Finance Manager

Project Q; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A dynamic European defence-tech company in Berlin is seeking a Finance Manager (m/f/d) to establish and oversee finance operations. The successful candidate will have a completed degree in business management or a similar field and at least 5 years of professional experience. Responsibilities include handling accounting, controlling, and financial reporting. This company offers flexible working hours, remote work options, a good salary, and growth opportunities within a collaborative environment.

Leistungen

Flexible working hours

Remote work options

Professional development opportunities

Flat hierarchies

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of professional experience in similar roles.
• Ability to thrive in unstructured environments.
• Strong analytical ability to translate financial data into insights.

Aufgaben

• Build up finance practice and be go-to person for accounting and tax topics.
• Implement structures that provide transparency for a scaling company.
• Prepare and update business plans and budgets.
• Collaborate with external accounting and tax services.

Kenntnisse

Finance generalist mindset

Hands-on experience in finance operations

Strong business partnering

Confident coordination of external partners

Excellent Excel skills

Proficient in German and English

Ausbildung

Completed degree in business management or similar

Tools

M365 environment (PowerBI, Power Automate)

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

New Challenge
Job Advertisement: Finance Manager (m/f/d)

Location: Berlin Mitte (with home office options)

Working Hours: Full-time

Start Date: Immediately or by arrangement

About Us

Q is a European defence-tech company pioneering the Internet of Defence with modular, scalable, and interoperable sensor and intelligence solutions. Our orchestration layer generates actionable situational awareness and enables the rapid, scalable, and wide-area integration of capabilities to respond to evolving threats – delivering immediate operational value for armed forces, security agencies, and actors in the critical-infrastructure domain.

Our products are designed to integrate seamlessly into existing defence infrastructures, offering fast data integration and data fusion capabilities to enable AI-enhanced analytics and situational awareness. It is built on a platform agnostic architecture, unlocking true interoperability.

We are growing fast in a very dynamic environment and are looking for someone with exceptional hands-on mentality and execution power to help us grow further.

As Finance Manager (m/f/d) you are directly reporting to the C-level and will be an essential part of our journey, with plenty of opportunities for your own personal and professional growth.

Your Responsibilities

• Build up Finance practice at Q and be go-to person for all accounting, controlling, data and tax related topics
• Implement and maintain structures that provide transparency for a scaling company
• Preparation and update of Business plan / budget
• Monthly forecasting and actuals reporting
• Project controlling
• Collaborate and coordinate external accounting, payroll and tax services
• Accounts payables / receivables
• Preparing (board) presentations and reports
• Data driven analyses to provide transparency
• Supporting the COO in day-to-day operations
• Taking on special projects as needed

Your Profile

• Completed degree in business management, finance, accounting or similar fields and 5y+ professional experience in similar roles.
• Broad finance generalist mindset with hands-on experience across finance operations, controlling and accounting.
• Proven startup operator who thrives in unstructured environments, builds processes from scratch, and personally creates high-quality financial work products (e.g., management reports, forecasts, analyses) when needed.
• Strong business partner to leadership actively supporting strategic and operational decisions, translating financial data into clear insights.
• Confident coordinator of external partners (accounting, tax advisors, payroll providers), while retaining the ability validate outputs or to step in when required.
• High ownership, independence, and bias for action, combining attention to detail with pragmatism and the willingness to “get hands dirty” rather than delegating execution.
• Experience within M365 environment are an advantage, e.g. Fabric, PowerBI and/or Power Automate
• Excellent German, English and MS Excel skills, both written and spoken

We Offer

• Be a part of our growth story and help build us a leading technology company
• A varied and responsible role in a dynamic company
• Flat hierarchies and a pleasant working environment
• Opportunities for professional and personal development
• Flexible working hours and remote work options
• Attractive salary and additional benefits

Have we sparked your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your CV, including your earliest possible start date. We look forward to meeting you!

Über uns
Q is a European defence-tech company pioneering the Internet of Defence with modular, scalable, and interoperable sensor and intelligence solutions.