Accountant (w/m/d)

💼 Finance & Accounting Specialist (w/m/d) Job Opportunity in a Financial Services Business

📍 Location: Vienna, Austria (inner district)

🏢 Work model: Fully onsite, 5 days per week

Are you an accounting professional who wants to go beyond routine bookkeeping and understand how a financial business actually works ?

Do you enjoy taking ownership, solving problems independently, and learning new areas of finance?

Would you like to join a small, highly talented team where you can have real responsibility from day one and gradually grow into broader areas of finance?

Then this could be an interesting opportunity for you!

💼 Your Role

• Manage day-to-day general ledger accounting and journal entries
• Handle invoicing, accounts payable and payment processes
• Perform bank, credit card and balance-sheet reconciliations
• Support the monthly closing process and financial reporting
• Support expense allocation across entities and business activities
• Assist with budgets and financial projections
• Manage and coordinate processes with external vendors and service providers
• Support tax filings and regulatory requirements
• Prepare information and documentation for external audits

🧠 Your Profile

• 4-5+ years of experience in accounting, finance, audit, or a related field
• Strong understanding of general ledger accounting and month-end closing
• Experience with journal entries, reconciliations, AP and invoicing
• Good understanding of financial reporting and accounting principles
• Strong Excel skills
• Experience supporting audits is a plus
• Experience in banking, fintech, financial services, insurance or an audit environment is a strong advantage
• Excellent English communication skills (German is a plus, but not required)
• Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of tasks
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

🏦 About the Company

Our client is a technology-driven financial services company with an international team and a highly entrepreneurial environment. You'll join the finance and operations team in Vienna and work closely with colleagues in the US, in a fast-moving business.

🚀 What You Can Expect

• A hands-on finance role with broad exposure to the business
• Significant ownership and independence from the beginning
• The opportunity to learn management company accounting and, over time, fund and portfolio accounting
• Exposure to the full lifecycle of a financial business
• A small, highly talented and international team
• A flat, low-bureaucracy environment
• A role where you can continuously learn, take on new responsibilities and grow

This is not a role where you'll be doing the same task every day. As you develop your understanding of the business, you'll have the opportunity to take on increasingly broader responsibilities.

💰 Compensation: around €65,000 gross annually, with flexibility to overpay a more senior person .