Your mission

The role
You own the operational finance layer end-to-end: bookkeeping, grant documentation, invoice management, and month-end support. You work directly with our Fractional CFO (2 days/week) and report into the COO. Hands-on — you'll be the person who actually knows where every euro is.

What you'll do

• Bookkeeping in DATEV — hands-on entries today, with a mid-term goal of owning and driving automation of the booking process
• Own the invoice-to-payment process: collecting, categorizing, approving, and initiating payments
• Grant financial documentation and reporting: cost allocation, Mittelanforderungen, budget deviation reports (IBB, PTJ, EU)
• Maintain the fixed asset register and depreciation schedules (CAPEX-heavy environment)
• Month-end close: reconciliations, expense categorization, cash flow input
• Improve and partly automate finance processes as we scale

Your profile

• Bilanzbuchhalter/in qualification (IHK) or equivalent; alternatively a finance degree with 4+ years of hands-on accounting experience
• DATEV — you're the one doing the entries
• Solid HGB knowledge; Jahresabschluss experience a plus
• Experience with German public grant accounting (IBB, PTJ, EU) — strong plus, not a dealbreaker
• Very fluent German (C2), good English (internal comms in English)
• Startup-comfortable: things change, you figure it out
• German payroll (Lohnabrechnung) is a plus

Why us?

• Full ownership of the finance function — no layers in between
• Small, international team
• Growing company with the opportunity to grow with it
• Hybrid working (on-site presence every ~2 months appreciated)
• Competitive salary plus Deutschlandticket or Urban Sports Club membership
• Direct collaboration with an experienced Fractional CFO