Company Description
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. Since launching 7 years ago, Wolt has expanded from a restaurant food delivery platform in the Nordics to a leading player in the delivery of everything across EMEA. Wolt works together with tens of thousands of restaurant and retail partners, as well as with over a hundred thousand courier partners across 23 countries and 250+ cities. In November 2020 Wolt and DoorDash announced they are joining forces, and the transaction is expected to close in H1 2022. We continue to expand rapidly and are looking for more talented individuals to join us.
Wolt not only offers great apps to customers and partners, but is also developing a broad range of technologies and solutions. 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 minutes, in the customer’s own language.
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.
Role background
As a Strategic Finance Partner for the Japan market, you will play a pivotal role in driving the strategy and execution of our operations in the market. You will be a trusted strategic thought partner to key stakeholders across the company, advising on the most efficient investment and capital allocation decisions. Your insights will directly influence critical business choices, ensuring we consistently enhance the experience for all our customers, partners, and team members.
In this role, you will lead financial reporting, forecasting, and planning activities, empowering teams with the insights they need to make informed decisions. You will be at the forefront of shaping financial strategies that support our operational goals, delivering meaningful impact across Wolt’s operations.
Job Description
What you’ll be doing
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Strategic Thought Partnering: Work closely with leadership and cross-functional teams to align on key business goals, helping guide strategic decisions with data-driven insights. Partner with General Manager in complex operational questions and collaborate cross-functionally to uncover the most optimal data-driven business decisions and investments
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Financial Reporting & Planning: Own the P&L of Japan market. Lead the financial reporting, forecasting, and planning efforts, ensuring accuracy and alignment with overall company objectives.
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Investment & Capital Allocation: Drive recommendations around investment opportunities and capital allocation to maximize returns, improve efficiency, and drive growth.
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Performance Optimization: Continuously monitor business performance, identifying trends and insights that can improve decision-making and operational efficiency.
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Stakeholder Communication: Effectively communicate financial insights and recommendations to a wide range of stakeholders, ensuring they understand the financial implications of strategic decisions.
Qualifications
Our humble expectations
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6+ years of experience in Strategic Finance, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, or Consulting at a high-growth technology startup or well-established company
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Advanced modeling skills; ability to translate complex and dynamic operational drivers into financial models.
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A strong communicator, able to translate complex financial data into actionable insights for non-financial stakeholders.
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Proactive and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple projects while ensuring precision and accuracy.
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Proven success in project management, operational execution and performance management.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Additional Information
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!
Along with a competitive salary and benefits, you will also be eligible for our stock option plan.
You will fit into a truly diverse team across 23 countries - what really matters to us is a caring and welcoming environment where we embrace uniqueness and celebrate diversity. Experience a company culture where we work on eye level, decisions are made quickly and knowledge sharing, as well as mentoring, is on our daily agenda.
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!
What We Do
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 29 countries today, 25 of which are with the Wolt product and brand.
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