Project Controller

Your way into the future
Join us as Project Controller (m/f/d) and work with us on changing the future

What Awaits You At Mynaric
The Project Controller position requires excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills. The Controller is the main point of contact for Project Managers regarding commercial and financial aspects and plays an integral role, supporting the Project Management team. This position will be based out of our corporate office in München. This role works closely with Project Management, Finance, and also interfaces with Sales, Engineering, and Supply Chain.

Responsibilities:

• Execute project performance controlling measures such as costs, revenue, cash flow, margin controlling, re-calculate forecasts, analyze variances, utilization, calculate change orders etc.
• Support Finance to ensure accurate booking of the project financials including month closing, accruals etc.
• Support Finance as they carry out daily operations including invoicing, monitoring receivables, and following up on supplier invoices
• Prepare monthly financial reports and forecast for projects and prepares data for use by Project Management and Senior Management.
• Support Sales during offer preparation and sales phase regarding risk identification / mitigation as well as contract negotiations
• Support the projects regarding taxes, insurance, contract compliance issues, contractor and payroll
• Support project management during project execution regarding risk identification, mitigation and claim management and invoicing
• Be able to challenge the numbers and be pragmatic
• Assist Finance in year-end financial audits, as well as client audits
• Working through SAP Project Management software and the various departments responsible for overseeing, monitoring, and maintaining the business partner data entry and order management process from proposal number generation through completion.
• Enters initial and updated project milestones, and budgets
• Reviews capacities and critical dates with project managers to coordinate with the various departments and avoid conflicts.
• Monitors deadlines and the coordination of dates between the various departments
• If it becomes necessary to determine project priorities, then work with project manager to resolve conflicts or if necessary, escalate to determine priorities
• Responsible for assignment and maintenance of Business Partners and Proposal and Project numbers within the SAP system.
• Responsible for the preparation of routine project costing reports by working closely with members of the project team, Finance and Customer Service (Sales).
• Prepares tracking tools and tracks project metrics.
• Responsible for ensuring timely and accurate project information is available to the project team.
• To use reporting and information systems to maximize availability and effectiveness of information
• May be assigned to special projects or required to perform other duties not listed above, which may vary from time to time as determined by management, to meet company needs.

What You Bring With You

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of construction and/or commercial, project-based accounting experience
• Power User of MS Excel and SAP Project Management
• Advanced User of MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint
• Superior analytical skills, detail oriented
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Team player that is also self-driven and goal oriented
• Ability to thrive in a diverse environment; characterized by an open-minded, team-oriented, and multinational culture, where professional skills are highly valued

Commitment Required:
Ability to set and meet goals; sincere care for others; desire to win and be part of a winning team; ability to travel as needed.

What We Offer You
Have you always wanted to wear your favorite space outfit to work? Then you are exactly the right fit for us Forget the office politics and come and work with inspiring colleagues from all over the world as you embark on an incredible journey with Mynaric to work on unique and challenging projects and make a real contribution to the future of connectivity.

We offer you permanent employment, varied areas of responsibility, and attractive employee benefits. Mynaric is absolutely committed to being an equal opportunity employer so we welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of ethnicity, sex, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

So if this sounds like the kind of place where you would like to work then apply today and be part of the company that is changing the world

About Us
Mynaric produces optical fiber for the skies and, as a pioneer in laser communications, enables extremely fast and secure wireless data transmission between satellites, drones and the ground. The products are used by well-known international technology companies to build global communication networks. The emerging Internet over the clouds will connect the previously disconnected 3 billion people, bring the Internet of Things to the remotest corners of the earth and make international communication more secure than ever.