Global Budget Analyst

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.

As a Budget Analyst you will:

• 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.

Job 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.

Significant Advantage:

• 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.

• Familiarity with tools such as Power BI.

• Additional languages.

Additional details:

• Employment type: 100%

• Location: Jerusalem (Hybrid)

• Reports to: Regional Budget Manager

• Start Date: Immediate