Payroll Specialist

Are you an experienced Payroll Specialist with experience in outsourced international payrolls, and a good eye for overall payroll development? Do you want to be part of building and scaling our payroll operations in a truly global tech organization? If this sounds like you, then we’d love to chat!

Role background

Wolt is a Finnish technology company founded in 2014 with a mission to transform the way people can order food from restaurants. The People team at Wolt currently consists of 100+ HR, Payroll, and Talent Acquisition professionals located in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Berlin, Tel-Aviv, Tbilisi, Budapest, Zagreb, and Tokyo.
 
We always strive for global scalability, modern processes, and automation, and therefore we prioritize systems development in every area of the business. With this attitude, during 2021 the People team has launched platforms like Workday, Altshare, and Charles Schwab, while simultaneously beginning the rollout of Quinyx and changing our payroll vendor to ADP.
 
We are going through rapid growth in our global payroll team, and we are looking for a Payroll Specialist located in Budapest, with an end-to-end understanding of payroll processes and ideally payroll experience from both in-house and outsourced payroll.
 
This is a truly unique opportunity to be part of a payroll team in one of the fastest growing companies in Europe, having a chance to really contribute to what modern global payroll looks like, with a goal to provide a world-class payroll experience to all of our employees.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage international payrolls or entities of medium complexity by overseeing the receipt, validation, and completion of payroll-related data activities.
• Deliver a world class employee payroll experience when delivering payroll services and when customers need help, while also resolving any issues that arise with a root cause analysis and corrective action.
• Work closely with our HR and Finance teams day to day and in all project activities, and ensure that the global design turns into local best practice payroll processes.
• Supporting our HR team in the hands-on collection, calculation, and entering of payroll data, where not handled within our system integration.
• Ensure the integrity of payroll data across integrated HR and payroll systems.
• Develop analytical approaches to scrutinize data, apply critical thinking skills, and gather inputs from peers to make informed decisions for rectifying any discrepancies.
• Own or participate in a moderate number of development projects that impact the payroll function Woltwide and on other payroll or business lead change activities.
• Act as the SME on our payroll transformation rollout for your countries, drawing current and future needs of payroll in your regions, transferring the data and ensuring that the new design fulfils all local statutory and legal requirements.
• Support payroll teammates with any side activities with their countries such as data collection, employee queries or off-cycle payments, and when necessary, back up your teammate to deliver payroll services.
• Create, maintain and improve payroll process documentation.
• Take ownership of your development plan and collaborate with your Team Lead to achieve your goals.
• Fulfil any additional tasks as assigned by the Team Lead.

• You have a strong understanding of core payroll management and processes.
• You have 2 years + of experience in a similar role 
• Experience and passion towards payroll and payroll-related technology and processes.
• Previous experience in payroll operations and Workday (or other enterprise HR systems) is considered a strong advantage.
• You are a strong communicator, with high working proficiency in English.
• You enjoy taking ownership and solving problems proactively.
• You know how to use MS Excel proficiently.
• You work well in a team and are completely comfortable collaborating remotely and dynamically using digital tools such as Slack and Zoom.

Why you'll love working with us

If you are excited about working in a high-growth environment, taking ownership, and being part of an extremely ambitious team, then click below to apply and get the conversation going! If you are excited about working in a high-growth environment, taking ownership, and being part of an extremely ambitious team, then click below to apply and get the conversation going!

Wolt is a Finnish technology company and we’re best known for our food delivery platform. In 2017, Wolt operated in 4 countries and 10 cities across the Nordics. Fast forward to today, we’re a team of 12,000+ people in 27 countries and over 500+ cities, servicing over 41 million registered users. As the platform economy is changing the ways consumers connect with restaurants and retailers, we're seeing a huge opportunity to be the industry leader with the amazing teams we have built globally.

What you’ll get by joining us

• Opportunity to be part of building something exceptional, in an international environment
• Lots of learning and growth in a globally scaling tech company

Please note that we do not accept applications sent by mail. You should submit your application through our careers website!