Senior Payroll Specialist

Wolt; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 40.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Join a rapidly growing technology company as a Senior Payroll Specialist in Berlin. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape modern payroll practices and deliver world-class services to couriers. You will be responsible for payroll processing, ensuring compliance with labor laws, and optimizing internal processes. With a strong focus on teamwork and service orientation, you'll communicate with various authorities and contribute to the company’s growth in Germany. If you have a passion for numbers and a structured approach, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Qualifikationen

• Completed commercial training with payroll accounting qualifications.
• Strong knowledge of tax and social security law.

Aufgaben

• Prepare payroll in compliance with labor law and regulations.
• Communicate with health insurances and tax offices.
• Optimize internal payroll processes.

Kenntnisse

Payroll Processing

Tax Law Knowledge

Social Security Regulations

Excel Skills

Service Orientation

Team Collaboration

Ausbildung

Commercial Training

Qualifications in Payroll Accounting

Tools

Datev LODAS

SV-Net

ADP Celergo

Jobbeschreibung

Our Courier Payroll Team based in Berlin is looking for a Senior Payroll Specialist (m / f / d) who will be responsible, together with the team, for proper payroll processing of our couriers in Germany.

You love numbers, structured work, and have an eye for detail? You enjoy communicating with authorities and dealing with payroll, payroll tax, and social security issues? If so, we'd love to talk!

Role Background

Wolt is a Finnish technology company founded with the goal of changing how people order food from restaurants. Since then, Wolt has grown rapidly to become a global company, operating in 23 countries and over 200 cities across EMEA and APAC, with 15 million registered users — and we're just getting started.

The team of employees at Wolt includes HR, Payroll, and Talent Acquisition professionals based in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Berlin, Tel-Aviv, Tbilisi, Budapest, Zagreb, and Tokyo.

We are currently experiencing hyper-growth in Germany. To meet this demand, we are looking for you to join our team as a Senior Payroll Specialist (m / f / d).

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a Payroll team in one of Europe's fastest-growing companies and to contribute to shaping modern payroll practices, with the goal of providing world-class payroll and service to our couriers.

What you will be doing

• Preparing payroll: reviewing and preparing master and transaction data in compliance with labor law, company policies, tax, and social security regulations for Germany and Austria
• Processing registrations and certifications, and communicating with health insurances, social security agencies, and tax offices
• Checking and analyzing test payrolls to ensure accurate and timely employee payments
• Handling special topics such as garnishments, parental leave, and unemployment benefits (KuG)
• Continuously optimizing and developing internal processes
• Supporting payroll tax / social security audits and application processes
• Preparing statistics, evaluations, and year-end reports
• Account reconciliation in cooperation with the finance department
• Claims management involving employees and health insurance companies

Our humble expectations

• Completed commercial training, ideally with additional qualifications in payroll accounting
• Strong knowledge of tax and social security law
• Excellent Excel skills (including VLOOKUP and PivotTables)
• Fluent in German (C1) and proficient in English (B1)
• Familiarity with payroll accounting software such as Datev LODAS, SV-Net, and the ELStAM procedure; experience with ADP Celergo is a plus
• High level of service orientation
• Structured, responsible, and well-documented working style
• Ability to work well in a team and collaborate digitally via tools like Slack and Zoom