VDI GmbH

Controller, Grant Management

VDI GmbH

part-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Düsseldorf • Germany

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About the role

  • 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

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Hard skills
financial analysisproject controllingreportingbalance sheet analysisinvestment planningliquidity planningfunding application management
Soft skills
organizational skillsprioritizationindependent managementcollaborationcommunication