Financial Controller (f/m/d)

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Financial Controller (f/m/d)

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Intro Place of Work: Vienna, Austria Duration: Full-time (38 hrs/week), permanent Salary: 46k gross salary, depending on the experience the salary is negotiations Starting date: April.2025 preferably About Us: Light for the World is a global disability and development organization whose vision is an inclusive society where no one is left behind. We enable crucial eye health services and help empower people with disabilities in different countries in Africa. As an employer, we aim to foster a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, and respected, in ways that utilize each person’s talents and strengths. About the role: You are an essential part of the International Finance Team based in Vienna and work with colleagues globally. Your primary focus is to ensure high-quality financial planning and monitoring. And further automatize our financial processes and systems. A crucial role to ensure Light for the World remains in a healthy financial position and takes appropriate steering measures. Tasks You take the lead in further developing organization-wide financial processes in alignment with other teams (including People & Culture, Accounting, and Project Controlling) to improve efficiency You oversee cost center responsibilities in different countries, manage quarterly financial planning and monitoring, and conduct relevant training You prepare and manage staff planning and reporting to generate actionable insights for informed decision-making You further develop templates and reports in our financial planning and monitoring system to ensure automatized and targeted reporting You conduct the monthly reporting for your respective department and ensure data accuracy throughout the process. You conduct capacity-strengthening activities, through training and 1on1 sessions with respective colleagues. You further develop our planning and monitoring system and support strategic projects, such as the implementation of a fully integrated system landscape You will collaborate with an amazing group of colleagues, other teams, departments, and our country offices in the South Requirements You hold a diploma in financial management, controlling or a related field and bring a min. of 2 years of professional experience in these areas You bring a strong analytical mindset to perform data analysis and a strong ability to graphically present data and financial figures Experience in working with accounting databases (e.g. BMD) or planning/reporting software (e.g. Solver and/ or Power BI) is a nice to have but not absolutely required Your excellent English skills will support you working in an international environment (German is of great advantage) You are proactive, solution-oriented, and eager to grow and make things work. Your intercultural communication skills and your motivation round up your profile You are passionate about development cooperation and committed to Light for the World’s mandate and values Benefits We are offering an outstanding opportunity to bring about change through an international development organization with strong expertise and a growing profile 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 committed to giving our colleagues space to explore new directions, test new ideas, and excel as individuals through and with their teams We emphasize a good work-life balance, flexible working hours, and Home-Office opportunities 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 putting emphasis on our culture of learning Closing 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.

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Location

Wien

Job date

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:58:20 GMT

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