Nordics HR Ops & Payroll Expert | Impact & Compliance

KONE Sweden; Espoo; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

KONE is seeking a proactive Nordic HR Operations & Payroll Specialist to join the People & Communications team in Espoo or Stockholm. You will own payroll governance and HR operations across Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway, working with our outsourced payroll provider to ensure accurate payroll and compliant data handling.

You will partner with local teams, drive process improvements, and report to the Nordic People and Communications Manager.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience within Payroll, HR Operations or Shared Services.
• Proven experience managing and partnering outsourced payroll providers across Nordic countries.
• Strong understanding of Nordic payroll processes and employment legislation.
• Fluency in English, Swedish and Finnish.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end outsourced payroll delivery across the Nordics.
• Manage relationships with external payroll providers and ensure service quality and SLA compliance.
• Coordinate monthly payroll processes, approvals and sign-offs.
• Ensure compliance with local legislation, collective agreements and company policies.
• Produce payroll analytics and reporting.
• Manage employee lifecycle administration from onboarding to offboarding.

Skills

Payroll

HR Operations

Shared Services

Nordic payroll

English Swedish Finnish

Job description

KONE is seeking a proactive Nordic HR Operations & Payroll Specialist to join the People & Communications team in Espoo or Stockholm. You will own payroll governance and HR operations across Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway, working with our outsourced payroll provider to ensure accurate payroll and compliant data handling.

You will partner with local teams, drive process improvements, and report to the Nordic People and Communications Manager.