Global Head of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

ADAMA is one of the world’s leading crop protection companies and we have an exciting and challenging career opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced leader to join our global finance organization as Global Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) .

The Global Head of FP&A reports to ADAMA's Head of Global Finance Operations and is based in ADAMA's global headquarters in Airport City, Israel.

This position will be primarily engaged in leading the budgeting, costing, forecasting and analytical processes that support the organization's financial health and business strategy. The Global Head of FP&A is responsible to provide senior management with the financial analysis and information needed to make major operational, financial, and strategic decisions.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Partner with commercial, operations and finance leaders to translate strategy into financial plans, risks, opportunities and actionable performance priorities.
Support executive decision-making through regular monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts, trend analysis, scenario planning and financial modeling.
Develop and monitor financial KPIs to improve visibility, accountability and decision-making across the organization.
Ensure timely identification of risks and opportunities and drive actions to improve business performance and value creation.
Lead the annual work plan, periodic forecasts and long-range planning processes across the organization.
Own the CAPEX performance management across cycles (WP/LE/5YP), ensuring clear explanations for variances and alignment between operational plans, cash flow considerations and reported results
Build multi-year financial outlooks that support the company’s strategic priorities and resource allocation decisions.
Prepare high-quality materials and insights for executive leadership discussions, including financial reviews, strategic updates and key decision forums.
Present complex financial topics in a clear and actionable way to senior stakeholders.
Establish and continuously improve FP&A governance, planning calendars, methodologies and reporting standards across global and regional teams.
Ensure consistency, accuracy and transparency in planning assumptions, reporting definitions and performance analysis across the organization.
Drive the development and enhancement of FP&A tools, data models and digital capabilities to improve automation, insight generation and decision support.
Lead the FP&A technology roadmap (planning/consolidation, automation, self-service analytics), including responsible adoption of AI/agent-enabled automation to improve efficiency, controls, and team capability.

Champion data-driven planning practices and improve the use of systems and analytics across finance processes.
Lead, coach and develop a high-performing FP&A team, building strong financial, and analytical capabilities.

The ideal candidate will have the following attributes

Strong executive presence
Ability to simplify complexity
Comfort with ambiguity and change
Data-driven decision-making
High level of business judgment and business metrics
Gets things done and unafraid to take initiative and initiate change
Works well in a global multi-cultural matrix environment and knows how to influence without direct authority and build consensus and organizational coalition
Proven managerial and leadership capabilities
Systematic thinker with strong planning and process orientation
Excellent interpersonal communication and strong relationship building skills
Very strong attention to detail and accuracy
Analytical thinker and a creative problem solver
Lead complex global projects with resilience and perseverance under high pressure dynamic environment

Education/Experience

Bachelor's degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance or another relevant quantitative field
15+ years of experience as a Finance leader in a large industrial organization with complex costing, with at least 7 years leading a team of Analysts
Experience leading annual budget / forecast / long-range plan cycles in a global company
Experience supporting senior executives / C-suite
Experience in a public, multinational or matrix organization
Familiarity with BI/planning tools and large ERP systems, preferably SAP Experience with IT systems, consolidation system and excellent proficiency in MS Office
Demonstrated ability to adopt new systems and processes; familiarity with advanced analytics and AI/agent-enabled automation in finance is a strong advantage
CPA or MBA an advantage

Language Skills

High level Hebrew and English fluency at mother tongue level