Controller (m/w/d)
Summary
Part-time controller in Berlin managing budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting for an art foundation that commissions projects at venues like Kraftwerk Berlin and international locations.
- Start: as soon as possible
- Hours: 50 to 80 per cent position (20 to 32 hours per week) – we will agree the exact hours together
- Contract: permanent
We have no building of our own. We commission artists to create new work and show it where it belongs – at Kraftwerk Berlin, Halle am Berghain, the Museum für Naturkunde, the Schering Stiftung and, increasingly, internationally. Publications, research projects and educational formats are equally part of our programme.
This model – changing venues, project-based budgets, international partners – places particular demands on financial management. For our team in Berlin, we are looking for someone to help shape our financial foundations with precision and foresight: part-time, permanent, with a clearly defined area of responsibility and real scope to shape it.
- Project controlling for our artistic productions: you make sure that budgets and reality match.
- Budget, liquidity and forecast planning for the organisation as a whole, including budget-to-actual comparisons and scenarios.
- Management reporting for the CFO and budget holders – monthly and quarterly – as well as ad-hoc analyses as a basis for management decisions.
- Close collaboration with our accounting team: they run day-to-day bookkeeping and own the liaison with our tax advisors for the annual financial statements. You provide the controlling input and make sure that accounting and controlling figures line up.
- Monitoring the use of funds in line with German non-profit law and the use of restricted project funding.
- Developing our controlling processes and reporting standards further.
- A degree in business administration or economics – or a comparable qualification gained through training and professional experience
- At least three years of professional experience in controlling, ideally in project-based or non-profit organisations
- Sound knowledge of financial planning, controlling and accounting
- A basic understanding of German non-profit law, or the willingness to acquire it quickly
- Confident use of accounting and finance systems, ideally DATEV, as well as MS 365
- Very good German (at least C1) and good English (at least B2)
- A structured, precise and self-directed way of working – you make complex financial matters understandable
- An interest in how projects in art, science and technology work
- A role with a clearly defined area of responsibility in an organisation whose programme has international reach – your place of work is Berlin throughout, and travel is not part of the job
- An office in Berlin-Kreuzberg, flexible working hours and the option of a hybrid setup
- Insight into projects at the intersection of art, science and technology – and into the work of outstanding international artists
- A team that treats diversity and inclusion as practice rather than proclamation
- Modern working tools, including AI-assisted ones
- A training budget for your professional and personal development
- The creative freedom and reliability of a privately funded organisation
Sounds like you?
Then we look forward to receiving your application, including your CV, a short cover letter, your salary expectations and your earliest possible starting date.