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Public Funding Finance Manager
Axelera AI. Own financial reporting for all publicly funded projects across the group .
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Demonstrates expertise in financial reporting, grant management, and compliance within publicly funded projects, with a strong focus on Italian GAAP and IFRS. Proficient in managing audits, tax compliance, and financial forecasting in a multi-entity international environment.
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Financial ReportingGrant ManagementItalian GAAPNetSuiteAudit Coordination
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Hard Skills
Financial ReportingGrant AccountingCost EligibilityStatutory ReportingTax ComplianceBudgetingFinancial ForecastingAdvanced ExcelIAS 20Multi-Currency Management
Soft Skills
CollaborationCommunicationProblem-SolvingAttention to DetailOrganizational Skills
Tools & Technologies
NetSuiteERP SystemsFunder PortalsAudit SoftwareFinancial Modelling Tools
Industry Keywords
Public FundingR&D IncentivesState Aid RulesClawback MechanismsInternational Group Finance
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesERP
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Own financial reporting for all publicly funded projects across the group
- Prepare and submit periodic financial statements, cost claims and final reports in funder portals
- Manage timesheets, personnel cost methodology, overhead calculations, subcontractor and equipment cost eligibility, and supporting documentation
- Coordinate with project coordinators, partners and technical leads on grant cost tracking and reporting
- Own WBSO applications and reporting and equivalent R&D incentives in other jurisdictions
- Maintain a group-wide grant register covering awards, funding rates, claim schedules, cash receipts, clawback risk and compliance obligations
- Support grant accounting under IAS 20 and forecast grant cash flows and income
- Act as primary finance contact for funder audits, CFS, reviews and ex-post controls
- Prepare audit files, coordinate auditor access, and manage responses and remediation
- Monitor funder rules, state aid requirements and eligibility conditions
- Design and improve internal controls, policies and templates for grant compliance
- Own accounting, month-end close and financial reporting for the Italian entity under Italian GAAP and group IFRS requirements via NetSuite
- Prepare statutory financial statements and manage the Italian statutory auditor relationship
- Prepare group reporting packs, intercompany reconciliations and balance sheet reconciliations
- Oversee local payables, receivables, cash, banking and payroll inputs
- Liaise with tax advisers and accountants on IRES/IRAP, IVA, withholding taxes, transfer pricing and periodic filings
- Ensure timely tax payments, returns, statutory filings and local compliance submissions
- Support tax audits and authority queries
- Contribute to Italian regulatory and governance requirements, including AML/beneficial ownership documentation
- Partner with engineering, programme management, HR and legal on funding, budgeting and compliance
- Support grant applications with budgets, cost eligibility checks and financial proposal sections
- Contribute to group finance initiatives, process improvement, systems, forecasting and capital-markets readiness
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or similar
- 5+ years in finance, ideally including public funding or grant management within a technology, R&D-intensive or semiconductor environment, or in audit/advisory
- Hands-on experience with EU-funded project financial reporting, including cost eligibility, audit certificates and funder portals
- Strong working knowledge of Italian GAAP (OIC), statutory reporting, and Italian tax (IRES, IRAP, IVA)
- Working knowledge of IFRS and experience supporting group consolidation or reporting
- Experience managing statutory audits and working with external auditors and tax advisers
- Proficiency with ERP systems; NetSuite preferred
- Advanced Excel
- Fluent Italian, written and spoken
- Professional-level English
- Experience with IAS 20 grant accounting and R&D incentive schemes in multiple countries is desirable
- Experience in a multi-entity, multi-currency, international group is desirable
- Familiarity with state aid rules and clawback/recovery mechanisms is desirable
- Experience in a scale-up or high-growth environment is desirable
- Regular travel to the Netherlands required
- Professional working proficiency in English and Italian, both written and spoken
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive salary and equity participation
- Hybrid working and opportunities for professional development
- A pivotal role in a high-growth deep-tech company at the forefront of AI hardware
- Direct exposure to group leadership and a broad, international scope