Senior HR Ops Specialist - Fixed-term

Rovio 2; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Rovio is seeking a Senior HR Operations Specialist to join a global HR operations team. This fixed-term role supports 500+ Rovians across five countries, focusing on policies, processes and employee lifecycle management.

The position is hybrid with two to three days in the office weekly, covering a family leave until August 2027. Experience with Hibob and Finnish payroll is required, along with fluency in Finnish and English.

Qualifications

• Experience in end-to-end HR administration and payroll support.
• Strong knowledge of Finnish labour law.
• Professional English and Finnish language skills.
• Experience with HRIS systems and external payroll vendors.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day on-demand HR and payroll support.
• Maintain end-to-end employee lifecycle records and documents.
• Collaborate on HR policies, procedures and HRIS improvements.
• Act as payroll contact for Finland and Canada.
• Support multiple country HR programs within a global team.

Skills

HR Operations

Payroll

HRIS Hibob

Policy development

Education

Degree in HR/Business Admin

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

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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].

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