Neal Desai

Neal Desai is a skilled financial analyst with extensive experience in corporate financial planning and analysis (FP&A). Currently serving as a Senior Financial Analyst at Cars.com since July 2023, Neal previously held the same title at PayPal from October 2021 to July 2023. Prior to that, Neal worked at Allstate in various financial analyst roles from July 2018 to October 2021, focusing on Protection Finance. Neal's early career includes a finance and accounting internship at One Way Chess, where responsibilities included investment due diligence and financial modeling, and a summer ambassador position at United Airlines, which involved customer service during operations at O'Hare airport. Neal holds a Bachelor of Science in Statistics and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, along with additional real estate certifications.