[Hiring] Finance Manager @Open Energy Transition

Role Description

In this role, you'll be working closely with our Head of Finance, supporting our general finance and accounting, controller, and business administration activities. The purpose of this role is to help ensure accurate financial operations, maintain compliance with German accounting requirements, support monthly payroll processes, work with our external vendors, review agreements, and support day-to-day bookkeeping and reporting.

Exciting activities include:

• The transition to a new accounting system and ERP system
• The setup of several improved internal controlling/operation solutions

You'll also work closely with our shareholders for general finance-related matters, reporting, and forecasting, as well as with our Head of People for payroll and other admin.

The ideal candidate is comfortable working autonomously and fully remotely as part of a dedicated, distributed team, and enjoys building efficient, functional, scalable, and transferrable financial processes that support mission-driven work.

This position requires:

• A high degree of discretion, attention-to-detail, self-management, professionalism, and confidentiality
• Language proficiency in English (required) and German (required for communicating with certain external vendors)

Qualifications

• 5 years minimum experience in accounting, finance, controlling, and/or bookkeeping
• Strong understanding of accounting principles
• Experience with accounting software and financial management tools (e.g. Odoo, Datev)
• Experience working with financial data, formulate, etc., in Google Sheets and Excel
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to manage financial records accurately in a remote work environment
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams asynchronously
• Fluency in English and German is mandatory

Requirements

• Maintain accurate financial records, including bookkeeping, reconciliations, and transaction tracking
• Process invoices, expenses, and payments while ensuring proper documentation and compliance
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing processes
• Assist with financial reporting and internal financial tracking
• Create and maintain project- and department-specific budgets
• Support compliance with German accounting and tax requirements in collaboration with external tax advisors
• Process monthly payroll across our direct entity and employer of record services
• Collaborate with the People Department on relevant matters
• Support audits and financial documentation requests as needed
• Contribute to improving financial workflows and documentation within the organization
• Cash flow management
• Financial planning (FP&A)
• Risk management
• Fundraising support

Benefits

• A flexible, fully-remote work environment with autonomy
• Support from hardworking, passionate leaders
• A culture that values transparency, empathy, trust, humility, diversity, collaboration, and recognition
• An open-door policy with reciprocal feedback
• A flat hierarchical structure where all contributions are valued
• Competitive salary with growth potential
• Supportive onboarding and training tailored to strengths and career ambitions
• The ability to contribute to the formation and improvement of team culture and processes

Company Description

We’re a remote-first, mission-driven, registered non-profit, comprising around 50 highly-skilled and motivated professionals from all around the world! Our culture is built on trust, autonomy, and collaborative professionalism.

Open Energy Transition (OET) is a non-profit organization advancing the global energy transition by developing innovative open-source tools and data solutions for energy and grid planning.

Our vision is to make open approaches the global standard by 2030, enabling energy planning that is more accessible, transparent, and effective.