Financial & Statutory Reporting Accountant (m/f/x) - Austria

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Mid level
Biotech
The Role
Coordinate and execute month-end and year-end accounting and statutory close activities for Austria. Prepare journals, perform reconciliations, support internal and external audits, ensure compliance with IFRS/local GAAP, maintain financial controls, manage ERP interfaces, collaborate with FP&A and finance teams, and recommend process and control improvements.
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Financial & Statutory Reporting Accountant (m/w/d) – Österreich

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Standort: Wien, Österreich

Diese Position ist im Bereich Accounting Operations – Account to Report im Centre of Excellence angesiedelt. Sie sind verantwortlich für die Durchführung und Koordination von Accounting- und Abschlussaktivitäten für Österreich und stellen sicher, dass diese im Einklang mit den Konzernrichtlinien, Governance-Anforderungen und Reporting-Zeitplänen erfolgen.

Sie spielen eine zentrale Rolle bei der Unterstützung des Management- sowie des gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen Reportings und arbeiten eng mit lokalen Buchhaltungsteams sowie weiteren Finanzfunktionen zusammen, um konforme, genaue und effiziente Abschlussprozesse sicherzustellen. Die Rolle umfasst auch die Identifizierung und Eskalation komplexer oder nicht routinemäßiger Accounting-Sachverhalte.

Ihre Aufgaben:
  • Koordination und Durchführung der zugewiesenen Accounting- und Abschlussaktivitäten im Einklang mit Abschlusskalendern, Unternehmensrichtlinien und lokalen gesetzlichen Anforderungen
  • Erstellung standardisierter Buchungen, Durchführung von Bilanzabstimmungen sowie Prüfung von Geschäftsbuchungen und Eskalation von nicht standardmäßigen Sachverhalten
  • Steuerung lokaler elektronischer Schnittstellen (sofern zutreffend), einschließlich Überwachung von Rechnungsflüssen, Problemlösung und kontinuierlicher Verbesserungsmaßnahmen
  • Vorantreiben der Implementierung und laufenden Umsetzung des internen Finanzkontrollrahmens
  • Unterstützung interner Audits und Sicherstellung der fristgerechten Umsetzung von Maßnahmen
  • Koordination externer Audits auf Gesellschaftsebene, einschließlich Bereitstellung von Dokumentation, Nachverfolgung von Anfragen sowie Eskalation wesentlicher Themen
  • Anwendung fundierter Rechnungslegungskenntnisse zur Unterstützung von Reporting- und Abschlussaktivitäten, einschließlich angemessener Beurteilung und Eskalation bei Bedarf
  • Durchführung von Monatsabschlussaktivitäten, einschließlich ERP-Abstimmungen und Abweichungsanalysen, sowie frühzeitige Kennzeichnung von Risiken und Verzögerungen
  • Sicherstellung der Einhaltung lokaler Finanzvorschriften, Steuergesetze und Unternehmensrichtlinien
  • Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Accounting-Operations-Teams (AP, Steuern, Treasury) zur Sicherstellung von Compliance und operativer Effizienz
  • Identifikation und Empfehlung von Prozessverbesserungen und Kontrolloptimierungen auf Basis von Abschluss- und operativen Erkenntnissen
  • Unterstützung der Bilanzplanung in Zusammenarbeit mit FP&A und Business Partnern, einschließlich Meldungen an Konzernkonsolidierungssysteme
Ihre Qualifikationen & Erfahrung:
  • Berufsqualifikation im Bereich Finanzen oder Rechnungswesen (z. B. IFRS- und lokale GAAP-Zertifizierung, Bilanzbuchhalter*in)
  • Mindestens 3+ Jahre relevante Berufserfahrung in Controlling, Finanzberichterstattung oder Audit
  • Fundierte Erfahrung in der Erstellung und Verantwortung von Jahresabschlüssen
  • Sehr gute Kenntnisse in MS Office, insbesondere Excel
  • Erfahrung mit Finanzsystemen wie SAP
  • Sehr gute Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse
  • Ausgeprägte zwischenmenschliche Fähigkeiten sowie die Fähigkeit zur Zusammenarbeit und Einflussnahme auf Stakeholder
  • Fähigkeit, mit Unsicherheiten umzugehen und komplexe Problemstellungen zu lösen
  • Effektive Entscheidungsfähigkeit und Priorisierungskompetenz
  • Ergebnisorientierte und proaktive Arbeitsweise
  • Gutes Urteilsvermögen sowie Fähigkeit zur Eskalation im Rahmen definierter Governance-Strukturen
  • Starke Stakeholder-Management-Fähigkeiten und Fähigkeit zur bereichsübergreifenden Zusammenarbeit innerhalb der Finanzfunktion

Die Vergütung für diese Position beträgt mindestens 50.000 € brutto pro Jahr. Eine Überzahlung ist je nach Qualifikation und Erfahrung möglich.

___________________________________Financial & Statutory Reporting Accountant (m/f/x) - Austria

Permanent / Fulltime

Location: Vienna, Austria

The Opportunity:

This role sits within the Accounting Operations – Account to Report team in the Centre of Excellence. You will be responsible for executing and coordinating accounting and close activities for a cluster of countries (Austria), ensuring delivery in line with group policies, governance requirements, and reporting timelines.

You will play a key role in supporting both management and statutory reporting, working closely with local accounting teams and wider finance functions to ensure compliant, accurate, and efficient close processes. The role also involves identifying and escalating complex or non-routine accounting matters.

Main Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

  • Coordinate and deliver assigned accounting and close activities in line with close calendars, company policies, and local statutory requirements
  • Prepare standard journals, perform balance sheet reconciliations, and review business journals, escalating non-standard items as required
  • Manage local electronic interfaces (where applicable), including oversight of invoice flows, issue resolution, and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Drive implementation and ongoing execution of the internal financial controls framework
  • Support internal audits and ensure timely implementation of remediation actions
  • Coordinate external audits at entity level, including documentation provision, tracking of requests, and escalation of key issues
  • Apply technical accounting expertise to support reporting and close activities, ensuring appropriate judgement and escalation where needed
  • Execute month-end close activities, including ERP reconciliations and variance analysis, ensuring risks and delays are flagged early
  • Ensure compliance with local financial regulations, tax laws, and company policies
  • Collaborate with other accounting operations teams (AP, Tax, Treasury) to support compliance and operational efficiency
  • Identify and recommend process improvements and control enhancements based on close and operational insights
  • Support balance sheet planning in collaboration with FP&A and business partners, including submissions to group consolidation systems

Your Qualifications & Experience

  • Professional certification in Finance or Accounting (e.g. IFRS and local GAAP accreditation)
  • Minimum 3+ years of relevant experience in controllership, financial reporting, or audit
  • Strong experience in financial statement preparation and ownership
  • Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel
  • Experience with financial systems such as SAP
  • Fluency in German and English
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate and influence stakeholders
  • Ability to work through ambiguity and solve complex issues
  • Effective decision-making and prioritization skills
  • Results-driven with a proactive approach
  • Sound judgement and ability to escalate within defined governance frameworks
  • Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to work cross-functionally within Finance

The compensation for this position is at least 50.000 € gross per year. An overpayment is possible, depending on qualifications and experience.

About CSL Behring

CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.

CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.

To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor  visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.

 

Our Benefits

For more information on CSL benefits visit How CSL Supports Your Well-being | CSL.


You Belong at CSL

At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future.

 To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging

 

Equal Opportunity Employer

CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement.

Skills Required

  • Professional certification in Finance or Accounting (e.g., IFRS and local GAAP accreditation, Bilanzbuchhalter)
  • Minimum 3+ years relevant experience in controllership, financial reporting, or audit
  • Strong experience in financial statement preparation and ownership
  • Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel
  • Experience with financial systems such as SAP
  • Fluency in German and English
  • Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, ability to collaborate and influence
  • Ability to work through ambiguity and solve complex issues
  • Effective decision-making and prioritization skills
  • Results-driven and proactive work approach
  • Sound judgement and ability to escalate within governance frameworks
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The Company
HQ: King of Prussia, PA
20,401 Employees

What We Do

CSL is a leading global biotechnology company with a dynamic portfolio of lifesaving medicines, including those that treat haemophilia and immune deficiencies, vaccines to prevent influenza, and therapies in iron deficiency, dialysis and nephrology. Since our start in 1916, we have been driven by our promise to save lives using the latest technologies. Today, CSL – including our businesses, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus, CSL Plasma and CSL Vifor – provides lifesaving products to patients in more than 100 countries and employs 32,000 people. Our unique combination of commercial strength, R&D focus and operational excellence enables us to identify, develop and deliver innovations so our patients can live life to the fullest. See our community guidelines: https://bit.ly/3Bs17Ra

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