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

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. 

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 

• 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 

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