Head of Finance (m/f/x)

present of AI; Markranstädt; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Skeleton Technologies makes high-power energy storage systems, including supercapacitors and SuperBatteries, for AI data centers, power grids, transportation and defense. This Head of Finance role emphasizes planning, reporting, controls, and cash management in a rapidly growing industrial company.

The position requires experience in manufacturing or energy hardware, comfort with project-based revenue and grants, and leadership in capital allocation and risk management to support AI-driven

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing or energy hardware finance.
• Familiar with project-based revenue and subsidies/grants.
• Strong governance and audit readiness.

Responsibilities

• Own financial planning, reporting, controls, and cash management.
• Model revenue recognition in AI-enabled operations.
• Support capital allocation and risk tradeoffs.
• Communicate with investors and the board.
• Ensure compliance and internal controls.

Skills

Financial planning

Forecasting

Cash management

Audit & controls

Energy/hardware finance

Job description

A Head of Finance typically owns financial planning, reporting, controls, and cash management for a growing industrial company. A strong candidate brings experience in manufacturing or energy hardware, where capital equipment, inventory, and long development cycles shape the numbers. For a maker of high power energy storage for data centers, grids, transport, and defense, that means comfort with project based revenue, grant or subsidy funding, and heavy investment in production capacity.

How it fits the AI era

AI changes the finance function by automating forecasting, reconciliation, and routine reporting, so the head of finance spends less time assembling numbers and more time interpreting them. The human core stays in judgment: capital allocation, risk tradeoffs, investor and board communication, and setting controls that hold up under audit. In an energy storage business tied to AI data center demand, finance also has to model fast moving customer contracts and supply chain costs that no model fully captures.

How it builds AI experience

This role builds AI experience by using planning and analytics tools to improve forecast accuracy and shorten close cycles. It also means learning where AI outputs need human review, especially in revenue recognition, cost accounting, and compliance. Over time, that mix of financial control and practical AI use is valuable for any industrial company moving toward more automated operations.

Worth showing

• Financial planning and analysis
• Manufacturing cost accounting
• Cash and capital management
• Audit and internal controls
• Energy or hardware finance

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About Skeleton Technologies

Skeleton Technologies makes high-power energy storage systems, including supercapacitors and SuperBatteries, for AI data centers, power grids, transportation and defense (per the company).