Finance Operations Director

Description

This is us 

Kaltura’s (NYSE:KLTR) mission is to power any video experience for any organization – live, on-demand, or real-time. We not only want to make using video simpler, but we also want to better people’s lives through video. Founded in 2006, Kaltura is now a global leader in the video market with millions of people using our products daily to teach, learn, watch, connect, and collaborate. Among our customers, you’ll find more than 1000 global, well-known organizations.    

15+ years since starting the company, we continue to foster a diverse and collaborative work environment where everyone gets a say. Our team is currently 700+ people, and we’re still growing. We have offices in New York, London, Singapore, and Tel Aviv, but our technology is all in the cloud. 

Kaltura has a fast-paced environment where initiative is always encouraged. Together with our hybrid work model and flexible state of mind, you get the right conditions for creative juices to flow freely. Thanks to our long line of products, cultivation of rich collaborative culture and care for each Kalturian, you’ll never run out of room to grow and evolve.   

If you don't meet 100% of the requirements below - that's okay, nobody's perfect! We believe in hiring people, not just a list of skills. We encourage you to apply if you think this is a role that would make you excited about coming to work every day. 

Requirements

THE OPPORTUNITY 

A high-impact, hands-on role partnering with the Principal Financial Officer/ EVP Finance – head of of FP&A and connecting company-wide financial planning, business performance, long-term modeling, pricing, KPIs, cash flow, and investor-facing analysis. 

About the Role 

We are looking for a highly motivated, analytical, and business-oriented Senior Finance Operations Manager to join our Finance organization and help strengthen its planning, operating, systems, and decision-support capabilities. The role will serve as a key partner to the EVP of FP&A and will support executive decision-making through company-wide financial planning, business analysis, long-term modeling, pricing, performance management, and investor relations support. 

The ideal candidate combines strong financial modeling capabilities with commercial judgment, excellent communication skills, and a proactive ownership mindset. This person will connect financial and operational data across the organization and translate it into clear insights, recommendations, and a compelling business story. 

Key Responsibilities 

Financial Planning & Long-Term Model 

• Own and maintain the company’s long-term financial model, including key business assumptions, financial targets, and integrated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow projections. 
• Lead scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate growth paths, profitability, investment priorities, risks, and opportunities. 
• Support the annual budget, rolling forecast, and long-range planning processes, ensuring alignment between near-term execution and long-term objectives. 
• Consolidate financial and operational inputs from multiple teams into a holistic company outlook. 

Business Performance & Consolidation 

• Connect and consolidate insights across the company’s main FP&A areas, including business performance, revenue and KPIs, operating expenses, and cash flow. 
• Analyze actual results versus budget, forecast, and prior periods, and identify key performance drivers, trends, risks, and opportunities. 
• Develop executive-level reporting, dashboards, and recommendations to support informed decision-making. 
• Partner with business leaders to improve financial visibility, accountability, and execution. 

Revenue, KPIs & Business Analytics 

• Analyze revenue performance and key SaaS and operating metrics, including bookings, ARR, NDR, churn, productivity, gross margin, and other relevant KPIs. 
• Build and enhance financial and operational models that support forecasting, target setting, and performance management. 
• Partner with Revenue Operations, Sales, Customer Success, Product, and other stakeholders to ensure data quality and consistent business definitions. 
• Translate complex datasets into clear business insights and actionable recommendations. 

Pricing & Commercial Finance 

• Lead and support pricing and costing analyses for products, services, and commercial initiatives. 
• Partner with Sales, Product, and business stakeholders on deal pricing, deal structure, discounts, profitability, and commercial trade-offs. 
• Develop pricing models, unit economics, profitability analyses, and business cases for new offerings and growth initiatives. 
• Assess the financial impact of pricing changes and recommend actions that balance growth, competitiveness, margin, and cash considerations. 

Expenses, Profitability & Cash Flow 

• Support company-wide expense planning, headcount analysis, and ongoing forecasting. 
• Analyze cost drivers, operating leverage, profitability, and efficiency opportunities. 
• Support cash flow forecasting and liquidity planning by connecting revenue, billing, collections, expenses, and other known cash movements. 
• Highlight variances and recommend corrective actions when performance differs from plan. 

Executive, Board & Investor Relations Support 

• Support quarterly earnings and investor relations processes through high-quality financial analysis and clear messaging. 
• Prepare materials for executive leadership, Board and Audit Committee meetings, investor presentations, earnings calls, and Q&A documents. 
• Monitor peer performance, analyst expectations, and relevant market trends. 
• Help translate the company’s performance, outlook, and financial priorities into a clear and credible external narrative. 

Financial Systems, BI & Process Enablement 

• Lead and support the selection, design, implementation, and adoption of financial systems and planning tools, including FP&A planning platforms, budgetary-control solutions, BI and reporting tools, and relevant ERP capabilities. 
• Translate Finance and business requirements into scalable system configurations, data structures, workflows, controls, and reporting solutions. 
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, Procurement, IT, Data/BI, and external implementation partners throughout requirements definition, testing, rollout, documentation, training, and ongoing optimization. 
• Establish reliable integrations and data flows across financial and operational systems, with clear governance, reconciliations, access controls, audit trails, and ownership. 
• Drive automation and self-service reporting to improve forecast accuracy, budget visibility, management insights, and process efficiency. 

Cross-Functional Projects & Process Improvement 

• Lead cross-functional financial projects and ad hoc analyses for senior management. 
• Drive improvements in planning, reporting, modeling, data quality, automation, and operating processes. 
• Operate as a hands-on finance partner who can move effectively between detailed analysis and executive-level communication. 

Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field; MBA is an advantage. 
• At least 6 years of relevant experience in FP&A, corporate finance, commercial finance, investor relations, investment banking, consulting, or a related discipline. 
• Proven experience building, owning, or significantly supporting complex long-term financial models and scenario analyses. 
• Strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities, with advanced Excel skills. 
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, business performance analysis, and executive reporting. 
• Experience in pricing, costing, deal profitability, or commercial decision support. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including the ability to build clear executive-level presentations. 
• Hands-on experience implementing, administering, or materially improving financial systems, FP&A planning tools, budgetary-control solutions, ERP modules, or BI/reporting platforms. 
• Ability to define business requirements, support UAT, manage data validation and reconciliations, and drive user adoption; experience working with IT, Data/BI teams, and external implementation partners is preferred. 

The perks:

1. Hybrid, flexible work environment  
2. Extended private health (including mental) insurance  
3. Personal and professional development programs 
4. Occasional Cross company long weekends