People Operations Specialist

At Verda, we’re building a fully featured European cloud computing platform - and as we grow, we’re equally focused on building a People function that scales with the same level of quality and ambition.

We’re ambitious, curious, and pragmatic builders. We operate with low hierarchy, high ownership, and a strong bias for action. We’ve already achieved a lot, but we’re just getting started.

Now it’s your chance to join the ride. Join Verda while it’s still being built—not once it’s finished!

Your responsibilities

In this role, you will support our Finland-based workforce (100+ employees and growing) by ensuring smooth and efficient People Operations across the full employee lifecycle. You will manage employment documentation, coordinate onboarding and offboarding, maintain accurate HR data, and support payroll and benefits administration in collaboration with external and internal partners.

You will act as a first point of contact for employees and managers on HR-related topics, providing guidance on processes and policies while ensuring a high-quality, service-oriented employee experience.

You will also play a key role in ensuring compliance with Finnish employment law, supporting leave and absence processes, and maintaining high standards of data privacy and confidentiality.

As we continue to scale, you will contribute to building and improving People processes, documentation, and systems—identifying opportunities to increase efficiency, scalability, and automation.

Your key competencies

• 3–5 years of experience in HR / People Operations / HR Administration
• Solid understanding of Finnish employment practices and HR administration
• Experience supporting payroll and benefits processes
• Experience working with HR systems / HRIS tools (e.g., HiBob)
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Service-oriented mindset with strong organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills in both English and Finnish

Nice to have

• Experience in a technology or scale-up environment
• Experience using AI or automation to improve operational efficiency

Practicalities

Location: Helsinki, Finland

Hybrid mode: 3 days a week in the Helsinki office

Employment type: Full-time and permanent

Reporting line: Head of People Operations

Why Verda

• Cash + equity compensation along with various fringe benefits (e.g., healthcare, lunch, wellbeing, etc.)
• Profitable operations with rapid, sustained growth
• 31 nationalities, with 6 different ones on the management team
• An opportunity to have a direct impact on employee experience in a fast-growing, international company

What's next

We’re building fast and this role needs the right person behind it. There’s no artificial deadline, but when we find who we’re looking for, we move.

If this sounds like your next move, apply now.

Please submit your application through our Careers page. We don’t accept applications sent by email.