People Operations Partner (Payroll & Compensation)

What’s in it for you

• Own a meaningful area. You’ll take responsibility for payroll and compensation operations across eight countries and legal entities with our local payroll partners
• You’ll collaborate closely with both Finance and Sales teams and gain a strong understanding of how compensation works end to end
• Build and improve. You won’t just run processes; you’ll have the opportunity to develop and streamline them
• Flexible and hybrid. Enjoy work life balance with flexible hours and a hybrid model, 3 days a week at our cozy HQ Helsinki office in Kallio
• An international playground. Collaborate with colleagues from 27 nationalities, learn from different ways of working, and contribute to our global People operations
• Tech meets heart. Join a publicly listed SaaS company building cutting edge technology, backed by a supportive and transparent People team
• We take care of our people. Benefits include lunch benefit, culture, sports and wellbeing benefit, and comprehensive occupational healthcare. Our office is welcoming and always stocked with snacks

What you can expect as a People Operations Partner at LeadDesk

• Acting as the main point of contact for payroll related matters internally and with external payroll partners
• Ensuring accurate payroll inputs across the employee lifecycle, from onboarding to offboarding
• Coordinating payroll processes across multiple countries, entities, and compensation models
• Managing compensation elements such as monthly salaries, hourly wages, bonuses, and commission structures
• Coordinating commission and bonus processes together with Sales and Finance, ensuring correct data flows into payroll
• Supporting managers and employees in salary and employment related questions
• Managing employee benefits and insurance processes across different countries
• Acting as the main user for our HR system Sympa and other systems
• Interpreting and applying collective agreements in Finland and Sweden
• Developing and improving payroll and people operations processes, with a focus on automation and scalability
• Depending on your interests, you’ll also have the opportunity to get involved in broader HR topics and projects

What success looks like in this role in the first 6 months

• You’ve become an integral part of our People team and built strong cross-functional relationships
• Payroll processes run reliably and smoothly across countries, with clear ownership and communication
• Managers and employees know where to go and get clear answers to payroll related questions
• Key processes are better documented and less dependent on manual work
• You’ve identified and started improving the biggest pain points in our current setup
• Salary, bonus, and commission processes are more automated, streamlined, and consistent
• You’ve added value beyond payroll by contributing also to wider HR initiatives

This is where the match happens

Must-haves

• Experience working with payroll processes, including variables salary elements
• Ability to manage complex processes with multiple stakeholders and dependencies
• Strong attention to detail and a clear sense of ownership
• Comfortable working in an environment where not everything is fully ready yet, with a proactive approach to improving it
• Interest in developing processes and improving ways of working over time
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across teams like HR, Finance, and Sales
• You work fluently in Finnish and English, both written and spoken

Nice-to-haves

• Background in a consulting environment or payroll services is considered an advantage
• Experience working with HR systems and driving the development and improvement of system-based processes
• Experience working in an international company or across multiple countries
• In addition to Finnish and English, proficiency in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, or Spanish is regarded as an asset.

Practicalities

• Location: Helsinki HQ (hybrid work model 3 days a week at the office)
• Work permit in Finland: Required
• Start date: As soon as possible
• Employment: Full-time, permanent
• Salary: 4000–4500€/month + additional performance-based bonus (approximately 1000€ per quarter)

What’s next?

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