Head of Global Payroll Compliance

Company Description

Wolt is a Helsinki-based technology company that provides an online platform for consumers, merchants, and couriers. It connects people looking to order food and other goods with people interested in selling and delivering them. To enable this, Wolt develops a wide range of technologies from local logistics to retail software and financial solutions – as well as operating its own grocery stores under the Wolt Market brand. Wolt’s products include Wolt+ (subscription service for customers), Wolt for Work (meal benefits and office deliveries for companies), Wolt Drive (fast last-mile deliveries for merchants), and Wolt Self-Delivery (service for merchant partners with their own delivery staff). Wolt’s mission is to make cities better by empowering and growing local communities. Wolt was founded in 2014 and joined forces with DoorDash in 2022. DoorDash operates in 31 countries today, 27 of which are with the Wolt product and brand.

So, why work at Wolt?

At Wolt, We’re About Getting Things Done.
You’ll probably enjoy it here if you like taking ownership, developing yourself, and being around friendly, humble, and ambitious people.

We work hard to make cities into better places, and it’s pretty cool seeing us grow every week. If you’re passionate about building things that just… work, Wolt might be for you.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
We want to have all sorts of people in our team – people like you and me, and people different from you and me. To be able to work with diverse teammates – when it comes to gender, age, ethnicity, life background, sexual orientation, political views, religion, or any other personal trait – we consciously aim to offer equal opportunity for everyone to work with us. This is because we believe diverse teams make the most thought-through decisions and build things in the most inclusive way.

Join us today to build Wolt together.

Job Description

The Head of Global Payroll Compliance enables our payroll operations teams to pay our global teammates accurately and on time every pay cycle. This role owns and ensures we are executing compliantly and protecting our license to operate, but also so much more. 

As a brand-new role in our team, this position requires someone eager and proven capable of building a new vertical from the ground up, designing the strategic vision on how we best build and deliver our payroll compliance framework. The role will lead to how the payroll function decides Wolt’s position for employer reporting and withholding obligations.

Wolt continues to grow at pace with our expansions in existing and new geographies, and new business verticals. The new Head of Global Payroll Compliance must ensure we scale up compliantly with the business, delivering best-in-class compliance management approaches to safely enable this fast growth. 

For the candidate with a passion for the complexities of international payroll compliance, this is a unique opportunity to join the payroll leadership team at one of the fastest growing companies in Europe. You will be responsible for contributing to what modern global payroll looks like and delivering a world-class payroll experience to all of our teammates.
What you will be doing: 

• Embrace the challenge of building a brand-new global Payroll Compliance vertical within the Wolt Payroll function. 
• Design our global payroll compliance framework across our 30+ Geographies to enable our operations team to successfully deliver payroll services and allow for continued business growth at pace.
• Ensure that payroll understands and can guide the business on all our employer reporting and taxable items
• Act as the global process owner on all items that require statutory withholding, reporting, and payments, as well as minimum wage reporting, CBAs and local labour law compliance and regulations, and any employer payroll reporting requirements
• Act as Wolt’s primary contact with any external regulator for Payroll items and support on any inquiries and audits from them
• Be the process owner on how we discover, track to resolution and future mitigate any risks, covering all inputs to payroll, including collaboration with cross functional teammates
• Create a robust framework around how we prioritise our compliance risks and payroll processes, including our highly complex stock-based compensation transactions and global mobility population 
• Create a Learning and Development program that upskills teammates but with a view of continuous learning in place for ongoing development
• Work seamlessly with other teams to ensure compliance with other regulations such as GDPR and data security and privacy compliance 
• As a member of the Wolt’s Risk and Governance committee, actively participate in Wolt wide risk management and reduction efforts

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience in Payroll Compliance or a related field, with proven leadership of a team or vertical.
• Experience in dynamic, fast-paced, and constantly changing environments, ideally in the technology sector.
• Proven capability of building and developing a new vertical from scratch and designing strategic visions for scalable payroll global compliance.
• Excellent communication skills for engaging with internal teams, and senior leadership effectively, fostering strong relationships, and facilitating collaborative efforts.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, streamlining processes, standardising where it makes sense, and automating services using the latest technologies.

Additional Information

Why you'll love working with us

Wolt is growing fast, and you’ll be at the center of helping us navigate global mobility challenges. This is your chance to make a real impact on our employees’ experiences while shaping the way we approach mobility for the future. 

You’ll be part of a supportive, collaborative team where ideas are welcomed, and no two days are the same. If you’re excited to bring your skills and creativity to Wolt, we’d love to hear from you!
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.

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