Finance and Project Leader

Finance and Project Leader – Vienna, Austria

Would you like to take your Finance and Leadership skills to a new environment and work for one of the world’s largest FinTech organizations? Are you the type of person who thrives on driving and motivating change for the better? Join Western Union as a Finance & Projects Leader.

Motivated by our values: purpose driven, globally minded, and trustworthy & respectful

We’re a FinTech that’s using insight from customers and colleagues worldwide to improve financial services for families, small businesses, multinational corporations, and non-profit organizations. We’re a team of over 10,000 people spanning 200 countries and territories. We believe when money moves, better things happen.

Better is enabled by trust and respect

You will partner with the Chief Financial Officer and relevant other key stakeholders across the Western Union International Bank to support key business decisions, helping to define clear drivers of successful financial outcomes. You will be responsible for planning, forecasting and enabling financial analysis for investments and business decisions. You will be a trusted advisor to senior management and a key contributor to our strategic planning process and long-term financial forecasts and investments.  You will also provide direct support to the Chief Financial Officer’s organization to ensure the delivery of key business initiatives and projects. In addition, you will be providing strategic planning, and support solution design expertise from a Finance and Accounting view.

For this role, we would need you to bring experience in a senior financial managerial position, which you will ideally have gained within a banking or other financial industry organisation. You will have studied Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance. Your strong financial analytical and advisory skills enable you to deliver effective business partnering. You need to have deep knowledge of GAAP, banking, and working in a regulatory environment. You have the ability to take a strong leadership role in implementing policies and procedures to support organizational objectives and business success. As this is a role that will be heavily involved in project work, we would expect you to have experience in successfully overseeing complex projects. Previous experience of lean and agile working methodologies is also desirable.

Join us, and let's connect the world

Western Union is transforming its business and shaping the financial services sector by driving quality, convenience, and customer service to new levels of excellence. It’s an exciting time for our organization, as the largest cross-border money transfer operator, trusted by millions of consumers around the world. If you’re ready to unleash your potential to help drive change through bottom-up innovation, apply now.

We’re a company on the move, and we want our people to grow and develop. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as a great salary and benefits package.

We are passionate about our diversity. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams, while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran (U.S.) status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, in accordance with applicable laws.

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We are under legal obligation to indicate the minimum salary, which is EUR 71,646 gross per year for this position. However, our attractive compensation packages follow current market salaries and can therefore be significantly above the indicated minimum salary.