About Wolt
At Wolt, we create technology that brings joy, simplicity and earnings to the neighborhoods of the world. In 2014 we started with delivery of restaurant food. Now we’re building the delivery of (almost) everything and you’ll find us in over 500 cities in 30 countries around the world. In 2022 we joined forces with DoorDash and together we keep on dreaming big and expanding across the globe.
Working at Wolt isn’t always easy, but it’s definitely exciting. Here you’ll learn more, build more, and ship more than in most other companies. You’ll be challenged a lot, but also have a lot of fun on the way. So, if you’re a self-starter with drive and entrepreneurial spirit, this could be the ride of your life.
What you’ll be doing
- Manage and motivate our team of 4 payroll specialists, ensuring that we maintain sufficient capacity and capability for all payroll processes, and minimizing “single point of failure” risks.
- Build payroll policies, practices and controls, and monitor compliance of country regulations to meet monthly and yearly payroll and tax obligations.
- Together with the Head of Courier Payroll, build and own the payroll delivery strategy for the day-to-day payroll operations to enable our continued headcount growth.
- Monitor payroll key performance indicators, and service level agreement metrics.
- Ensure that we accurately pay our team every month and deliver a world class employee experience while doing so, resolving any payroll issues with root cause analysis and corrective action.
- Collaborate with the People Team, Finance & Tax, Legal and various other internal business partners to ensure changes in regulations, business strategy, or other matters are proactively addressed
- Manage relationships with external authorities such as health insurances, tax authorities, auditors and providers
- Own and drive projects forward that help us be better 1% every day
Our humble expectations
- Successfully completed commercial education with a focus on payroll as well as at least 5 years of relevant professional experience, ideally with management responsibility
- Strong communication and influencing skills to work with leadership in ensuring we design and deliver the best payroll experience for our employees.
- Profound knowledge of German social security, payroll tax and labor law. Knowledge for Austria is a plus!
- You are solution-oriented, and a dynamic and flexible working environment is exactly what you are looking for.
- Confident handling of MS Office (especially Excel) and knowledge of payroll programs such as Datev Lodas or Lohn & Gehalt.
- You are experienced in managing and implementing projects.
- Very good written and spoken German as well as good English skills complete your profile.
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!
At Wolt, we create technology that brings joy, simplicity and earnings to the neighborhoods of the world. In 2014 we started with delivery of restaurant food. Now we’re building the delivery of (almost) everything and you’ll find us in over 500 cities in 30 countries around the world. In 2022 we joined forces with DoorDash and together we keep on dreaming big and expanding across the globe.
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!
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.