FOUR PAWS
41,000 - 46,000 per year
Vienna Headquarters, Austria
Full-time
27th November 2025

Accountant (m/f/d)

Full-time | 40 hours per week | Vienna Headquarters, Austria

FOUR PAWS is the global animal welfare organisation for animals under direct human influence, which reveals suffering, rescues animals in need and protects them. Find out more about our sustainable campaigns and projects on www.four-paws.org.

Would you like to contribute to something meaningful and work with us on our mission? This is your chance. We are looking for dedicated people to enrich our team.

Your contribution will be

  • Maintaining independently various accounting tasks such as payables, receivables, general ledger, fixed assets, up to trial balance
  • Managing the electronic payment-run
  • Preparing and analysing of reports and statistics, as well as documents for the annual closing and auditing
  • Ongoing reconciling of balances and accounts as well as monitoring the open items lists
  • Maintaining the digital filing system for invoices, receipts and other documents
  • Being a contact for internal stakeholders for questions concerning status of invoices and payments

Your profile ideally illustrates

  • Relevant years of professional experience in accounting
  • Completion of commercial education or training (HAK, HAS or WIFI accountant exam)
  • Experience with paperless accounting as an advantage
  • Excellent knowledge of German and good communication skills in English (written and oral)
  • Solid MS Office knowledge, especially MS Excel
  • Critical thinking and time management
  • Dedication, flexibility and ability to work in a team
  • Willingness to develop and to take on new tasks
  • Passion for animal welfare and FOUR PAWS' vision and mission

Our offer includes

  • The opportunity to truly contribute to global animal welfare
  • An international, dynamic work environment
  • Flexible working times with the option of partial remote work
  • A dog-friendly workplace
  • Workplace health and wellbeing initiatives
  • Wiener Linien annual ticket (or partial contribution to Klima Ticket) and pension fund after probationary period
  • PAWSdays: extra days off at the end of the year on top of your 25 days of annual leave
  • Birthday leave: extra day off to use around your birthday
  • The yearly gross salary range for this position is 41,000 - 46,000 EUR (full-time base, consisting of 14 payments) according to our internal compensation scheme

We reveal, rescue and protect unique animals from many different species through systems change and by creating species-appropriate environments at our sanctuaries!

We celebrate our colleagues' differences and strive to create an inclusive environment because we believe that only by working together, we can advance animal welfare worldwide. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we strongly encourage candidates from all diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals with diverse lived experiences, racial identities, national origins, religions, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and disability statuses to apply. We welcome everyone who wants to support our mission. Please contact careers@four-paws.org if you require assistance applying to this position. 

All interested individuals are invited to submit their applications for the position. Please note that in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, having a valid work permit for the respective country or being eligible to obtain one is a requirement for this position prior to commencing employment.

Join our passionate team to make a difference for animals. Apply with your CV in English today.

Application deadline: 27th of November