Finance Operations & Grant Manager (m/f/d)

Your mission

As Finance Operations & Grant Manager, you will make our Finance organization scalable. You will combine process optimization, Finance systems and public-funding administration to ensure that our growing organization operates efficiently and transparently.

• Take ownership of Finance processes and identify opportunities for standardization and automation
• Support the implementation and continuous development of our ERP and Finance systems
• Develop automated reporting and dashboards together with Accounting and Controlling
• Improve data quality, master-data structures and interfaces between Finance and other departments
• Document Finance processes, responsibilities and internal controls
• Coordinate public grants and funding projects from a financial and administrative perspective
• Prepare financial documentation, cost statements and evidence required by funding authorities
• Monitor eligible costs, project budgets, deadlines and reporting requirements
• Coordinate grant-related audits and communication with internal and external stakeholders
• Support applications for new funding programmes where appropriate
• Support R&D-related funding and tax-incentive processes such as Forschungszulage
• Identify opportunities to digitalize and simplify repetitive Finance activities

Your profile

• University degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Business Informatics or a comparable field
• Professional experience in Finance Operations, Controlling, Finance systems, public funding or a related area
• Strong affinity for processes, systems and automation
• Experience administering public grants or publicly funded R&D projects is beneficial
• Strong Excel skills and high data literacy
• Ability to understand detailed administrative requirements while maintaining an overall process perspective
• Structured, proactive and highly independent working style
• Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate across multiple departments
• Very good German and good English skills