Yair Lichterman

• Direct management of Finance, HR, Legal & IT across IL & US; and GM of 35 FTE
• Monitored financial performance, set budgets and controlled expenses to provide financial stability and long-term organizational growth.
• Managed all legal affairs – commercial & IP contracts, Board resolutions, equity plans.
• Built People & Culture foundation – achieved 95% employee retention YoY.
• Secured Series B $40M+ funding – led finance & legal workstreams and investor dashboards.
• Drove cost optimization saving of -33 % OPEX, extending runway in +20 months

• Strategic Business partner for Executive managements – Processes, Business cases, Long-term deals with commercial partners
• Managing global finance team – IL/EU/US/LATAM/India
• Contributor to improvement of top & bottom lines of the commercial results of commrecial api devision (~$900M/revenues per year)
• Promoting new initiatives and cross-functional projects to improve profitability
• Legal and compliance focal point – support Division’s objective and growth, responsibility for commercial contracts and legal discussions

• Responsibility for all Finance operation aspects in Israel & Turkey - ~250 employees (AP, AR, FS, Cash-Flow, Tax & Compliance)
• Cross functional Project management – Finance/Sales/HR– ADP implementation, C&B RUMEA region
• Managing outsourcing relationships - responsible for communication external auditors and consultants in IL and abroad, review contracts, negotiate fees.
• Work included traveling abroad for negotiation meetings, training sessions, presentations etc.
• Managed budget development for multiple departments, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and strategies.

• Establishing a new Finance department and performance measurement system
• Managing Finance, Legal, and HR functions
• FP&A management - Creation of budgets, KPIs control system, Employees’ compensation plans, Project profitability management, Business risk management
• Writing work procedures and internal controls for company’s departments
• Compliance Officer for all regulatory and legal requirements (Labor law, tax, environmental legislation, Safety requirements etc.)
• Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and productivity.

Frontal teaching assistant:

Fundamentals of Management Accounting
Taxation 101

• High Tech Audit department – Senior associate
• Auditing public and private High-tech firms and start-ups
• Implementing U.S. (GAAP) and international (IFRS) standards for Nasdaq-listed clients.
• Conducting internal audits (SOX) – analyzing a broad range of internal processes, assessing their nature, and identifying faults.

Part of a team specializing in tax planning, litigation, risk management, and conflict resolution of corporate and commercial issues.