QMunicate – Financial Manager (f/m/d)

Munich Quantum Valley; München; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Founding-team ownership

New quantum-optics lab in Munich area

Competitive salary

Equity (VSOP)

Conference & training budget

Job summary

Munich Quantum Valley is seeking a Finance lead to own budgeting, cash-flow and runway planning, and to manage bookkeeping, payroll and monthly closings with our external tax advisor. You will handle public grants, budgets and reporting, and prepare investor/board updates while helping with fundraising.

The role involves setting up procurement, contracts and financial controls for a lab-focused research environment in the Munich area. Fluent German and English are required.

Qualifications

• Degree in finance, business administration or accounting.
• 3+ years in finance or controlling, ideally at a start-up or research-driven company.
• Knowledge of German accounting (HGB) and DATEV.
• Fluent German and English.
• Structured and hands-on; comfortable building processes from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Own budgeting, cash-flow and runway planning; maintain the financial model
• Run bookkeeping, payroll and monthly closing with our external tax advisor
• Manage public grants (e.g. BMFTR and EU programmes): budgets, cost tracking, reporting
• Prepare investor and board reporting; support fundraising and due diligence
• Set up procurement, contract and controlling processes for lab equipment and services

Skills

Finance experience

Public grant reporting

Process building

English communication

Education

Degree in finance or accounting

Tools

DATEV

Excel

Job description

Join the founding team developing the connectivity layer for future quantum technologies — at the intersection of quantum optics, hardware engineering and scalable infrastructure.

You own QMunicate's finances as we grow from an early-stage team into a product company: planning, accounting, public grants and investor reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own budgeting, cash-flow and runway planning; maintain the financial model
• Run bookkeeping, payroll and monthly closing with our external tax advisor
• Manage public grants (e.g. BMFTR and EU programmes): budgets, cost tracking, reporting
• Prepare investor and board reporting; support fundraising and due diligence
• Set up procurement, contract and controlling processes for lab equipment and services

Requirements

• Degree in finance, business administration or accounting
• 3+ years in finance or controlling, ideally at a start-up or research-driven company
• Knowledge of German accounting (HGB) and DATEV
• Fluent German and English
• Structured and hands‑on; comfortable building processes from scratch

Nice to have

• Experience with publicly funded R&D projects
• Experience at a VC-backed start-up
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling

What we offer

• A founding‑team role with real ownership of a first‑of‑its‑kind machine
• A new quantum‑optics lab in the Munich area
• Competitive salary and employee equity (VSOP)
• Close ties to the European quantum ecosystem; conference and training budget
• English as working language