Fundación Fraunhofer Spain ResearchThe Fraunhofer Spain Research foundation is looking for a Finance and Administration Officer to Responsible for managing the organization’s day-to-day accounting and administrative operations, including bookkeeping, tax filings, budgeting, cash flow control, and treasury. The role also oversees procurement processes, supplier coordination, documentation management, and preparation of financial information for audits, ensuring financial accuracy, compliance, and efficient operational support to projects at the Fraunhofer Center of Applied Theragnostics in Catalonia (Fraunhofer CAT).
The contract will be within the framework of the Fraunhofer-CAT project, whose objective is the development of new diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic tools in the field of precision medicine. For example, the development of new technologies for i) the establishment of biomimetic organ and tissue models for in vitro testing, ii) the development of sensors and electronic devices, iii) the design and validation of therapeutic strategies for personalized medicine, and iv) the production and validation of new biological models.
This project is funded by: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Generalitat de Catalunya and Ajuntament de Barcelona.
Main duties and responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Fraunhofer-CAT direction, the applicant will carry out the following activities:
- Accounting records of all the organization’s transactions (purchases, sales, bank movements, depreciation, etc.)
- Quarterly tax filings (VAT, personal income tax withholdings) and other annual returns
- Budget control and monitoring
- Management of receivables and payables and cash flow/treasury control
- Document management and audit support: maintaining documentation files and preparing documents for audits
- Purchase order management: creating, reviewing, and issuing purchase orders in the system
- Liaison with suppliers and follow-up on order deliveries
Requirements for candidates
Essential
University degree in ADE, economy or similar.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience working on a similar position.
- Proficiency in accounting ERP systems (SAGE, SAP, Navision, etc.)
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Native level in Catalan and Spanish. Excellent English.
- Strong planning and organizational skills.
- Teamwork, communication skills and proactivity.
- Ability to prioritize tasks, multitask, and manage time effectively.
- Ability to work effectively in an international and multicultural environment.
Advantageous
- Knowledge of German
We Offer
- Number of available positions: 1
- Starting date: as soon as possible
- Working conditions:
- Full time permanent contract. Attractive salary
- Measures to reconcile work and family life (maternity and paternity leave, flexible schedule working hours, 23 working days of paid holidays, 6 leave days for personal matters, among others).
- Fraunhofer Spain Research ensures equality of access to professional development opportunities irrespective of employment status or other factors.
- Stimulating, interdisciplinary research and high-quality international scientific environment.
- Induction programme to facilitate incorporation at Fraunhofer Spain Research and additional support is provided for foreigners to obtain Visa-working permit and to install in Barcelona.
How to apply
Until the 30th of January 2026, by sending a CV and motivation letter to info@fraunhofer.es with the reference “FO01-FCAT” as subject of the email.
Only those applications submitted before the deadline will be evaluated.