Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant (f/m/d)

Flexible Arbeitszeiten
Home Office
Diversity-Statement
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Light for the World sucht eine Person als Senior Buchhalter:in. Du arbeitest im Bereich Finanzen und interne Kontrolle. Du brauchst Erfahrung in internationaler Buchhaltung und Konsolidierung. Wichtig sind Teamarbeit, Problemlösung und gute Kommunikationsfähigkeiten. Das Gehalt beträgt mindestens 50.000 Euro jährlich.
Erstellt mit künstlicher Intelligenz

About Light for the World

Light for the World is a global disability and development organisation, empowering people with disabilities and enabling inclusive communities. We strive for a world in which persons with disabilities can equally access education, work, and healthcare — and where their rights are fully realised.
Our programmes focus on inclusive education, economic empowerment, eye health, and disability rights, with partnerships and projects across Africa and beyond.

Place of work: Vienna, Austria
Duration: Full time (38h)
Salary: from 50.000€ (full time)
Effective as of: ASAP

About the role:
We are seeking a highly skilled, dedicated and motivated Senior Accountant. In this expert role, you will link and strengthen our financial and internal control processes and systems across the organization to maintain compliance with policies and local regulations. This includes the close collaboration with our African country offices as well as the preparation of (consolidated) financial statements in 12 countries.

Your tasks

- Manage and coordinate internal control reviews and support year-end audits
- Analyze control deficiencies, recognize changes in the organization and shape the control environment
- Train and develop accounting capabilities within the organization, fostering a strong accounting community to ensure accurate and compliant accounting practices in Global South Country Offices
- Lead the consolidation processes and systems of Global South Country Offices
- Serve as the focal point for accounting-related audits and reporting
- Follow up on management letters and audit reports to implement improvements
- Close collaboration with group and project controlling to ensure alignment in finance processes

Your profile

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA certification preferred
- Minimum 3 years of experience in internal accounting of an international organisation or in an audit/advisory company
- Strong knowledge of Austrian & international accounting principles, practices, and standards
- Expertise in consolidation processes and financial reporting
- Proficiency in accounting software and ERP systems (BMD knowledge advantageous)
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Hands-on mentality and excellent communication and presentation skills to facilitate accounting related workshops
- Experience in developing and implementing internal control frameworks
- Ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment

Our offer

- You join a highly motivated team, appreciating your experience and eager to jointly shape Light for the World’s monitoring and steering mechanisms
- We are offering an outstanding opportunity to bring about change through an international development organization with strong expertise and a growing profile
- We are committed to giving our colleagues space to explore new directions, test new ideas and to excel as individuals through and with their team.
- We emphasize a good work-life-balance, have flexible working hours and Home-Office opportunity
- We are a professional team that strives towards continuous development. We believe in participatory leadership and expect you to contribute your expertise and ideas. We believe that learning from mistakes is an important way of developing and put emphasis on our culture of learning

How to Apply:

We are looking forward to receiving your online application. A complete CV and a letter of motivation are important parts of this. Please also refer to the salary information and let us know why you would like to join our team and why you consider yourself suitable. We look forward to hearing from you

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion in our organization. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of national origin, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation or gender identity, and we very much welcome applications from people with disabilities.

For any questions related to accessibility and inclusion at Light for the World, please do not hesitate to contact us at recruitment@light-for-the-world.org.

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