Giant Tiger Stores Ltd.

Total Rewards Partner

Giant Tiger Stores Ltd.$66K — $99K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Post-secondary degree in Business or HR required.
  • 3-5 years of experience in compensation or recognition roles.
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience with Workday software.
  • Strong ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
  • Intermediate knowledge of Canadian pay equity and transparency legislation.
  • Proficient analytical skills to interpret complex data sets.
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills essential.
  • Intermediate Excel skills, including vlookups and pivot tables.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate on the annual compensation cycle with minimal oversight.
  • Forecast and ensure compliance for minimum wage increases in stores.
  • Lead Workday configuration, testing, and troubleshooting as the total rewards subject matter expert.
  • Conduct job evaluations to align roles with market standards and organizational structures.
  • Partner with talent acquisition on compensation recommendations for candidates.
  • Ensure data integrity through regular audits and compliance controls.
  • Monitor and provide oversight for employee recognition programs.
  • Create training resources to enhance understanding of total rewards.

Benefits

  • Fully remote role with quarterly onsite team gatherings in Ottawa.
  • Career growth opportunities with a strong emphasis on internal promotions.
  • Store discount program for employees.
  • Recognition program with monetary rewards for exceptional work.
  • Supportive and safety-first work environment.
Full Job Description

Job Title

Total Rewards Partner

Contract End Date

2027-06-25

About This Role:

Workplace Arrangements:
This is a fully remote role! The incumbent may be asked to come onsite to our Ottawa, Ontario Home Office quarterly for team gatherings.

This role is a full-time, temporary role with a contract end date of June 25, 2027.


What You'll Be Doing:

  • Compensation Program Administration: Collaborate on the annual GTW (Giant Tiger Warehouse) compensation cycle, annual O/M increases, and store bonus, operating with minimal oversight while identifying efficiencies and ensuring data integrity with minimal errors. Loading one-time payments, as necessary.

  • Minimum Wage: Prepare, process, and forecast minimum wage increases for Stores, ensuring Giant Tiger is compliant with all provincial minimum wage requirements.

  • Workday: As the Total Rewards Workday SME, translate business needs into operational/technical requirements, while leading all compensation Workday configuration testing and troubleshooting issues as necessary.

  • Job Evaluation: Conduct job evaluations to ensure roles are appropriately classified, benchmarked, and aligned with organizational structures and market standards.

  • Compensation Partnership: Partner with Talent Acquisition to provide compensation recommendations for preferred candidates, ensuring alignment with internal pay equity, competitiveness with external market data, and responsiveness to candidate expectations while maintaining organizational fairness and consistency.

  • Data Integrity and Audit Readiness: Ensures accuracy and integrity of total rewards data through regular audits and analysis, identifying discrepancies, and maintaining controls to demonstrate compliance during internal audits.

  • Recognition: Provide oversight and subject matter expertise for employee recognition by monitoring spend, promoting consistent recognition practices, and equipping leaders with accessible tools to make recognition meaningful and easy to deliver.

  • Training Development: Create comprehensive compensation training resources to enhance business understanding and capability in total rewards programs.

What You'll Bring:

  • Completion of post-secondary education in Business or HR.

  • 3-5 years of compensation, and/or recognition experience.

  • 2+ years of experience using Workday (loading EIBs, testing configuration changes, auditing data accuracy, etc.)

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines, with a high level of attention to detail and maintain confidential information.

  • Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple competing priorities.

  • Intermediate knowledge of provincial legislation Canada-wide, in particular, pay equity and pay transparency.

  • Excellent analytical skills with the ability to distill large quantities of data into a meaningful format.

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

  • Intermediate Excel skills (i.e. vlookups, pivots, etc)

Assets You May Have:

  • Bilingual FR/EN

Join Giant Tiger and gain meaningful work experience in a fun, community-focused environment. Our temporary opportunities offer competitive pay and a chance to learn and grow with a proudly Canadian retailer.

Salary

$66,000.00 - $99,000.00

What Giant Tiger Offers:
Competitive Compensation: The salary range for this position is listed above. Giant Tiger will consider factors such as experience, skills and internal equity to ensure you are paid competitively.


Career Growth: Giant Tiger is committed to developing our people. We promote from within, and many of our leaders started right here. We provide the coaching, training, and support you need to build a long-term career. If you're looking for a place to grow and take on new challenges, you've found it.

Extra Giant Tiger Perks:
• Store Discount,
• Recognition program that celebrates great work with monetary rewards and other perks,
• Safety first environment.

Location

2480 Walkley Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 6A9

Job Requisition

JR132595

About Giant Tiger Stores Ltd.

Giant Tiger Stores Ltd. is a Canadian discount store chain which operates over 250 stores across Canada. The company was founded in 1961 in Ottawa, Ontario, and has since expanded to other provinces. Giant Tiger offers a wide range of products including clothing, groceries, electronics, and home decor. The company is known for its low prices and has a strong presence in small towns and rural areas. Giant Tiger is committed to giving back to the community and has donated millions of dollars to various charities and organizations.
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