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