Accounting Officer

Vacancy Accounting Officer (0,8 - 1,0 FTE)

Are you interested in supporting our Finance department and are curious about science? We’re looking for a motivated Accounting Officer to help us drive sustainable, strategic sourcing, and to support our large team of international, interdisciplinary researchers in language and communication science.

Your Tasks

• Financial Accounting: Process and approve invoices based on financial accuracy and compliance, assist in monthly/annual financial statements, internal and external invoicing
• Fixed Asset Accounting: Manage the full lifecycle of fixed assets including compliance with tax and subsidy rules, execute asset inventory processes, prepare asset-related financial statements
• Cost Accounting: Calculate and allocate internal/external costs, create and maintain cost centres
• Contract Management: Administrate procurement, data transfer, material transfer, and research collaboration contracts, and ensure compliant documentation of such
• Third Party Funding Administration: Manage and advise on budgetary planning for third-party funded projects from application to closure, provide financial reporting for internal/external partners or funding organisations

Your Profile

Required:

• Completed training in the commercial sector with relevant on the job training in finance, accounting or business administration (e.g. accountant, bookkeeper)
• Professional experience in commercial accounting, preferably also in public sector accounting
• Experience in the field of cost accounting
• Knowledge of SAP R/3 and MS Office
• Good working knowledge of written and spoken English and comfortable using English in a business/professional context

Desirable:

• A demonstrably supportive, positive mind-set and “can-do” mentality
• Experience managing subsidy/grant-funded projects (EU, DFG, ERC, etc.)
• Good working knowledge of Dutch and/or German

Your regular workplace is Nijmegen. Although hybrid working is possible, we believe this role is best performed with frequent on-site presence.

Why the MPI?

In this position, you will have the opportunity to make a significant contribution to our mission to enable ground-breaking research and scientific excellence. We offer a position in a truly international organisation, within an inclusive and safe context with respect for each individual’s background and culture, and with room for individual development. A job in a dynamic environment, where every day is different, with freedom to take initiatives and express ideas, and with motivated and open colleagues that will be pleased to welcome you to our Institute.

The salary is in accordance with the German collective labour agreement TVöD (Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst) and is classified in salary group E 09a. Depending on the experience of the applicant, the salary is between EUR 3.691,52 and EUR 4.746,88 gross per month (for full-time employment), plus a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross salary. This equates to EUR 47.842,10 - EUR 61.519,56 per year, including holiday allowance. Our offer contains a one-year appointment, with the intention of a permanent contract dependent on a successful evaluation after the first year, pension scheme, 30 days of holiday and multiple training opportunities.

Ready to apply?

Please submit your CV and a short motivation letter (no more than 2 pages) in English before 23 August 2026 directly via our recruitment portal: https://recruitingapp-5569.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/493/Application/New/2

We aim to have first and second round interviews (in English) on September 08 and 22.
For more information about our Operations Department and the role of Head of Finance, please contact the Chief Operations Officer Cedric.Gertzen@mpi.nl.

About our institute

The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics is a world-leading research institute devoted to interdisciplinary studies of the science of language and communication, including departments on genetics, psychology, development, neurobiology and multimodality of these fundamental human abilities.

We investigate how children and adults acquire their language(s), how speaking and listening happen in real time, how the brain processes language, how the human genome contributes to building a language-ready brain, how multiple modalities (as in speech, gesture and sign) shape language and its use in diverse languages and how language is related to cognition and culture, and shaped by evolution.

We are part of the Max Planck Society, an independent non-governmental association of German-funded research institutes dedicated to fundamental research in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.

The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunities employer. We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion, promote equity and challenge discrimination. We aim to provide a working environment with room for differences, where everyone feels a sense of belonging. Therefore, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

Our institute is situated on the campus of the Radboud University and has close collaborative links with the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour and the Centre for Language Studies at Radboud University. We also work closely with other child development researchers as part of the Baby & Child Research Center.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract

Pay: €47.842,10 - €61.519,56 per year

Work Location: In person