial reporting, accounting policy, controls, and regulatory compliance. Oversee regulated banking operations, reporting integrity, audits, and cross-functional finance partnerships.

USUnited StatesUTUtah
$152,500 – $226,600 / year
HybridFull-timeLeadEnglish RequiredController

Description

  • Build and direct PayPal Bank’s controllership organization
  • Lead and develop a team of financial controllers
  • Manage legal-entity books and records, accounting policy, close and balance-sheet controls, GAAP and regulatory reporting, ACL accounting, internal controls, and external audit coordination
  • Ensure financial information is accurate, complete, timely, auditable, and supported by an accounting framework suited to an FDIC- and state-supervised industrial bank
  • Maintain decision authority over ledger integrity, accounting judgments, significant journal entries, reporting certifications, and submissions
  • Oversee services provided by affiliates and third parties
  • Collaborate with Finance, Treasury, Risk, Legal, Tax, Operations, Technology, and Internal Audit
  • Act as the Bank’s accounting authority for regulators and external auditors
  • Conduct risk assessments and strengthen the control and risk-management framework
  • Create and maintain accounting and reporting processes that comply with applicable laws and regulations
  • Track key performance and risk indicators to improve operational performance
  • Verify that outsourced activities meet regulatory requirements
  • Lead the monthly close and deliver reports to senior leadership
  • Contribute to CAO and finance strategy while influencing decisions across enterprise stakeholders

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of relevant experience plus a bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience
  • An active CPA license
  • At least 10 years of progressive accounting and controllership experience, including substantial work at an insured depository institution or comparable regulated bank
  • At least five years in senior management or a Director-level position overseeing accounting teams, financial reporting, regulatory reporting, and first-line controls
  • Extensive knowledge of bank GAAP and regulatory accounting, including Call Reports, standalone bank financial statements, CECL/ASC 326, investment securities, loan, deposit and payments accounting, regulatory capital, and intercompany accounting
  • Experience governing close and reconciliation processes, accounting policy, ICFR, external audits, control-deficiency assessments, and Part 363 or SOX environments
  • Experience with bank accounting systems, general ledgers and subledgers, data lineage, interface controls, and affiliate or third-party service oversight
  • Experience working directly with banking regulators and explaining complex accounting, data, control, and service-provider issues to auditors, executives, technologists, and Board-level stakeholders
  • Preferred experience with a de novo bank charter, industrial-bank buildout, bank conversion, acquisition, or similar financial-institution transformation
  • Preferred Big Four or other major public-accounting experience serving banks or financial institutions
  • Preferred experience with affiliate-supported or outsourced operating models, including service governance, performance monitoring, Regulation W, TPRM, SOC reports, and contingency planning
  • Preferred experience with merchant or consumer lending, digital deposits, acquiring and settlement accounting, bank regulatory-reporting platforms, and CECL production

Benefits

  • Annual performance bonus, equity, or other applicable incentive compensation
  • Hybrid schedule with three days in the office and two days at a PayPal office or home workspace
  • Generous paid time off
  • Healthcare coverage for employees and their families
  • Resources that support financial security
  • Mental health resources and support
  • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities

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