Working Student Finance Automation (all genders)

Your mission

In this Finance Automation Working Student role, you will join the VÆRIDION Finance team with a focus on transforming and automating financial accounting and controlling processes. In addition to supporting our core payment, invoicing, and budgeting workflows, you will lead initiatives to automate repetitive tasks using AI, workflow automation tools, and modern financial systems. You will analyze existing processes, identify automation potential, and prototype or implement solutions that increase accuracy, speed, and scalability. This role provides hands-on experience in both financial operations and digital transformation. You will work with a high degree of autonomy while receiving support, guidance, and technical input from the finance and operations teams. Your contribution will significantly improve the efficiency and future readiness of our financial processes.

Your Day-to-Day

• Support the payment and invoicing process, ensuring timely and accurate transactions, while identifying steps suitable for automation.
• Analyze current financial workflows (AP/AR, approvals, reporting) and propose automation concepts using AI or low‑code tools.
• Build and test automation prototypes (e.g., automated reconciliations, document extraction pipelines, dashboards).
• Participate in the preparation of financial statements and reports, including designing automated reporting templates.

Your profile

• Currently studying business administration, finance, accounting, data science, information systems, or a related field.
• Basic knowledge of financial accounting principles and practices.
• First experience with automation tools (e.g., Power Automate, Python, AI assistants) or a strong willingness to learn.
• High level of self-reliance with the ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively.
• Target-oriented, driven workstyle with analytical problem-solving skills.
• English and German working-level proficiency is a must.

Why us?

• Be part of an ambitious team determined to shape the future of aviation.
• Enjoy flexible working hours: we believe in ownership and trust.
• Subsidized EGYM Wellpass membership: your (mental) health is important for us.
• Enjoy a subsidized lunch with a 5€ company contribution per meal on office days.
  
• Boost your professional as well as personal growth executing your own ideas and independent projects.
• Join our internal social events and retreats (e.g. cooking, game nights, sports). 

Compensation Principles

Our Compensation Philosophy: Compensation is determined based on objective and gender-neutral criteria, including relevant experience, qualifications and education, performance, level of responsibility, required skills and competencies, and the scarcity or uniqueness of expertise in the relevant field. 
VÆRIDION applies these criteria consistently to ensure fair and equitable compensation for employees performing the same work or work of equal value.

Salary: 17,50€ per hour

About us

VÆRIDION is a fast-growing deep tech start-up based in Munich, Germany. Since the restrictions by law on CO₂ emissions for domestic and short-haul air travel will stimulate Green Regional Air Mobility, we believe it's our mission to provide an aircraft for Zero emission regional flights.  
At VÆRIDION our goal is to develop, build and certify a full electric microliner carrying up to 9 passengers for Short-Haul and Regional Air Mobility by 2030. A full electric microliner is cleaner and cheaper to operate than other aeroplanes in its class, it  provides a better travel experience door to door up to 500 km. We offer new optimized design based on proven principles, around  proven and available technology in electric motors and batteries, that brings lowest risk and shortest route to certification.