Director of Cost Transformation

PayPal

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$176,500–$262,350 / yr
Posted
9 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes
Mar 1, 2027

Market check

Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $239k
This role $219k
$163k most similar roles pay here $304k

This role pays less than 67% of similar roles. Most pay $204,843–$273,456 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $219k versus about $239k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About PayPal

PayPal is a leading global digital wallet and online payment system, founded in 1998, that allows individuals and businesses to send, receive, and manage funds securely in over 200 markets.

PayPal currently has 49 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $160,500–$235,826 across 49 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Director of Cost Transformation

As the Director of Cost Transformation, you will oversee critical corporate processes including strategic initiatives analysis and planning. You will be responsible for identifying business growth opportunities through advanced analytics and financial modeling while influencing the development of annual budgets, monthly forecasts, and long-term strategic plans. Your daily work involves directing FP&A business and technology activities, enhancing the systems roadmap, aligning data structures, and investigating key performance drivers to communicate findings to various stakeholders. To succeed in this role, you must navigate a complex matrix organization to deliver results while leading and recruiting top talent for your team. The core of this position involves solving complex financial planning problems by identifying key business levers and optimizing operations through rigorous modeling and strategic oversight within the corporate finance and technology landscape.

What you'll do

  • Lead critical processes including strategic initiatives analysis and planning.
  • Identify business growth and optimization opportunities through analytics and financial modeling.
  • Influence the development of strategic plans, annual budgets, and monthly forecasts.
  • Direct FP&A activities for both business and technology units.
  • Enhance the FP&A systems roadmap and align data structures.
  • Investigate and explain drivers of change in key performance indicators.
  • Identify key business levers and communicate findings to various stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must have at least 10 years of relevant experience.
  • A Bachelor's degree is required or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Experience in financial modeling and analytics to identify business growth opportunities is required.
  • Ability to influence the development of strategic plans, annual budgets, and monthly forecasts is required.
  • Experience directing FP&A business and technology activities is required.
  • Ability to enhance FP&A systems roadmaps and align data structures is required.
  • Proficiency in investigating and explaining drivers of change in key performance metrics is required.
  • Ability to communicate complex findings to various stakeholders is required.

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