Financial Director

A leading and innovative cyber threat intelligence company is looking for a highly motivated Director of Finance to join its growing Finance team.

The Director of Finance leads all group-level finance operations across the three companies and subsidiaries. The role owns financial reporting, KPI analysis, payroll oversight, and the preparation of board and executive management materials. This is a hands-on leadership position requiring strategic financial judgment alongside operational execution in a lean, fast-growing environment.

What You’ll Be Doing?

Financial Reporting & Accounting-

• Own group-level financial reporting in USD under US GAAP, including the consolidated statements, ASC 606, ASC 842

• Manage month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes

• Maintain working knowledge of IL GAAP and lead US GAAP to IL GAAP reconciliations for tax authority reporting

• Oversee intercompany transactions and reconciliations

• Familiarity with transfer pricing (TP) studies

Cash Flow Management-

• Produce cash flow analyses

• Monitor burn rate

Budgeting & Performance-

• Lead the annual budgeting process and ongoing budget vs. actual variance analysis

• Identify and flag anomalies (e.g., payroll overruns, undefined budget lines, utilization gaps)

• Partner with department heads on budget ownership and accountability

Payroll & Compensation-

• Oversee Israeli payroll, including statutory rate compliance and verification against contracts

• Conduct salary reviews, reconcile expense reimbursements against invoices, and manage compensation analysis

Team Leadership-

• Manage and develop the bookkeeping team, ensuring accurate and timely recording of transactions

• Set priorities, review work quality, and support professional growth across the team

Systems & Operations-

• Manage the finance technology stack: Priority (ERP), HubSpot (CRM), Mesh

• Drive process improvements, automation, and reporting standardization across the companies

Requirements:

• CPA; strong command of US GAAP and working knowledge of IL GAAP

• Proven experience in SaaS finance

• Deep understanding of ARR-based revenue models and SaaS metrics

• Experience with multi-entity, multi-currency consolidation and intercompany accounting

• Familiarity with Israeli payroll regulations and statutory requirements, including VAT

• Experience managing and developing a bookkeeping/finance team

• Strong command of financial systems (ERP, CRM) and advanced Excel

• Full fluency in Hebrew and English

• Ability to operate both strategically and hands-on in a lean organization.

Why KELA?

• Join a fast-growing, mission-driven company at the forefront of cyber threat intelligence

• Be part of a Finance team that values ownership, precision, automation, and continuous improvement