0Head of Budget and Accounting (m/f/d)
Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung | Germany | 14xxx Berlin | Permanent position | Full time / Home office | Published since: 08.07.2026 on stepstone.de ♿️

Head of Budget and Accounting (m/f/d)

Branch: Humanities Branch: Humanities


The Max Planck Institute for Education Research is a research institute in Berlin with currently approx. 350 employees from all over the world. We explore multidisciplinary the conditions and processes of human development and education. Our goal is to understand how people develop, act in and are influenced by their environment. We want to make knowledge accessible and create knowledge spaces to enable our society to effectively shape the world of life. Interdisciplinarity, top-level research and great intellectual freedom shape our work. Our working languages are German and English. We are looking for 1 October 2026 Senior Account Manager (m/w/d) (up to TVöD 11; unlimited; 39 hours per week)

Your tasks • Your profile • What we offer

Its task is to guide and develop the subject of household and accounting. In coordination with the management, you control the institute finances independently and actively monitor the accounting system of the institute. Other tasks are: expert advice on management in financial matters and close and trusted cooperation with management in operational matters; close and trusted cooperation with the fields of purchasing and personnel management; contact person for the employees of all levels of research and service areas in matters of budgetary, application and tax law; responsibilities for financial controlling by creating monthly and annual accounts; support and evaluation of cost and performance accounting; Monitoring of payment transactions and cash flows and compiling the sales tax pre-registration.

In addition to the joy of dealing with people, team and communication skills, you have at least three years of relevant professional experience and the following qualifications: a completed vocational training as an administrative specialist, managing manager, accounting officer or comparable qualification; or a completed university degree (FH/B.A.) in BWL, Public Management, Administration or a comparable field of study. You also have: relevant expertise in the field of accounting, tax law and public budgetary law and a good economic understanding, in particular for the requirements of a scientific institute; Analytical thinking, fun in independent and responsible work in a dynamic and diverse daily business very good communication skills as well as service-oriented personality with high sense of responsibility very good German and good English language skills User knowledge of SAP is desired

Remuneration takes place in accordance with the conditions laid down in the TvöD Covenant until group 11 with the usual social benefits. We offer you an exciting and international working environment in an agile and open-minded team in Berlin-Dahlem. Our institute is located in the middle of a beautiful biodiversal institute garden. Also wait for you: Access to the further training offered by the Planck Academy of MPG flexible working hours Possibility of mobile work (up to 40%, depending on the workflows) Special payment after the TVöD; 30 days of holiday, additional 24.12. and 31.12. Free Kindergarten cooperations with own space quotas Parent-child room at the institute Very good access to public transport (U3 Breitenbachplatz, barrier-free) Job ticket Institutskantine und biodiverser Institutsgarten various offers concerning “health at work” (e.g. massage, yoga) Extensive support, e.g. International Office, Disabled Representative, Gender Equality Officer, Mental Health Support Diversity-sensible working environment (e.g. exchange formats, network work, barrier-free and gender-friendly toilets) Diversity and severe disability The Max Planck Society strives for gender equality and diversity, as diversity, equality and inclusion enrich our community and promote scientific excellence. We therefore aim, among other things, to increase the proportion of women in the areas where You are underrepresented, and to employ more seriously handicapped people. In this sense, we expressly welcome applications from people who are often underrepresented due to characteristics such as gender identity, disability, religion, ethnicity and age in the workplace. On our website you get an impression of how we understand diversity and live and what opportunities we offer to respond to your individual needs. www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/diversitaet

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ava Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung
14195  Berlin
Germany

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