WLS Payment Specialist

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

Wolt License Services (WLS) is Wolt’s internal payments compliance organization, enabling Wolt to provide efficient and reliable payment services to the benefit of our platform stakeholders. At the moment, WLS handles all merchant payment flows in our 21 markets and ensures compliance with various regulatory requirements, such as AML, KYC, and safeguarding of customers’ funds. As a supervised e-money institution, we have heavy requirements on us while we aim to have the most streamlined, structured, and customer-friendly processes, providing value to our clients, partners, and Wolt group.

Reporting to the WLS Finance Manager, the Finance analyst plays an important role in running and developing frictionless, controlled, and smooth payment processes. Covering 21 markets and having tens of millions of euros flowing through WLS’s accounts on a daily basis, this role is critical and provides a great opportunity to get a deep understanding of payment institution functions. Supporting our Finance Manager and Financial Controller, the Finance Analyst helps ensure that we stay on top of our various financial responsibilities in close co-operation with WLS’s main internal outsourcing partners Finance, Treasury, and Product teams.

Excited by the growth and continuous progress of the payment institution business, an analytical mindset, passion for numbers, and an eye for detail go a long way. On top of the number crunching and process orientation, this role involves building and maintaining successful relationships with internal stakeholders both in HQ and local teams. Furthermore, there are other hands-on financial and operational tasks, so the ability to manage multiple priorities while working autonomously and meticulously is a must.

What you’ll be doing: 

• Ensure efficiency of our daily payment processes: monitor, analyze, and forecast daily payment transaction flows in all active markets to secure sufficient liquidity and uninterrupted financial and payment processes
• Provide insights and analysis of payments and transactions to WLS and Finance teams
• Together with the Finance Manager, ensure the maximal efficiency of our processes and constantly look for improved ways to manage our tasks and responsibilities, collecting feedback and prioritizing tasks together with Finance, Treasury, and Product
• Proactively flag potential issues and improvement areas to WLS, Finance, and Product teams, facilitate planning of corrective actions when necessary together with the Finance Manager
• Document and develop payment processes together with the rest of the WLS and Finance team

Qualifications

• Highly detail-oriented and results-focused, able to manage routine tasks as well as ad-hoc tasks and wider initiatives
• Passionate about developing, implementing, and running efficient financial processes hands-on
• Previous work experience and proven track record in a role that requires analytical and process skills, detail orientation a,nd processing large amounts of data
• Previous work experience in a financial role or with business intelligence tools is considered as advantage but is not a must
• Degree or late-phase studies in finance, accounting, or similar
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities
• Demonstrable experience in autonomous problem-solving in a fast-paced environment
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written, knowing another European language is an advantage

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:

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

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