University degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or a related field required.
Minimum 7 years of hands-on compensation experience in a large corporate environment required.
Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas and data analysis, required.
Experience leading compensation programs or projects strongly preferred.
Professional compensation certification, such as CCP, strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
Act as a trusted compensation advisor to senior leaders and HR partners.
Provide strategic consultation on job evaluation, pay recommendations, and talent retention strategies.
Lead compensation workstreams for organizational change and business growth initiatives.
Leverage compensation data and analytics to deliver insights supporting leadership decisions.
Develop compensation communications and educational materials for consistent program application.
Identify opportunities to improve compensation processes and technology utilization.
Serve as the lead for compensation programs, ensuring effective planning and execution.
Benefits
80% coverage for Health, Dental, and Vision.
Paid time off.
RRSP Program Eligibility.
Full Job Description
Job Description
Acts as a trusted compensation advisor to senior leaders, HR Business Partners, and other stakeholders for assigned client groups, providing guidance on complex compensation decisions, organizational changes, talent retention strategies, and broader reward challenges.
Provides strategic consultation on job evaluation and leveling, organizational design, pay recommendations, offers, promotions, retention actions, career paths, and other workforce and talent decisions.
Leads compensation workstreams associated with organizational change, business growth, restructuring, and broader people initiatives, coordinating stakeholders and translating business needs into practical compensation solutions.
Leverages compensation data, market intelligence, and workforce analytics to deliver clear, data-driven insights and recommendations that support leadership decision-making and strategic workforce planning.
Partners with business and HR leaders to review and enhance compensation structures, job frameworks, incentive programs, and related practices for assigned client groups.
Develops compensation communications, educational materials, tools, and guidance that strengthen understanding and consistent application of compensation programs across the business.
Identifies opportunities to improve compensation processes, stakeholder experience, technology utilization, analytics, and reporting capabilities.
Serves as the designated lead for one or more compensation programs, processes, or capability areas, with responsibility for planning, analysis, governance, stakeholder coordination, education, reporting, execution, and continuous improvement.
Leads assigned compensation processes from planning through execution, establishing timelines, coordinating inputs and dependencies, monitoring progress, resolving issues, and ensuring accurate and timely delivery.
Supports the development and evolution of the North America compensation strategy, frameworks, governance approach, and operating practices through assigned program ownership and client-group insights.
Partners with other Compensation team members to ensure program, process, and client-group decisions are applied consistently and align with the broader North America compensation strategy.
Interprets and applies compensation policies, guidelines, governance requirements, and relevant legislation. Coordinates implementation activities related to minimum wage, pay equity, pay transparency, FLSA, and other compensation requirements.
Partners with HR Operations, Payroll, Finance, Legal/Compliance, and external providers to coordinate compensation activities and support timely, accurate execution.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
University degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or a related field required.
Minimum 7 years of hands-on compensation experience supporting Canadian and U.S. compensation programs in a large corporate environment required.
Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas, lookups, pivot tables, data analysis, and modeling, required.
Experience supporting client groups and leading compensation programs, processes, or projects strongly preferred.
Professional compensation certification, such as Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), strongly preferred.
Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities
Advanced knowledge of compensation principles, market pricing, job evaluation, salary structures, broad-based programs, and pay equity practices.
Experience with Compensation management and Salary benchmarking tool preferred.
Strong knowledge of compensation legislation and regulatory requirements in Canada and the United States.
Ability to manage a portfolio of program or process ownership while providing responsive client-group support.
Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and data interpretation capabilities.
Strong consultation, communication, influencing, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and maintain confidentiality in sensitive matters.
Advanced proficiency with HR systems, Microsoft Office applications, and reporting tools.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced, highly professional environment.
