Intern - COO Office (human)

Neura Robotics; Gemeindeverwaltungsverband Metzingen, Riederich; On-site; EUR 17,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Neura Robotics in Germany invites a motivated student to join the COO Office for a four to six month full-time internship onsite in Riederich (Metzingen). You will assist the COO on commercial and strategic topics, interfacing with CFO, Finance, Strategy, and external stakeholders, and gain direct insight into growth initiatives.

You will work on dashboards, budgets, and business cases, building useful reports and decision templates for day-to-day operations while collaborating with a diverse

Qualifications

• Currently studying towards a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong interest in finance, controlling, or strategy with initial practical experience preferred.
• High attention to detail when working with numbers and data.
• Analytical mindset and structured approach with a hands-on, get-things-done attitude.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint; experience with financial modeling or dashboarding tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and follow up on presentations and meetings for the COO, including materials, agenda, and tracking of open items.
• Own KPI, budget, and forecast overviews across projects.
• Prepare decision-ready content for board meetings, investor updates, and banking presentations.
• Build business cases, make-or-buy analyses, and investment evaluations for new products and initiatives.
• Coordinate commercial sub-projects within the COO Office and report status.
• Develop reports, dashboards, and decision templates used in day-to-day operations.
• Own work packages end-to-end from data gathering to recommendation with guidance.

Skills

German-English fluency

Analytical mindset

Attention to detail

Structured, methodical

Cross-cultural collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Industrial Engineering, or related field

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Financial modeling / dashboarding tools

Job description

Your Role

In the COO Office, you support the COO on commercial and strategic topics at the interface between the COO, CFO, and internal as well as external stakeholders. You get direct insight into how the commercial side of our growth and scaling initiatives is managed, communicated, and implemented.

Your Responsibilities

• You prepare and follow up on presentations and meetings for the COO, including materials, agenda, and tracking of open items.

• You own KPI, budget, and forecast overviews across projects, including the question of where the numbers don't add up.

• You prepare decision-ready content for board meetings, investor updates, and banking presentations, together with Finance, Strategy, and the CEO Office.

• You build business cases, make-or-buy analyses, and investment evaluations for new products, investments, and internal initiatives.

• You coordinate commercial sub-projects within the COO Office, from alignment with the specialist departments through to status reporting.

• You develop reports, dashboards, and decision templates that are actually used in day-to-day operations.

• You take ownership of your own work packages end-to-end, from data gathering to recommendation, with guidance and feedback from experienced team members.

What You Bring

• Currently studying towards a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Industrial Engineering, or a related field

• Strong interest in finance, controlling, or strategy, ideally backed by initial practical experience (internships or working student roles in consulting, finance, corporate development, or a COO environment)

• High attention to detail when working with numbers and data, with the ability to structure complex information clearly

• Analytical mindset, structured approach to tasks, and a hands-on, get-things-done attitude

• Proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint; experience with financial modeling or dashboarding tools is a plus

• Enjoy working with diverse stakeholders and collaborating in an international environment

• Fluent in both German and English

• Available for 4 to 6 months, full-time onsite in Riederich (Metzingen)