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• Building a yearly budget plan of over $1 Billion considering internal assumptions, external costs, and market conditions, followed by ongoing forecasting of all P&L components compared to the budget in alternative scenarios. • Leading a team of six analysts in conducting daily forecasts and recording actual results, enhancing the accuracy of financial predictions. • Eliminating unnecessary spending of over $10MM on an annual basis. Ongoing review of the business plan, considering and recommending needed business adjustments to increase profitability. • Managing the unit P&L, including quarterly reporting to the Comptroller unit, compared to all forecasted scenarios.• Analyzing the unit revenue and expenses daily, looking for possibilities to increase revenue and reduce costs.• Building an automated file to present the trends in all P&L components, including seasonality.• Ensuring the unit's compliance with SOX, EU, and other regulations.

• Built a cash flow model for the company's IPO (NYSE $ 1.7 billion valuation), forecasting and analyzing scenarios.• Led the strategic project financial aspect of leasing ten vessels ($1.4 billion)—PMO.• Managed a team of five personnel focused on financial analyses, payments execution, bank adjustments, and balance sheet submission while creating a new tracking system that increased visibility and improved operational efficiency.• Implemented an external cash flow forecasting system that integrates all financial divisions, including cash flow, budget, financing, and accounting.• Managed the company’s multi-billion and multi-currency global Cash Flow across time intervals. From short-term, interim, and up to the company’s 5-year strategy while examining and analyzing scenarios.• Manage the Company’s hedging strategy and transactions, FX transactions as needed, money market deposits, and other investments.• Maintained ongoing interfaces with banks, negotiated terms and conditions of the organization’s accounts, costs, and fees, and deployed an efficient account implementation across over 50 locations.• Ensured compliance with company procedures, treasury policies, internal audit, and ISOX and SOX controls (Post – IPO)

• Fulfilled a significant role in the company's debt restructuring process of $ 1.4 billion, which included 138 creditors in the global arena (2014), debt write-off, converting debt to capital, rescheduling the balance, and an additional arrangement (2016).• Led the deployment of the company’s post-transaction debt model.• Initiated the negotiation on a Factoring agreement of $90 million for the first time in the company and led the process until signing.• Recruited and led a specialized team of 3 economists to streamline debt management operations.• Drove improvement in financing analysis time and enhanced strategic decision-making capabilities across the organization. • Formulated and monitored ongoing annual plans FP&A and reported to senior management.• Conducted sell and leaseback transactions (containers, vessels, and real estate assets), lease processes, refinancing transactions, managing security, and mortgages.

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• Periodic reporting to the company’s Comptroller.• Operated the company's debt system (ERP - SAP), including improving interfaces and functionality and computerizing processes and reports.• Conducted feasibility analysis and examined financing alternatives and financing activities.• Operated loan payments (establishment and cancellation) and maintained ongoing relationships with lenders.

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• Led the company from static loss to proven profitability - increased the profit margin to 40%.• Built, streamlined, and improved processes and working methods; developed and embedded new pricing models; and examined transaction profitability.

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Master Of Science (Msc), Economics

With Honors

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Economics And Management

With Honors