About the role

  • Ensure compliance and audit readiness across all Light for the World entities, working closely with external auditors and local teams
  • Lead month- and year-end closings for our Global North entities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to applicable GAAP standards
  • Prepare statutory financial statements and oversee general ledger management with a focus on consistency and quality
  • Consolidate financial data across our legal entities, ensuring accurate intercompany reconciliations and transparent external reporting
  • Oversee key finance operations, including treasury, receivables, payables, and intercompany transactions
  • Maintain and strengthen internal control systems, identifying risks and ensuring global compliance with accounting and tax regulations
  • Drive process improvement and automation, supporting our digital finance transformation efforts
  • Develop and document accounting policies, process manuals, and training materials to ensure clarity and audit readiness
  • Provide strategic financial insight to senior management and support decision-making with timely, clear reporting
  • Lead and mentor international finance teams, fostering development, collaboration, and accountability across countries

Requirements

  • Qualified accounting or audit professional, ideally with expertise in Austrian GAAP and multi-entity reporting
  • Ideally, 5 years of leadership experience in accounting, preferably within a complex international environment
  • Deep knowledge of accounting processes, compliance, and audit standards, with hands-on experience managing audits
  • Experience with consolidation and external reporting across diverse geographies
  • Proficient in financial systems and tools, and motivated to drive digital improvements
  • Fluent in German and English, with strong communication and documentation skills
  • Comfortable navigating complexity, with the ability to align global standards with local requirements
  • Collaborative leadership style, able to motivate teams and build strong cross-departmental relationships
  • Solution-oriented and proactive, with a mindset for continuous improvement

Benefits

  • Competitive salary aligned with the national NGO sector, including full social insurance and a range of additional benefits
  • Flexible working hours and the option to work remotely, enabling a healthy work–life balance
  • A warm, dynamic, and inclusive work environment where contributions are valued and collaboration is central to our mission

Job title

Head of Accounting

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

€60,000 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

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