HR Specialist
About this role
We are Avolta – bringing together travel retail and food & beverage under one global brand across more than 75 countries. In Finland, we operate at Helsinki Airport – consistently ranked among the best airports in Europe.
Does your heart beat for HR, and would you like to experience the buzz of travel, an international work environment, and the dynamic world of retail and restaurants in your daily work?
Join Avolta’s journey as an HR Specialist parental leave cover, from June 2026 to August 2027.
As an HR Specialist, you will be part of our People & Culture team. Our local HR team of four works closely with operations and other functions, with additional support from our Nordic colleagues in Sweden.
Your key responsibilities
We are looking for an HR Specialist to support our business with day-to-day HR operations and ensure smooth employee lifecycle management. This is a hands-on, versatile role with a strong focus on payroll coordination, HR administration, and employee support.
Coordinate payroll processes and ensure accurate input data
Manage HR administration across the full employee lifecycle (contracts, onboarding, offboarding)
Handle residence permits, right-to-work processes, and access badges
Support recruitment activities and hiring managers
Maintain HR systems and employee benefits
Act as a trusted HR contact for managers and employees
Requirements
- Experience in an operational HR role in Finland
- Good understanding of payroll processes Finnish labor law
- Experience or good understanding of workforce planning and working time scheduling
- Knowledge of the MaRa collective agreement is considered an advantage
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Hands-on, service-minded, and detail-oriented approach
- Thrives in a multicultural and transforming environment, is motivated by change and ambiguity, and contributes actively to building future ways of working by creating clarity and shaping new processes.
- Fluent Finnish