About the role

  • Controller in Finance Management at Deutsche Jugendinstitut ensuring financial compliance and supporting researchers on projects. Involvement in budget management and project documentation tasks.

Responsibilities

  • Support and advise researchers in properly preparing applications for third-party funded projects in the areas of grants ('Zuwendung') and contract research
  • Financial controlling and monitoring of ongoing projects
  • Coordinate change requests and fund transfers with project-executing units and various third-party funders
  • Review grant-related and financial requests and approve funding/resource requests
  • Ensure liquidity through fund requisitions and invoicing
  • Prepare grant expenditure reports (Verwendungsnachweise) and settle third-party funding contracts
  • Handle audits and reviews by grant providers
  • Address budgetary and grant-law issues as well as general business administration questions
  • General administrative tasks, e.g., maintaining project files

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree (university or university of applied sciences), preferably in Business Administration, Business Law or Administrative Law, or a completed commercial vocational training in administration/finance
  • Relevant professional experience in finance/controlling
  • Experience in third-party funding administration and knowledge of budgetary and grant law of national and, ideally, European funders are desirable
  • Strong numerical affinity, an independent working style, flexibility, a high sense of responsibility, and a high level of social competence, communication skills and willingness to work in a team
  • Proficient in MS Office applications, particularly Microsoft Excel
  • Business-fluent German

Benefits

  • Full-time employment: 39 hours/week
  • Possibility of partial remote work (hybrid arrangement)
  • Employer contribution to the Deutschlandticket (public transport pass)

Job title

Financial Controller – Financial Management

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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