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Public Funding Manager Accounting & Financial Administration (m/f/d)
Location: Dresden
Job ID: 185091
The Vodafone Tech Innovation Center Dresden is Vodafone’s new global center for innovation and co-creation with other top tech world-wide companies, universities, and research institutes. The scope of this new hub is to improve peoples’ lives by innovating communications and empowering businesses for a digital and sustainable future. We use newest technologies such as 5G, 6G, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Security by Design in order to build new products and propositions for health, industry, transport, automotive, agriculture and many more. Dresden is a dynamically growing high-tech region in the heart of Europe with a strong industrial focus, excellent research landscape. At the same time Dresden is a great place to live with manifold culture, unspoiled nature and an international and family friendly environment. The ideal spot for creativity and innovation.
Role purpose:
The purpose of the role is to create, monitor and optimize a financial reporting structure regarding public funding projects for the Vodafone Tech Innovation Center Dresden. In addition all relevant accounting rules for funding and project accounting for IFRS and local GAP need to be ensured by that role. All audit and EU fund requirements need to be fulfilled. You work with stakeholders across the Vodafone Group and external partners to achieve a consistent, reliable and long term financial backbone for R&D and innovation projects. Vodafone has identified that addressing public funding in the EU and on national level is important in general and addressing public funds is a key element of the Vodafone Tech Innovation Center Dresden. Therefore you evaluate potential projects, deliver the financial aspects of funding applications and overview the reporting of the projects. You report to the Senior Manager Strategic Development & Communications on the effectiveness of his/her controls and steps required to achieve compliance with internal and external standards.