Global Budget Analyst
JDC (The Joint), the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian organization, is seeking a team player with excellent analytical skills to fill the position of Budget Associate for the JDC Global Budget Department.
This is a meaningful role that combines budgetary, analytical, and system-related work, alongside ongoing collaboration with program managers and professional stakeholders in Israel and abroad. The position includes day-to-day budget monitoring and analysis, working with complex systems and reports, as well as providing professional support in budget-related aspects, data analysis, and supporting business and budgetary decision-making in a global, multi-interface environment.
What you'll do
Manage and continuously monitor budgets, grants, and expenditures, ensuring accuracy, data reliability, and understanding of their budgetary and business context.
Process, monitor, and manage grants, including reconciliation between donations, expenditures, and reports.
Build an ongoing budgetary picture, track actual performance versus budget, identify gaps, and flag deviations or risks.
Prepare forecasts, budget plans, and analyses to support decision-making by managers and professional units.
Provide professional guidance and support to program managers on budget-related aspects, including assistance in building work plans, tracking execution, and providing up-to-date budget overviews for decision-making.
Perform budgetary and business analyses, including comparisons between different data sources and building decision-support models as needed.
Ensure proper use of budget codes and revenue tracking in various systems.
Review, control, and cleanse data in SAP.
Generate reports from SAP and additional systems, and prepare materials and reporting for internal and external stakeholders, including donors.
Review and approve payments to vendors and partners.
Oversee and review bank reconciliations abroad, as needed.
Work on an ongoing basis with multiple interfaces in Israel and globally, with the ability to conduct clear, professional, and effective communication with diverse stakeholders.
Provide ongoing support for departmental projects, initiatives, and budget-related processes, according to evolving needs.
Requirements
Degree in relevant fields: Economics, Accounting, Industrial Engineering and Management, Exact Sciences.
At least three years of experience in budgeting, control, finance, or financial analysis.
Proven experience working with budgets, including actual vs. budget analysis, monitoring, control, and data analysis.
High proficiency in Excel, including use of functions and tools such as Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP.
Strong analytical skills, business understanding, and the ability to translate data and budgetary insights into clear conclusions.
High level of organization, accuracy, attention to detail, and structured work.
High level of personal responsibility and ability to independently drive tasks forward.
Ability to work independently in a multi-tasking and multi-interface environment.
Strong ability/experience in managing work interfaces with senior stakeholders, including leading clear and data-driven professional discussions.
Very good English, including the ability to conduct professional communication with international stakeholders.
Strong presentation skills, including the ability to clearly present, reflect, and explain data and insights.
Nice to have
Experience working with SAP.
Experience performing complex analyses and building models.
Background in accounting or auditing.
Experience working in a global organization or with international stakeholders.