Public Funding Finance Manager

Location: Montà

Finance & Legal
· Italy (remote)
· Full Time
· Senior level
This role owns the money side of publicly funded research projects across the whole group and also runs the finance operations for the Italian entity. A strong candidate brings several years of finance experience with hands on EU grant reporting, solid knowledge of Italian accounting and tax rules, and comfort working with auditors and external advisers. Precision, independence and the ability to explain funding rules clearly to engineers and project leads matter as much as technical skill.
How it fits the AI era  AI does not remove the core of this work, because funder rules, eligibility judgements and audit defence still depend on careful human reading and accountability. Tools can speed up cost tracking, reconciliation and report drafting, which shifts the job toward checking, structuring and explaining. The role sits close to a company building AI hardware, so the finance work supports fast moving technical programmes that need reliable reporting.
How it builds AI experience  The AI experience here is indirect: learning how grant funded R&D in AI hardware is costed, tracked and reported, and how incentive schemes treat such work. Building that means getting hands on with funder portals, cost methodologies and audit files, and understanding what engineering teams actually spend on. Familiarity with ERP and reporting tools that automate reconciliation helps, since that is where efficiency gains appear.
Worth showing   EU grant financial reporting
Italian GAAP and tax
Statutory audit management
IFRS group reporting
Net Suite and advanced Excel
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