Lina Stenback

I'm responsible for the People and Finance department at Textalk and its three subsidiaries. We are a remote-first organization with employees in many different countries. We work within the publishing and e-commerce sector building it-platforms.

I work mainly with building a strong company culture and a talent experience that aim to exceed expectations. I actively train and coach executives and leaders. I implement processes and systems that ensure we are always improving and becoming more scalable as an organization.

I work hands-on with all HR-related tasks that is needed. Everything from sourcing, recruiting, contracts, onboarding, compensation and benefits, learning and development, union negotiations, organizational changes and development.

My department is also responsible for operations, internal IT, remote practices, facilities and social events.

At Minna I have had a variety of leadership roles and have contributed to building world-class culture that attracts top-talent globally. I have been a key to growing this Fintech organization from the start-up phase to a scale-up in hyper growth.

How we did that was by being transparent, treating each other like family, investing heavily in great leadership and building a talent acquisition process that ensured value driven hires were every new Minna family member added something extra special that would complement the rest of the team.

Here are some of the roles I had prior to having the Head of People and Culture role.

Head of - Business Development - Marketing, User Relations - Project Management and Talent Success

Minna: The world's leading subscription management platform - ready to integrate with retail banks adding new value to digital banking. Our mission is to help retail banks improve customer relationships by offering a personalized and engaging digital banking experience.

Hogia HR Products develop software for Payroll, HR and Time Management.

I started my journey at Hogia Business Products as a Product Owner for HRM software development. After six months in that role I was promoted to become the Departmnet Manager for all HRM products. After an additional six months I was asked to start a new subsidiary, Hogia HR Products and acting as CEO for this organization. During my +3 years in this role we doubled in size and created great sales results.

I built the first product marketing team within our product organizations and this led to rapid growth for our SaaS solutions which was the most important goal.

I was responsible for partnerships with Microsoft, financial institutes and Kivra for the whole Hogia Group.

I was responsible for improving the internal and project management processes at Accure. I successfully led large customer projects mainly focused on integration solutions for ERP-systems, electronic archiving, output data management, item information and associated data validation. The customers are international and large corporations with highly advanced and complex environments.

I was responsible for implementation and integration projects at more than 250 companies, mainly in the mid-large private sector in Sweden. I worked with product innovation and product ownership together with our owner to develop our first Saas Payroll solution.

Implementation projects were rarely limited to software implementation but also focused on improving the customer's processes and work within the HR field. I would educate users, leaders and HR teams on new and best practice processes.

My responsibilities

• Facilitated workshops to collect project requirements and user feedback.
• Developed and implemented strategic project plans to meet business objectives.
• Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
• Oversaw personnel to achieve performance and quality targets.
• Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.

While on parental leave I worked part time with recruitment, planning of marketing events, leading events and coaching our employees. Our biggest customer was Metro News. Despite my short time there I managed to win the award "Metro Sweden Best Coach of the year" this was based on votes by employees and Metro staff together with the results of the marketing campaign success rate.

My responsibilities

• Lead and hired employees to optimize results and productivity.
• Managed P&L to decrease discrepancies and retain timely and under-budget project completion.
• Built and deepened partnerships to strengthen collaborative efforts.
• Met deadlines by proactively managing individual and team tasks and streamlining processes.
• Located, developed, and promoted talented employees to build a collaborative and thriving team.
• Coordinated with other district managers to create performance improvement strategies.
• Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
• Defined clear targets and objectives and communicated to other team members.

At DataVara, a software provider in the payroll and HRM field, I worked with system implementation, product development, customer service, education, system documentation, and handbooks.

Examples of responsibilities

• Studied customers' business processes to customize implementation.
• I configured implementation parameters based on customer requests, labour law and union agreements.
• Delivered high professionalism and support to each client, upholding the company's commitment to service.
• Explained complex, technology-related issues in basic, understandable terms to clients.
• Frequently planned and executed classroom education for our customers at beginner, mid and senior levels.
• I participated in the system development life cycle from requirements analysis through system implementation.
• I also provided 2nd and 3rd level technical support and troubleshooting to internal and external clients.

Miab was an industrial service company that worked at large factories with handling dangerous waist products, cleaning and facility management.

I started at the company as payroll assistant and after some time I got promoted to manage the payroll function for approximately 1000 annual employees with all that it includes. I implemented a number of new it-systems to make the work more efficient, correct and scalable.

• Determined organizational payroll liabilities to keep employers in compliance with all applicable tax laws and regulations.
• Completed payroll accurately and timely to meet employee expectations.
• Processed timecards and payroll data for team of employees.
• Audited timesheets and payroll records for accuracy.
• Calculated wages, deductions and bonuses in accordance with company policies.
• Prepared and submitted payroll taxes and reports to regulatory agencies.
• Developed and implemented payroll procedures to streamline workflow.
• Created payroll reports, tax forms and other financial reports to provide employer with necessary information to make informed business decisions.
• Responded to employee inquiries to clarify payroll issues regarding wages, deductions and taxes.
• Issued paychecks on designated pay dates to avoid employee dissatisfaction.
• Verified timekeeping records and handled any discrepancies with employees.
• Processed new hire paperwork and documents.

In this role I worked mainly with accounting, invoicing, payments and payroll administration for a large number of clients. I was also responsible for our It-systems and hardware.

My responsibilities

• Monitored and updated employee information in payroll system to add changes in salary, bonuses and deductions.
• Responded to employee inquiries to provide assistance with payroll-related questions.
• Calculated deductions and processed payroll for employees.
• Performed calculations in overtime, vacation, and sick hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database.
• Investigated payroll variances and employee claims to resolve discrepancies and balance financial records.
• Developed and implemented payroll procedures and policies to determine compliance with regulations.
• Prepared and filed accurate and timely payroll tax returns and other related reports to comply with tax laws and regulations.
• Processed retroactive pay adjustments and other special payments to make up for compensation shortfall in previous pay period.
• Offered payroll-related subject matter expertise to management and employees to resolve payroll discrepancies.
• Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.
• Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting, donating, and cash, and banking reconciliations.
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge on professional accounting standards to manage financial recordkeeping.
• Partnered with auditors to track errors and add contributions to maintain accuracy.