Finance & Controlling Lead (m/f/d)

You will build the financial-control backbone of a growing SpaceTech company, from a public-contract-compliant cost-center set-up to the monthly close.

Mission & responsibilities

You will build the financial-control backbone of a growing SpaceTech company, from a public-contract-compliant cost-center set-up to the monthly close.

Financial control & reporting

1. Own cost-center accounting and financial reporting compliant with government and other public contracts
2. Prepare the monthly and quarterly close and management reporting, and input for investor reporting
3. Maintain plan-vs-actual tracking across departments

Compliance & governance

1. Ensure financial reporting complies with German HGB and government-contract-specific requirements
2. Support the annual audit and tax filing, working with our external tax advisor

Cross-functional partnership

1. Partner with our Program & Contracts Manager on milestone-payment invoicing and revenue recognition
2. Support the CEO and VP Operations on cash-flow planning

What we are looking for

Must have

• 8+ years in financial controlling or accounting, ideally with exposure to government/defence-funded or other milestone-based revenue models
• Strong working knowledge of German HGB accounting and cost-center/project accounting
• Comfortable being the company’s first dedicated finance hire and building processes from scratch
• Fluent German and English

Nice to have

• Experience with international group structures (e.g. subsidiaries and intercompany invoicing)
• Experience with the accounting and ERP tooling of a small, fast-growing company