Business Performance & Planning Analyst
Enlight Rosh HaAyin, Center District, Israel
Renewable Energy Power Generation · 201-500 employees
About the role
The analyst will own the division's BI and reporting systems while maintaining financial and analytical models to support project decision-making. They are responsible for monitoring project schedules, identifying performance trends, and coordinating cross-functional inputs across engineering, procurement, and construction departments.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Accounting, Engineering, or Economics. A minimum of 4-6 years of experience in planning, control, or operations is required, along with advanced proficiency in Excel, Power BI, and MS Project.
Full description
Join Enlight and help shape the future of clean energy.
Enlight is a leading global renewable energy company, developing, building, owning and operating large-scale solar, wind and energy storage projects across the U.S., Europe and MENA. As one of the fastest-growing renewable platforms, we combine entrepreneurial spirit with the scale, expertise and ambition to deliver projects that make a real impact on the global energy transition.
We're growing - and looking for talented people to join us on the journey.
The Business Performance & Planning Analyst serves as a central function within the Project Execution division headquarters, responsible for analysis, control and reporting across the portfolio of projects under execution — solar PV, energy storage, wind and related infrastructure.
The role operates horizontally across the division's departments — construction, engineering, procurement and asset management, and owns the division's models, reports and BI systems. Its primary objective is to provide division management with a single, unified, data-driven picture that supports informed decision-making and delivery against project milestones. The position combines analytical, control, and cross-functional responsibilities, requiring the ability to work independently while driving alignment across a wide range of stakeholders without direct authority.
Responsibilities
- Data, Reporting & BI — Own the division's BI and reporting systems: monitor, control and develop them while ensuring data accuracy, consistency and timeliness; produce periodic reports, dashboards and tracking of KPIs defined from time to time.
- Business Modeling & Analysis — Build and maintain analytical and financial models for the division's projects — budget, cash flow, quantities, schedules and scenarios - including version control and documentation, and translate data into management insights and actionable recommendations.
- Performance Control & Trend Identification — Collect and analyze cross-portfolio data, perform plan-versus-actual gap analysis, and identify trends, risks and deviations at an early stage.
- Scheduling & Project Control — Support, monitor and control project schedules from early planning through construction, commissioning and handover; track project and portfolio progress, perform critical path analysis and monitor percentage of completion.
- Cross-Functional Coordination — Act as a key integrator within the division headquarters: coordinate inputs across engineering, procurement, construction and subcontractors to produce a single, up-to-date status picture; consolidate topics for cross-division forums; and drive solutions across inter-company and inter-departmental interfaces.
- Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement — Lead improvement initiatives within the division and participate in those led by others; develop and embed procedures, tools and best practices; drive standardization of planning, reporting and control processes across departments; and capture and implement lessons learned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Industrial Engineering and Management, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or a related field - required.
- 4–6 years of experience in analysis, planning and control, project controls, coordination or operations - required.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, including building and maintaining complex models, and in PowerPoint, with a proven ability to build executive-level presentations, Power BI, MS Project - required.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into insights and actionable recommendations - required.
- Proven ability to operate in a matrix environment with multiple stakeholders at all levels, without direct authority - required.
- Highly organized, accurate and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple tasks in parallel in a dynamic environment - required.
- Fluency in English, spoken and written - required.
- Experience building reports, dashboards and BI tools - required
- Experience in a cross-functional corporate role and in preparing materials for management and the board - an advantage.
- Familiarity with budget control processes and finance interfaces - an advantage.
- Experience in construction, infrastructure or renewable energy projects (solar, storage) and in working with EPC contractors - a significant advantage.
