Hybrid Controller, Grant Management

at VDI GmbH

• Job title: Controller, Grant Management
• Job type: Part Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Dusseldorf, Germany

About the role

• Controller*in im Fördermittelmanagement bei VDI Technologiezentrum mit Fokus auf Forschung und Innovation. Beratung von Antragsstellern und Betreuung von Förderprojekten.

Responsibilities

• As part of our project sponsorship activities, we fund and administer research in key future-oriented fields: you advise applicants from industry and academia on business and administrative aspects of funding applications
• In addition, you independently oversee ongoing funded projects with regard to the appropriate use of research funds
• You review and evaluate, among other things, financing concepts as well as investment and liquidity plans
• To maintain a clear overview of the financial activities of the research projects, you are responsible for project controlling and perform regular reporting
• You work in a trusting and collaborative manner with colleagues from technical research funding

Requirements

• You are a graduate with a degree in Business Administration, Economics, Public Administration or a related field
• You enjoy working with numbers and know how to read a balance sheet, investment plans and liquidity plans
• Thanks to your excellent ability to set priorities and organize yourself independently, you are able to manage multiple funded projects simultaneously
• You maintain project documentation in a way that is transparent and accessible to other colleagues
• You value both personal exchange by telephone and the flexibility and written clarity of emails when communicating with representatives from academia, industry, politics and public administration

Benefits

• A meaningful and varied role with societal relevance at the interface of business, science and policy
• The opportunity to work in a team of scientists and economists on forward-looking topics
• A corporate culture characterized by appreciation, cohesion and trust, with flat hierarchies
• Flexible working hours between 07:00 and 21:00 with a weekly working time of 25–40 hours
• Work–life balance: option for mobile/remote working and a pragmatic approach to family-related challenges
• 30 days of vacation, company holidays on bridge days and between Christmas and New Year, and a half day off on your birthday (if it falls on a weekday)
• Modern offices in a well-connected location