Group Financial Controller

Are you a finance professional with solid experience in group financial controlling in a fast-moving environment? Would you like to be in a key role in shaping how Wolt’s finance processes run? If so, then please read on!

Role Background

Wolt is a Finnish technology company and we’re best known for our food delivery platform. We’ve grown significantly in the last years, expanding our operations from the Nordics to cover 23 countries across Europe and Asia today. Our Finance team has played a key role in this journey - supporting our global operations from their central Helsinki hub has been no easy feat, but this group of dedicated and motivated professionals has made it seem effortless!

As Wolt continues to expand, so does our team. We’re now looking to bolster our ranks with a highly proficient Group Financial Controller to develop and manage consolidation processes, controls, and reporting. In this role, you’ll play a key role in developing our payroll accounting and reporting processes with the required SOX level controls. The environment is complex and challenging, but you will enjoy the thrill of nurturing your own thoughts and ideas into reality while enjoying the support of our experienced professionals across various teams.

What makes the Finance team so special is our ‘service first’ approach to the job - we enjoy creating strong communication loops with the wider business, so that bottlenecks are minimized and things get done quickly and efficiently. Everybody is accountable for their own workload and takes pride in being meticulous and precise. We also enjoy learning and developing as we go - it’s important that you share this approach! :)

This is an exciting opportunity to develop group accounting and reporting practices in one of Europe's fastest growing tech companies. If you feel like the role matches your experience and you're ready for the next challenge, read on and apply - we're looking forward to meeting you!

What You`ll Be Doing

● Responsible for monitoring, controlling and ensuring the accuracy of the monthly payroll data
● Develop and implement a global payroll control framework and operating procedures
● Manage the finance part of the payroll system and process implementation
● Interpreting company policies and government regulations affecting payroll processes
● Ensure all Payroll Audit requirements are followed
● Enhance current processes to develop monthly payroll controls and procedures
● Lead appointed projects or development initiatives in group accounting and reporting
● Prepare and ensure the correctness of Group monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting (IFRS) and
contribute to the external reporting processes
● Managing and standardizing group accounting principles and instructions
● Group financial analysis with recommendations

Our humble expectations

● Solid experience in payroll and financial accounting processes
● Experience in managing finance development projects
● Ability, ambition and motivation to develop processes, policies, ways of working, and systems
independently in the area of payroll accounting and reporting as well as Group Finance Control
● Comfortable with taking broad professional ownership and having the experience to handle the full
scope of this role's requirements
● IFRS and US GAAP knowledge is a plus
● Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
● Degree in Finance; Accounting
● Prior experience in NetSuite and SAP is a plus
● Fluent in English, both spoken and written
● Must be eligible to work in the E.U

Next steps

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

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
● Along with a competitive salary and benefits, you will also be eligible for our stock option plan

More information

Our HQ office is located in Helsinki city center, but you can be located anywhere in Finland. Please note that we do not accept applications sent by mail. You should submit your application through this job ad.

The work starts as soon as the right candidate is found; we wish you to apply as soon as possible. If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, don't hesitate to get in touch with Poolia; Tarja Laakso, tarja@poolia.fi, tel +358 20 7290 837 or Sanna Majava, sanna@poolia.fi, tel. +358 20 7290 838.

About Wolt

Wolt is a technology company that makes it incredibly easy to discover and get the best restaurants, grocery stores and other local shops delivered to your home or office. Wolt works together with over 55,000 restaurant and retail partners as well as with over 125,000 courier partners across 23 countries and more than 200 cities.

Our apps (iOS and Android) have the industry’s highest reviews, largely because of our customer-centric approach to how we build our products and operations. For example, our customer service team responds in a matter of seconds, in the customer’s own language. We’ve raised more than €707M in financing from renowned U.S. and European-based investors, such as ICONIQ Capital, Tiger Global, DST, Prosus, KKR, Coatue, 83North, Goldman Sachs, Highland Europe, and EQT Ventures & EQT Growth, among others.

We’ve also been fortunate enough to receive some appreciation and recognition for our hard work along the way: Apple selected Wolt’s app as their Editors’ Choice, Wired named the company one of the “Hottest Startups in Europe,” Forbes included our CEO Miki Kuusi on its 30-under-30 in Consumer Tech list, and the Nordic Startup Awards named Wolt Company of the Year.

In 2020, the Financial Times named us Europe’s second-fastest-growing company. We’re still expanding rapidly and are looking for more talented individuals to join us. If you are passionate about cutting-edge technology, great food, and making an impact in your city, then Wolt just might be for you.

https://wolt.com/fi/jobs