Senior Financial Planning Analyst

We are looking for an FP&A Sr Analyst to join our Finance team. Your day-to-day will support on bringing out crucial analysis on business performance and to transform the overarching company strategy, into a long-range plan with annual operating and capital budgets. You will perform a variety of tasks related to budgeting, forecasting, cost tracking & analysis as well as supporting accounting activity. This is an opportunity for a well diverse and leading role at a leading global company.

Reports to: Head of Finance IL

Location: Hadera

Responsibilities

• Budget & Forecast: Lead in annual budget and quarterly forecast and long-term financial plans preparation as well as providing detailed analysis and insight into business performance, including variance analysis and scenario planning.
• Oversee and manage the continued development of Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Operating Plan and Modeling tools related to OPS
• Financial reporting: monthly reporting packages that include full financial analysis, analysis trends and Budget vs. Actual analysis.
• Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators ("KPI") including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses and capital expenditures.
• Provide analytical frameworks and strategic insights to identify risk and opportunities associated with the company's financial budget.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic initiatives
• Coordination of cost accounting and reporting activities, review, investigate and explain costing and production variances.
• Prepare the periodical financial reports of various units and departments.
• Prepare financial models and analyze them to support strategic initiatives.
• Maintain and improve current processes to produce, collect and analyze data.
• Support budget model users.
• Key player in periodical close process (monthly' quarterly & annually.
• Maintain and ensure SOX compliance.
• Perform ad-hoc financial analysis as needed to support the business as well as other accounting tasks.

Requirements

• 4+ years of similar experience from global manufacturing companies
• Experience in financial modeling and forecasting
• A bachelor's degree in Economics– a must
• Proven experience in SOX compliance – an advantage
• Experience with ERP systems – must, SAP BO - an advantage
• Proficiency in MS Office (mainly Excel/power query)
• Proficiency in visualization and analytical tools (Power BI)
• Fluent English (spoken/written) – a must
• Ability to think creatively, highly driven and self-motivated
• Demonstrated ability to roll-up sleeves and work with team members in a hands-on management capacity