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VP Finance

Kela Technologies

Kela Technologies

Accounting & Finance
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Posted on Apr 28, 2025

VP Finance

  • Management
  • Tel Aviv
  • Management
  • Full-time

Description

We’re now hiring our first VP Finance to architect the financial backbone that will power our next stage of growth. You’ll be the senior leader who pairs strategic thinking with hands-on execution, while building a small but mighty team that can support multi-entity operations across Israel, the US, and key global markets.

Description

  • Financial strategy & capital planning – partner with the leadership team on long-range plans, fundraising readiness, scenario modeling, and capital allocation.
  • Build the finance stack – select and roll out ERP/BI, automate order-to-cash and procure-to-pay. Manage runway and burn rate.
  • End-to-end FP&A cadence – drive rolling forecasts, KPI dashboards, and board packs that enable swift, fact-based decisions.
  • Compliance & risk – manage IL & US GAAP, tax (including U.S. corporate tax), transfer pricing, and multi-jurisdiction reporting while safeguarding cash.
  • Acquisition & purchasing – own the financial aspects of inventory procurement, vendor negotiations, and cost controls for hardware supply chains in Europe and the U.S.
  • Operational excellence – tighten unit economics, boost gross margins, and surface real-time insights for product, GTM, and operations.
  • Team building – recruit, mentor, and build a small but strong financial team from scratch.
  • Investor & external relations – craft the financial story, support equity/debt raises, and own diligence requests, supporting or leading fundraising (Series B-D), including due diligence, data rooms and investor communications.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of senior finance leadership experience ideally with a mix of early-stage and growth-stage high tech companies, including Series B→D scale-ups and global entities.
  • CPA or CFA
  • Demonstrated expertise in financial operations and standing up finance infrastructure from a blank slate.
  • Proven leadership of distributed, multi-cultural finance teams (IL, EU, U.S.).
  • Deep hands-on knowledge of accounting (IL & US GAAP), FP&A, treasury, tax—including American tax frameworks—and supply-chain finance.
  • Experience driving inventory purchasing and vendor management across Europe and the U.S.
  • Strong command of financial planning, scenario modeling, and business strategy.
  • Comfortable owning and evolving all aspects of finance: FP&A, accounting, budgeting, cash flow, audit and compliance.
  • Build or oversee the implementation of systems, process and tools to scale finance operations.
  • Work closely with product, operations, and go-to-market teams to align financial plans with business goals.
  • Trusted strategic partner to the CEO, President and the leadership team.
  • Strong familiarity with complex regulatory environments, audits, and SEC reporting standards.
  • Able to bring best practices in financial controls, transparency, and governance — highly valuable as we scale.
  • Storing experience to lead fundraising including due diligence, data rooms and investor communications. In addition, ability to build strong relationship with investors, VCs and the Board.
  • Personal traits: We're looking for someone who's flexible, both in mindset and execution. Someone who thrives in an environment of uncertainty and knows how to move fast even while building from scratch—whether it's designing processes, hiring a team, or setting financial infrastructure. You should be sharp, adaptable, and business-oriented, with the ability to quickly grasp the company’s evolving needs and find pragmatic paths to get us where we need to go.