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Payment Process Lead

Posted on Dec. 18, 2025

Espoo, Finland
0 - 0 USD (yearly)

Full Time

Aalto University is where science and art meet technology and business. We shape a sustainable future by making research breakthroughs in and across our disciplines, sparking the game changers of tomorrow and creating novel solutions to major global challenges. Our community is made up of 120 nationalities, 14 000 students, 400 professors and close to 5000 other faculty and staff working on our dynamic campus in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, Finland. Diversity is part of who we are, and we actively work to ensure our community’s diversity and inclusiveness. This is why we warmly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to join our community.

Aalto University Treasury is responsible for debt financing, cash and liquidity management, cash flow forecasting, financial risk management and bank relationships for the Aalto University Group. In addition, Treasury acts as a controlling and back-office function to Aalto University’s endowment, which has a market value of approx. EUR 1.5 billion.

Aalto University Treasury is now looking for a

Payment Process Lead

In this position you will have a chance to work in a dynamic team of finance and investment professionals and make an impact by playing an instrumental role in ensuring that the payment and cash management operations of Aalto University Group are organized in an efficient, secure and compliant manner. Join us in shaping the future!

Your role and goals

The role of Payment Process Lead is a unique opportunity to work in a small and dynamic team with key stakeholders across Aalto University’s own organization, banks and other external system and service providers.

Your role will be new at Aalto University and cover the responsibility for developing the Group’s payment processes and related system environment. To succeed in the role, it’s critical that you have a good understanding of what well organized payment processes should look like, both from the system and governance point of view. You will report to Head of Treasury but work closely also with Aalto Finance Process and System Support and Aalto Finance Shared Service teams.

Your key tasks as Payment Process Lead include:

Development of Aalto University Group’s payment processes and control environment
Development and streamlining of the Group’s payment system landscape that currently includes Nomentia and bank specific online banking platforms, in addition to various online and mobile payment solutions and point of sales systems
Responsibility for the search and coordination of tendering, selection and implementation of new solutions
Monitoring relevant regulatory changes and coordinating the implementation of needed changes across the Group

Your experience and ambitions

Relevant academic education/degree
5+ years of experience in payment and cash management e.g. in a large corporation/organization or a bank
Sufficient knowledge and strong interest in fintech (latest developments, products and opportunities)
High degree of integrity
Strong communication, interpersonal and project management skills
Excellent command of Finnish and English
Knowledge of Nomentia and/or Oracle Fusion is considered a plus

What we offer

You will work in a dynamic and inspiring environment, where you will be an important member of a small team entrusted with a critical role in ensuring reliable day-to-day Treasury operations and long-term financial viability of the University. We offer a highly flexible work environment with great work-life balance, where you can impact when and how to conduct your daily tasks. In addition, Aalto University as an employer offers:

A meaningful and inspiring environment. We are proud of our purpose to shape a sustainable future. We spark the game changers of tomorrow, and renew society with research-based knowledge, creativity and an entrepreneurial mindset.
A culture that inspires and includes everyone. All our work is guided by the values of the university: responsibility, courage, and collaboration. It’s the people that create Aalto, now and in the future. We want to be an open community where equality and inclusion enable curiosity, innovation, collaboration and wellbeing.
A responsible and meaningful role with true impact in our university’s funding and success, and in the end, in the wellbeing and development of our society.
Support, coaching and sparring when you feel you need it.
Great possibilities for competence development and learning. We constantly keep learning to find the most impactful ways to empower – and invest in – our people.

We work in a hybrid and flexible way; our physical workplace is at our campus in Otaniemi, Espoo. Life at the transformed campus is vibrant and filled with amazing architecture, calming nature, and a variety of cafes, restaurants, services along with good public transportation connections. This is a permanent position starting upon agreement but preferably as soon as possible. The starting salary will be between 5000 – 5800 €/month depending on your experience.

In the first phase of the recruitment process, we invite chosen candidates to short video interview. Based on the video interviews, some candidates are interviewed on campus and in the final phase best candidates are invited to assessments.

Join us!

To apply, please share your CV and motivation letter with us through our recruitment site (“Apply now!”) latest on January 11, 2026. Please note: Aalto University’s employees should apply for the position via our internal HR system Workday (Internal Jobs) by using their existing Workday user account (not via the external webpage for open positions).

For more information about the role, please contact Head of Treasury Eero Tuulos +358 50 374 8903 on January 7 at 2 pm – 3 pm or January 9 at 10 am – 11 am. For questions related to the application process, please contact HR Partner Isabella Itäpalo,

isabella.itapalo@aalto.fi

We aim to have a transparent and equal recruitment process, so feel free to ask us for feedback.

The credit history of the selected candidate may be checked.

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