Funding & Finance Controller (f/m/d) Regular

About the company:

Aesir Interactive is an independent game development studio building ambitious titles for global audiences.

We are looking for an experienced and self-driven Controller to take ownership of our financial controlling processes with a particular focus on securing and controlling public and private funding across projects.

Your role:

You will independently manage controlling tasks across active projects, own financial reporting, and take the lead on funding controlling from tracking disbursements and eligible costs to preparing all controlling-side documentation for public and private funding programmes.

You work closely with project managers and senior management, and bring the structure and judgment to operate with a high degree of autonomy.

Main responsibilities

Recurring Controlling Tasks

• Perform monthly and quarterly controlling routines: data collection, plausibility checks, and report updates.
• Own and further develop financial templates and reporting frameworks; ensure they reflect current project and cost data at all times.
• Monitor actuals vs. budget across projects, analyze deviations, and proactively recommend corrective actions to project leadership and management.

Project Handover Preparation

• Lead the financial handover process at the transition from financial planning phase to active project start, and take responsibility for completeness and quality.
• Compile budget baselines, cost plans, funding overviews, and cashflow projections into clear, team-ready documents.
• Coordinate with project managers and leads to ensure all financial assumptions are correctly transferred and understood.
• Maintain handover templates and continuously improve documentation quality.

Funding Controlling

• Prepare and maintain all controlling-side documentation for public and private funding across projects: tracking approved amounts, disbursement schedules, and eligible costs.
• Reconcile estimated funding income against actual receipts and calculate correction cashflows.
• Maintain funding trackers and ensure all documentation meets reporting requirements of stakeholders.

Project Controlling

• Conduct ongoing project controlling for active development titles: tracking costs, milestones, and budget consumption.
• Prepare regular project status reports and variance analyses for the project leadership and management.
• Drive cost allocation and ensure expenses are correctly assigned to the right projects and cost centers.

Your Profile:

Controlling & Finance

• 3-5 years of experience in controlling, finance, or accounting
• Solid understanding of financial concepts, including budgeting, cost accounting, and cashflow planning
• Able to work independently, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and prioritize without close supervision

Excel Skills

• Solid Excel skills (also without AI)
• Ability to work with existing templates, fill them correctly, and spot formula errors
• Comfortable building clean calculation structures from scratch
• Attention to data consistency

Language Skills

• German, as the role involves working with German-language financial documents, funding requirements, official communication, and internal stakeholders.
• Very good English skills are required.

Analytical Thinking

• Able to follow and verify multi-step financial calculations independently
• Strong attention to detail: you notice when something does not add up and you investigate
• Structured way of working: your documents can be presented and understood by non-finance stakeholders
• Experienced in communicating financial results and risks clearly to non-finance stakeholders and management

Bonus Points

• Experience with public funding programmes
• Exposure to project-based accounting or milestone billing structures
• Knowledge of Power Query or Power BI