Key Facts

Remote From:

Full time

Mid-level (2-5 years)

German, English

Hard Skills

Fund Administration Project Controls Corporate Financial Reporting Financial Calculations Accounting Reconciliation Data Validation Variance Analysis Cost Accounting Cost Allocation +11 more

Other Skills

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Microsoft Excel
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Budgeting
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Analytical Thinking
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Detail Oriented
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Prioritization

Roles & Responsibilities

3–5 years of experience in controlling, finance, or accounting
Solid understanding of budgeting, cost accounting, and cashflow planning
Excellent Excel skills; ability to work with templates, fill them correctly, spot formula errors, and build clean calculation structures from scratch
Fluent in German and English; able to communicate financial results and requirements to non-finance stakeholders

Requirements:

Manage monthly and quarterly controlling routines, including data collection, plausibility checks, and report updates; own financial templates and reporting frameworks and monitor actuals vs. budget across projects, recommending corrective actions
Lead the financial handover process from the budgeting/planning phase to active project start; prepare budget baselines, cost plans, funding overviews, and cashflow projections; coordinate with project managers to ensure financial assumptions are transferred and understood
Prepare and maintain all controlling-side documentation for public and private funding across projects: track approved amounts, disbursement schedules, eligible costs, reconcile estimated funding income with actual receipts, and maintain funding trackers
Conduct ongoing project controlling for active development titles: track costs, milestones, and budget consumption; prepare regular variance analyses and reports; drive cost allocation and ensure expenses are charged to the correct projects and cost centers

Aesir Interactive GmbH

About Aesir Interactive GmbH

Aesir Interactive is a renowned German Developer studio, based in Munich, Germany. A passionate team of more than 35 designers, artists and programmers lay the foundation for captivating games and innovative interactive applications. As a leading Unreal Engine developer, Aesir has established an impressive tech stack and workflow to ensure smooth and continuous development: all in order to create lively and fascinating worlds for passionate gamers worldwide on all common consoles and PC. The diverse members of Aesir come from all over the world but share a common goal - creating unforgettable experiences through elegance, discipline and excellence.

Company type: SME

Founded: 2018

Company size: 11 - 50

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Job description

About the company:

Aesir Interactive is an independent game development studio building ambitious titles for global audiences.
We are looking for an experienced and self-driven Controller to take ownership of our financial controlling processes with a particular focus on securing and controlling public and private funding across projects.

Your role:

You will independently manage controlling tasks across active projects, own financial reporting, and take the lead on funding controlling from tracking disbursements and eligible costs to preparing all controlling-side documentation for public and private funding programmes.
You work closely with project managers and senior management, and bring the structure and judgment to operate with a high degree of autonomy.

Main responsibilities

Recurring Controlling Tasks

Perform monthly and quarterly controlling routines: data collection, plausibility checks, and report updates.
Own and further develop financial templates and reporting frameworks; ensure they reflect current project and cost data at all times.
Monitor actuals vs. budget across projects, analyze deviations, and proactively recommend corrective actions to project leadership and management.

Project Handover Preparation

Lead the financial handover process at the transition from financial planning phase to active project start, and take responsibility for completeness and quality.
Compile budget baselines, cost plans, funding overviews, and cashflow projections into clear, team-ready documents.
Coordinate with project managers and leads to ensure all financial assumptions are correctly transferred and understood.
Maintain handover templates and continuously improve documentation quality.

Funding Controlling

Prepare and maintain all controlling-side documentation for public and private funding across projects: tracking approved amounts, disbursement schedules, and eligible costs.
Reconcile estimated funding income against actual receipts and calculate correction cashflows.
Maintain funding trackers and ensure all documentation meets reporting requirements of stakeholders.

Project Controlling

Conduct ongoing project controlling for active development titles: tracking costs, milestones, and budget consumption.
Prepare regular project status reports and variance analyses for the project leadership and management.
Drive cost allocation and ensure expenses are correctly assigned to the right projects and cost centers.

Your Profile:

Controlling & Finance

3–5 years of experience in controlling, finance, or accounting
Solid understanding of financial concepts, including budgeting, cost accounting, and cashflow planning
Able to work independently, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and prioritize without close supervision

Excel Skills

Solid Excel skills (also without AI)
Ability to work with existing templates, fill them correctly, and spot formula errors
Comfortable building clean calculation structures from scratch
Attention to data consistency

Language Skills

German, as the role involves working with German-language financial documents, funding requirements, official communication, and internal stakeholders.
Very good English skills are required.

Analytical Thinking

Able to follow and verify multi-step financial calculations independently
Strong attention to detail: you notice when something does not add up and you investigate
Structured way of working: your documents can be presented and understood by non-finance stakeholders
Experienced in communicating financial results and risks clearly to non-finance stakeholders and management