Accounts Receivable Team Lead

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 home or to the office. Our local commerce platform makes it easy for customers to order whatever they need on one app, for merchants to make additional sales, and for couriers to make meaningful earnings flexibly. To enable this, Wolt develops a wide range of technologies from local commerce platform to retail software and financial solutions, as well as operates its own grocery stores under the brand Wolt Market. Wolt was founded in 2014 and joined forces with DoorDash in 2022.

Our Finance team has played a key role in our growth journey, and as we continue to scale, we are looking for an Accounts Receivable Team Lead. Reporting to the AR Manager, you will lead a multinational team of 7–8 members. Your mission is to drive the transformation of the AR function from a highly operational setup to a more automated, insight-driven organization. You will have a high level of autonomy to "build and break"—leveraging resourceful data to simplify processes and reduce manual work.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead & Develop: Foster a high-performance culture for a team of 7 people, providing coaching, clear prioritization, and leading by example.
• Portfolio Ownership: Own the AR portfolio end-to-end with full accountability for aged receivables, collections performance, and cash flow, and proactive credit risk mitigation.
• Drive Transformation: Identify automation opportunities and partner with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to implement scalable solutions.
• Strategic Collections: Design and improve scalable collections frameworks to increase efficiency and reduce overdue balances.
• Leverage Technology: Leverage data and emerging technologies (including AI tools) to improve collections and decision-making.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Act as a key contact for Sales, Finance, and senior stakeholders, providing insights on risk and performance.
• Compliance & Excellence: Support audits and ensure strict compliance with internal controls while overseeing daily operations like cash application and dispute resolution.

Our humble expectations

• Experience: Hands-on experience in Accounts Receivable, specifically in collections and cash application processes.
• Leadership: Proven track record of leading or mentoring teams, ideally in an international or multicultural environment.
• Impact: Demonstrated ability to build or scale collections frameworks and drive process improvements that reduce manual workload.
• Technical Savvy: Advanced Google Excel and workflow automation skills, Data integration flows; while not required to build them, you can translate business needs into technical requirements for Product/Data teams.
• Mindset: A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Communication: Fluency in English is required as you will collaborate with diverse global teams.
• Systems (Plus): Experience with NetSuite, Tableau, or automation tools (e.g., Snowflake, Make) is a significant advantage.

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.