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
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
Bonus Points
- Experience with public funding programmes
- Exposure to project-based accounting or milestone billing structures
- Knowledge of Power Query or Power BI
