D-Fend Solutions

Autonomous counter-drone systems for urban environments

Operations Finance Controller

Financial Accounting +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeRa'anana, IsraelNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics, Industrial Engineering & Management, or Finance; CPA is an advantage.
At least 5 years of cost accounting or operational finance experience within a manufacturing or hardware company, such as electronics, defense, or industrial.
Hands-on expertise in standard costing, inventory valuation, reserves, and variance analysis, beyond financial reporting.
Practical experience running or supporting cycle counts, physical inventories, inventory reconciliations, and closing the operational areas of the books.
Strong ERP fluency, such as Priority, SAP, NetSuite, or Oracle, and advanced Excel skills; comfort with business intelligence tools such as Power BI.
Fluent English and Hebrew.

Responsibilities

Continuously validate inventory policy, including valuation method, capitalization rules, purchasing policy, cost-of-goods-sold purchasing monitoring, excess and obsolete reserves, and slow-moving stock.
Calculate, forecast, and manage inventory reserves and releases, ensuring inventory on the balance sheet is complete, accurate, and defensible.
Review and evaluate safety-stock, minimum/maximum, and reorder parameters set by supply chain to assess financial risk, cash-flow impact, and potential exposure.
Validate standard costs, bills of materials, and routings; own the periodic cost roll and challenge unexplained cost movements.
Lead budgeting and monitoring of production yields and other direct-cost elements; analyze yield performance and manage associated financial reserves and forecasts.
Analyze purchase price variance, manufacturing variances, and material usage; investigate anomalies to their root cause.
Provide gross-margin, cost-of-goods-sold, and product-cost analysis to finance and operations leadership.
Govern and oversee cycle-count and physical-inventory programs executed by the operations team; drive Inventory Record Accuracy to and beyond target.
Perform financial control and audit sampling during physical counts to ensure inventory process integrity.
Reconcile physical counts with enterprise resource planning and financial records; investigate and resolve discrepancies and approve inventory adjustments.
Run recurring financial-operational reviews across procurement, production, warehouse, and shipping; test whether documented policies match actual practice and drive findings to closure.
Ensure balance-sheet accuracy through accounting reconciliations of inventory, reserves, and operational accruals.
Support the monthly close, audit, and compliance for operational areas of the books.
Monitor open purchase orders and liabilities to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
Work alongside the Vice President of Operations and their team, maintaining sufficient operational understanding and independence to identify issues.
Raise discrepancies, risks, and control weaknesses proactively and constructively, recommending a path to resolution.
Support operational decisions, including make-or-buy, supplier changes, and process changes, with cost and financial analysis.
Identify and implement process and automation improvements across inventory, costing, and control functions.

Desired Qualifications

CPA qualification is an advantage.

At D-Fend Solutions, our people are our greatest strength — and technology is our passion. Our team of innovators and subject matter experts, including veterans of elite military intelligence technology units, is transforming the way organizations protect themselves from drone threats.

As the global leader in cyber-takeover counter-drone technology, we design and deliver advanced, software-defined solutions that empower our customers to detect, take control, and safely land unauthorized drones — with precision and reliability.

Every day, we push the boundaries of innovation to meet real-world security challenges across industries and environments. We’re proud of our cutting-edge technology, our global reach, and the impact we make in securing the skies.

We’re seeking passionate professionals who thrive in a fast-paced, creative, and collaborative environment — those who want to be part of the next generation of airspace security innovation.

Join D-Fend Solutions and help make the world a safer place.

Become a D-Fender! Work with the world’s leading cyber-takeover counter-drone technology provider and shape the future of safe airspace.

Core responsibilities:

Inventory policy, valuation & reserves

Continuously validate the inventory policy: valuation method, capitalization rules, purchasing policy and COGS purchasing monitoring, reserves for excess & obsolete (E&O) and slow-moving stock.
Calculate, forecast, and manage inventory reserves and releases; ensure inventory on the balance sheet is complete, accurate, and defensible.
Review and evaluate safety-stock, min/max, and reorder parameters set by supply chain to assess financial risk, CF impact and potential exposure.

Costing sanity, yields & product-cost integrity

Validate standard costs, BOMs, and routings; own the periodic cost roll and challenge unexplained cost movements.
Lead budgeting and monitoring of production yields and other direct-cost elements; analyze yield performance and manage the associated financial reserves and forecasts.
Analyze purchase price variance (PPV), manufacturing variances, and material usage; investigate anomalies to root cause.
Provide clear gross-margin, COGS, and product-cost analysis to finance and operations leadership.

Inventory accuracy & operational audits

Govern and oversee the cycle-count and physical-inventory programs executed by operations team; drive Inventory Record Accuracy (IRA) to and beyond target.
Perform financial control and audit sampling during physical counts to ensure inventory process integrity.
Reconcile physical count with, ERP, and financial records; investigate, resolve discrepancies and approve inventory adjustments.
Run recurring financial-operational reviews across procurement, production, warehouse, and shipping; tests that documented policies match actual practice, and drive findings to closure.

Financial control, PO/liability monitoring & close

Ensure the accuracy of the balance sheet through rigorous accounting reconciliations of inventory, reserves, and operational accruals.
Support the monthly close, audit, and compliance for the operational areas of the books.
Monitor open purchase orders (POs) and open liabilities to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.

Business partnering & flagging

Reporting to Director of Finance
Work side by side with VP Operations and their team - close enough to understand the operation, independent enough to call out what isn't right.
Raise discrepancies, risks, and control weaknesses proactively and constructively, with a recommended path to resolution.
Support operational decisions (make/buy, supplier changes, process changes) with sound costs and financial analysis.

Process improvement

Identify and implement process and automation improvements across the inventory, costing, and control functions.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Economics, Industrial Engineering & Management, or Finance. CPA an advantage.

5+ years in cost accounting / operational finance within a manufacturing or hardware company (electronics, Defense, industrial, or similar).

Demonstrated, hands-on expertise in standard costing, inventory valuation, reserves, and variance analysis -not just financial reporting.

Practical experience running or supporting cycle counts, physical inventories, and inventory reconciliations, and closing the operational areas of the books.

Strong ERP fluency (e.g. Priority, SAP, NetSuite, Oracle) and advanced Excel; comfort with BI tools (e.g. Power BI).

Fluent English and Hebrew.

About the Company

D-Fend Solutions

Autonomous counter-drone systems for urban environments

D-Fend Solutions delivers counter-drone technology that detects, locates, and neutralizes unauthorized drones in urban areas. Its core offering is an autonomous end-to-end system that intercepts a rogue drone’s control and data links, causing it to return to its takeoff point or land safely in a designated zone, while coexisting with existing wireless communications and GPS signals to avoid disrupting infrastructure. The system can also extract forensic data from the drone in flight to support real-time decisions and offline investigations. The company differentiates itself through its emphasis on non-disruptive operation in dense environments, seamless integration with current networks, and an end-to-end capability that includes ongoing maintenance and support. Its goal is to provide a safe, effective, and reliable solution to combat unauthorized drone activity by governments, critical infrastructure operators, and enterprises alike.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Acquired
Total funding: $59M
Headquarters: Petah Tikva, Israel
Founded: 2017

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