Senior HR Ops Specialist – Fixed-term

Rovio Entertainment konserni; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Rovio Entertainment konserni in Helsinki seeks a Senior HR Operations Specialist for a fixed-term contract to support HR programs across five countries and 500+ Rovians.

You will manage daily HR operations, payroll data, and HRIS processes while collaborating with People, IT, Legal, and Finance. The role offers hybrid work and a strong learning curve in a global team.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in HR administrative work as a payroll contact person.
• Understanding of employee lifecycle and experience.
• Knowledge of Finnish labour legislation and law.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day on-demand HR support to employees and supervisors.
• Maintain end-to-end employee lifecycle data and payroll coordination.
• Collaborate on HR policies, HRIS development, and data management with cross-functional teams.
• Act as payroll contact and prepare data for external providers in Finland/Canada.
• Learn from global HR policies and work in a flat international organisation.

Skills

Payroll management

HR operations

Confidentiality

Finnish labour law

English proficiency

Cross-functional collaboration

HRIS knowledge

Payroll data management

Education

Degree in Human Resources or related field

Tools

Hibob

Job description

Rovio is part of the SEGA family and world famous for our flagship IP Angry Birds - want to know more about Rovio as an employer? Click here .

The Rovio People Team is a passionate team turning the company strategy into programs and projects focusing on people, organisation, and culture. We drive talent and leadership development, design modern people processes, and provide insightful and effective business HR partnership to Rovio business units. Together with all Rovio people, we are building a mission-driven company and culture that makes us one of the best places to work at.

We are seeking a Senior HR Operations Specialist with motivation to speed up their learning curve by joining a global HR operations team with responsibility to craft and handle policies, processes and programs in 5 countries! This role will affect the every employee experiences of 500+ Rovians and gets to work on a large integration project as well as support the consolidation of several HR programs.

This is a fixed-term position covering a family leave until the end of August 2027.

You will have impact and fun at work by:

• Providing day-to-day on-demand support to our employees and supervisors with all of their employment and people related queries.
• Maintaining and developing the end-to-end employee lifecycle: onboarding, accurate employee records in the HRIS, employment documents, payroll, offboarding etc.
• Collaborating with experienced HR operations team on development projects (e.g. HR policies and operating procedures, HRIS development, employee data management, benefit management ) and partner with other members from People, IT, Legal, Finance teams.
• Act as a payroll contact and preparing data for external providers in Finland and Canada, and actively participate in an ongoing Finnish payroll vendor change project.
• Having a steep learning curve and the opportunity to explore HR policies and programs from many different countries while being a part of flat organisation with teams from all around the world.

Experience and skills we are looking for:

• Solid experience in HR administrative work as a payroll contact person (ideally throughout the whole employee lifecycle) with an understanding on developing employee experience.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle information with discretion in a high pace environment.
• Good knowledge of Finnish labour legislations and law.
• Professional English and Finnish language skills both written and spoken, other relevant languages considered a great asset.
• Knowledge of HR processes and modern standards and passion for further learning and a proactive approach to tasks.
• Customer- and service-oriented with emotional intelligence and eager to help foster a diverse work environment.
• Good communication and collaborations skills to partner with internal customers and external stakeholders.

It would be nice if you also have the following skills:

• Experience in the HRIS we use (Hibob).
• Experience collaborating with external suppliers and outsourced HR services, e.g. Edenred, Payroll providers, etc.
• Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.

You’ll work in a hybrid setup with two to three days at the office per week.

We welcome applicants to use the name they want to be addressed by in the application form, regardless of whether it is their legal name.

At Rovio, we are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or conditions in our working environment and job application procedures. We are committed to continuously improving workplace accessibility. If you have any questions before applying, please write to us at [e-mail] .