Project Controller & Finance Analyst

Sateliot; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Health insurance

Meal vouchers Cobee

Career growth

Job summary

Sateliot, a Barcelona-based satellite company, seeks a Finance & Project Control specialist to manage economic control of funded projects and support the Finance team with monthly close, budgets, and reporting.

You will track costs, handle grant documentation, and ensure compliance with funding bodies, while coordinating with auditors and external partners. A hybrid work setup is offered in Barcelona.

Qualifications

• Experience in economic control of projects, ideally for public grants.
• Familiarity with payroll, 190 Model, and timesheets or quick learning ability.

Responsibilities

• Track project finances and control associated costs (payroll, timesheets).
• Prepare and organize economic documentation for grant justifications.
• Review and upload data to official platforms for audits.
• Support monthly close, accounting, and budget tracking.
• Design and maintain dashboards and financial reporting.

Skills

Project financial control

Grant justification

Payroll & timesheets

Budget tracking

Financial reporting

Stakeholder coordination

Tools

ERP systems

Accounting software

Job description

Sateliot is a Barcelona-based satellite company with one goal: connect everything, everywhere. Founded in 2018, we've built the first satellite constellation that lets standard commercial devices communicate directly from space. Our technology bridges the gaps that terrestrial networks will never reach, bringing affordable and secure connectivity to industries, governments, and communities across the planet.

Learn more: https://sateliot.space/

About The Team & This Role

This is a hybrid role between project control and Finance. You'll be responsible for the economic control of Sateliot's funded projects: cost tracking, grant justification documentation, and data entry and validation in the official platforms used by financial institutions. You'll also support the Finance department in its day-to-day work: budget tracking, supplier invoices, monthly close, and financial reporting.

It's a key position for keeping our projects' economic and administrative documentation organized, traceable, and compliant with each grant's requirements, and for helping Finance run with clear processes and reliable numbers.

What you'll do

R&D project financial management

• Track project finances and control associated costs (payroll, payroll payments, "Modelo 190", timesheets).
• Manage and follow up on the invoicing associated with projects.
• Prepare, review, and organize the economic documentation required for grant justifications, following the format and structure each funding body requires.
• Review and use official platforms: upload and validate economic data for different projects.
• Track timesheets, staff dedication, and personnel cost allocations linked to funded projects.
• Prepare supporting documentation for audits and respond to information requests.
• Coordinate with clients, auditors, accounting firms, funding entities, and other external parties as needed.
• Provide occasional support to the patents team on administrative management: tracking deadlines and related procedures.

Finance department support

• Help with monthly budget tracking by cost center and analysis of deviations.
• Support supplier invoice management: analytical classification by cost center and project, and resolution of incidents with internal departments and suppliers.
• Support the accounting process and monthly close (accruals, reconciliations, documentation), in coordination with the external accounting firm.
• Contribute to the annual budgeting process and forecast exercises.
• Take part in designing and maintaining dashboards and financial reporting.
• Create, document, and maintain department processes, with a focus on improving and automating them.
• Support economic analyses and other Finance activities as the business needs.

What you bring

• Experience in economic control of projects, ideally in the justification of public grants or subsidies.
• Familiarity with payroll, 190 Model, and timesheets, or the ability to quickly learn specific platforms if you don't have prior experience with them.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail: much of the role depends on keeping documentation audit-ready.
• Native or C2-level Spanish, both spoken and written.

Bonus if you have

• Catalan and English, spoken and written.
• Previous experience in the space/tech sector

How we work

We lead with humility, move fast, and take ownership. We collaborate without ego and measure ourselves by real impact, not titles or hierarchy. We hire people who already live these values.

What we offer

• Real impact on one of Europe’s most ambitious space projects.
• Growth: we cover 50% of courses or master’s degrees (up to 5% of your salary), plus Spanish and Catalan classes.
• Health & balance: 50% on private health insurance and Urban Sports Club, a flexible schedule, and hybrid work, we focus on results, not hours.
• Flexible Compensation: flexible compensation through Cobee (meal, transport, kindergarten).
• A truly global team: 20+ nationalities building something genuinely new - and genuinely nice to work with. Great vibes, real teamwork.
• A real welcome: a dedicated buddy from day one.
• Life outside work: we organize leisure and sports activities both during and outside working hours - because great teams connect beyond the screen.
• Catering: if you don't have time to cook, we partner with a catering company so a freshmeal is sorted, no need to think about it.
• Parking: on-site parking at the office, with Sateliot covering 50% of the cost - plus free bike parking if you prefer to pedal in.

Sateliot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs, without discrimination on the basis of any legally protected characteristic.