Controller (m/w/d)

• JOIN US
• Start: as soon as possible
• Hours: 50 to 80 per cent position (20 to 32 hours per week) – we will agree the exact hours together
• Contract: permanent

We have no building of our own.

We commission artists to create new work and show it where it belongs – at Kraftwerk Berlin, Halle am Berghain, the Museum für Naturkunde, the Schering Stiftung and, increasingly, internationally.

Publications, research projects and educational formats are equally part of our programme.

This model – changing venues, project-based budgets, international partners – places particular demands on financial management.

For our team in Berlin, we are looking for someone to help shape our financial foundations with precision and foresight: part-time, permanent, with a clearly defined area of responsibility and real scope to shape it.

• WHAT YOU DO
• Project controlling for our artistic productions: you make sure that budgets and reality match.
• Budget, liquidity and forecast planning for the organisation as a whole, including budget-to-actual comparisons and scenarios.
• Management reporting for the CFO and budget holders – monthly and quarterly – as well as ad-hoc analyses as a basis for management decisions.
• Close collaboration with our accounting team: they run day-to-day bookkeeping and own the liaison with our tax advisors for the annual financial statements.

You provide the controlling input and make sure that accounting and controlling figures line up.

• Monitoring the use of funds in line with German non-profit law and the use of restricted project funding.
• Developing our controlling processes and reporting standards further.

WHO YOU ARE

• A degree in business administration or economics – or a comparable qualification gained through training and professional experience
• At least three years of professional experience in controlling, ideally in project-based or non-profit organisations
• Sound knowledge of financial planning, controlling and accounting
• A basic understanding of German non-profit law, or the willingness to acquire it quickly
• Confident use of accounting and finance systems, ideally DATEV, as well as MS 365
• Very good German (at least C1) and good English (at least B2)
• A structured, precise and self-directed way of working – you make complex financial matters understandable
• An interest in how projects in art, science and technology work
• WHAT TO EXPECT
• A role with a clearly defined area of responsibility in an organisation whose programme has international reach – your place of work is Berlin throughout, and travel is not part of the job
• An office in Berlin-Kreuzberg, flexible working hours and the option of a hybrid setup
• Insight into projects at the intersection of art, science and technology – and into the work of outstanding international artists
• A team that treats diversity and inclusion as practice rather than proclamation
• Modern working tools, including AI-assisted ones
• A training budget for your professional and personal development
• The creative freedom and reliability of a privately funded organisation

Sounds like you?

Then we look forward to receiving your application, including your CV, a short cover letter, your salary expectations and your earliest possible starting date.

About us

LAS Art Foundation is a non-profit organisation founded to support new artistic practices in a technological age.

LAS works with artists, thinkers and institutions around the globe to catalyse ideas and develop innovative projects and experiences.

We explore topics ranging from quantum computing and outer space to artificial intelligence, ecology and biotechnology - illuminating the intersections between art, science and the latest technology.

Our programme comprises installations and performances, as well as learning formats, publications and research projects.

Based in Berlin, LAS has staged projects at locations around the city and internationally since its launch in 2019.