Senior Accounting Manager

**Senior Accounting Manager (Hybrid) - Vienna, Austria**

Would you like to play a key role in helping a publicly (NYSE) listed global financial services company navigate the accounting landscape? Are you ready to expand your potential in a dynamic organization that is evolving into the next phase of its 174-year history? Join Western Union as Senior Accounting Manager in Vienna.
- Hybrid: 3 days at the office per week_

**Western Union powers your pursuit.**

Be motivated by our values: Integrity, Respect, Trust & Innovation.

**Role Responsibilities**
- Leading the local accounting team including oversight of and providing direction to outsourced service providers and allocating resources to ensure a timely completion of work.
- Being accountable for the regular monthly routine processes and controls: journal entries revision, trial balance analytical review, analysis of complex balance sheet accounts in accordance with GAAP and Western Union accounting policies and regular internal control processes
- Preparing standalone financial statements and regulatory filings according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (UGB, IFRS, US GAAP) and managing the audit process
- Close cooperation with local Controlling and understanding the Group requirements for Management Accounting (Cost Centre, Product Group, Business Area, Country)
- Ensuring compliance with local tax requirements (Corporate income tax, VAT Reporting for AT, DE, IT, ES, FR, PL) and managing local Tax Audits
- Ensures compliance of local accounting principles, practices and guidelines
- The incumbent will work closely with the CFO of Western Union International Bank. Cooperating with auditors and tax advisors.
- Manage complex and innovative accounting projects
- Compliance with global process standards and main contact person for clarifications and development of proposed solutions
- Providing leadership in initiating and implementing process improvements.

**Role Requirements**
- Fully qualified in one of the following: ACA, CIMA, ACCA, ACMA, CPA and an University degree in Finance, Economics or equivalent (Bilanzbuchhalter) along with 5+ years’ qualified experience in accounting
- Strong knowledge of UGB, US GAAP, IFRS, monthly accounting routine processes, general local tax requirements and statutory reporting requirements.
- Previous experience in preparing financial statements and experience in collaboration with auditors during preparation and review of audit material is a prerequisite for this role.
- Previous experience with Oracle and Blackline is a plus

Demonstrate strong people management and interpersonal skills, with the ability to empower and motivate people and a desire and ability to take a strong leadership role and influence actions to create real change. Comfortable in interacting with stakeholders across the organization
Fluency in English and German, both verbally and written.

**We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what’s next.**

Western Union is well positioned to become the world’s most accessible financial services company —transforming lives and communities. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.

**Salary**

We are under legal obligation to indicate the minimum salary, which is EUR 78.657 gross per year for this position. However, our attractive compensation packages follow current market salaries and can therefore be significantly above the indicated minimum salary.

**Benefits**

You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few

Your Austria specific benefits include:

- Comprehensive life & medical cover
- Contributory pension plan
- Luncheon vouchers
- Other partner discounts

Western Union values in-person collaboration, learning, and ideation whenever possible. We believe this creates value through common ways of working and supports the execution of enterprise objectives which will ultimately help us achieve our strategic goals. By connecting face-to-face, we are better able to learn from our peers, problem-solve together, and innovate.

Our Hybrid Work Model categorizes each role into one of three categories. Western Union has determined the category of this role to be Hybrid. This is defined as a flexible working arrangement that enables employees to divide their time between working from home and working from an office location. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.

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Estimated Job Posting End Date:
05-28-2025