E-commerce giant eBay will slash 2,400 jobs - 7 percent of its workforce in the current quarter as it restructures and prepares to spin off its PayPal finance unit, it said on Wednesday.

California-based eBay unveiled the move even as it announced its profit in the fourth quarter rose to $936 million on $4.9 billion in revenue.

The job cuts will be across eBay's three divisions: Marketplaces, Enterprise and PayPal.