Senior Consultant (Financial Expertise, EU Funding Programs)

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As a Senior Consultant with strong financial expertise, you will join our German team to support clients with large-scale EU funding programs, including the Innovation Fund. This role combines financial advisory, business analysis, and client relationship management, giving you the opportunity to make a direct impact on Europe’s most ambitious innovation projects.

What are you going to do?

You will be the trusted advisor for our large-scale industrial and corporate clients, helping them design strong financial strategies, navigate complex EU funding programs, and turn innovative ideas into successful, funded projects.

Guide clients through applications to EU funding programs (Innovation Fund and other large-scale initiatives).
Provide strategic financial advice, including cost modeling, financial planning, and business case structuring.
Conduct business process analysis, modeling, and improvement to support client project success.
Perform data analysis using tools such as Excel, Power BI, and Power SQL, and transform results into actionable insights.

Prepare high-quality reports, presentations, and funding documents.
Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships with clients, partners, and funding authorities.
Collaborate closely with colleagues across Europe in interdisciplinary teams.

Do you have any questions about this position? I’d love to tell you more about it! Please contact me.

What do we offer you?

Permanent contract (full-time or part-time).
Hybrid work model with Leipzig or Düsseldorf as office locations (1–2 days per week on-site, depending on experience).
Meal vouchers and Edenred voucher cards.
Childcare allowance.

After probation: company pension scheme, occupational disability and supplementary health insurance, and the JobRad bicycle scheme (sometimes available earlier).
Annual performance-based bonus (depending on company results).
International, multidisciplinary environment with strong opportunities for professional development.
Competitive salary complemented by attractive benefits.

About you

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or related field.
5+ years of professional experience in a financial, business analyst, or consulting role, ideally in an international environment.
Demonstrated expertise in business process analysis, financial modeling, and improvement.
Strong analytical and conceptual skills.

Proficiency with Excel, Power BI, Power SQL or comparable tools.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Fluent in English and German (both written and spoken); additional languages are a plus.
Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to generate creative solutions.

About us

PNO Innovation is the leading innovation and funding consultancy in Europe. With our broad sector expertise, generative AI tools and more than 40 years of experience in national and European grants, we help give space to good ideas and make innovation happen.

PNO Innovation employs more than 600 professionals across offices throughout Europe: Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and the UK. What started more than 40 years ago as a student project in the Netherlands has grown into a European industry leader with a focus on creating sustainable impact.