Total Rewards Specialist

**Total Rewards Specialist (Full-time Hybrid position)**

The Total Rewards Specialist will play a critical role in the management of the design, implementation, administration, communication, and ongoing evaluation of the organization's Benefits, Compensation, Retirement and other Ancillary benefits structure, programs, policies and procedures.

The Total Rewards Specialist will ensure that compensation, benefits, and retirement programs support the organization's business objectives and meet all legal requirements. Oversees compensation processes, including survey participation, job evaluation, salary structure maintenance, base pay administration, incentive plan administration and analysis. Manages benefits and retirement planning and programs, including annual renewals. Responsible for the administration of various Total Rewards programs relating to compensation, group benefits, payroll, retirement, etc. and responds to employee queries in a timely manner while ensuring the highest level of accuracy and professionalism and processes new hires in the HR/Payroll System to ensure employees are onboarded in a timely manner.

If you’re a Total Rewards professional looking to flex your capabilities in all areas of Total Rewards, be a part of building and delivering something new and want to work alongside a great team of committed HR and business leaders, this would be a great opportunity for you

**Take an inside look at what you’ll do each day**:
**Operational**
- Responsible for overseeing the design, market competitiveness and effectiveness of Compensation, Incentives, Benefits, Retirement and Ancillary programs and initiatives.
- Manage the off-cycle compensation process by providing guidance for administering and communicating salary reviews, STIP, and Sales Incentive payments
- Lead and support the effective operation of the company’s benefits and retirement programs; partners with external providers to ensure oversight, planning, analysis, funding, and reporting of programs.
- Lead the development of the Total Rewards communication and education plans to increase awareness and engagement in programs and initiatives across the company.
- Support employee understanding of programs and processes with appropriate communication strategies and material, developed in partnership with vendors.
- Ensure management of all programs and initiatives are administered in alignment with legislation and internal guidelines
- Partner with the business to build organization capabilities; support plans and strategies to attract, develop and retain a diverse, qualified, and engaged workforce to fulfill current and future needs
- Stay current on market practices and trends to identify and explore opportunities to continuously evolve programs that maintain market competitiveness.
- Ensure Total Rewards priorities and efforts are aligned to the execution of the business and people strategy

**Compensation**
- Point of contact for all related compensation policies, programs and processes
- Support the execution and leads administration of annual compensation programs, including processing, recording and reporting of compensation-related actions.
- Manage the day-to-day compensation activities, including job evaluation, market analysis relative to internal pay practices and other compensation-related programs
- Participate in regular salary surveys and benchmarking market review process
- Conduct periodic audits and prepare reports as needed
- Maintain knowledge of market practices and emerging trends
- Ensure compliance with federal and provincial compensation laws and regulations

**Benefit and Retirement**
- Administration of group benefits and Retirement programs and various perk offering partnerships
- Respond to employee enquiries daily to ensure clear understanding of benefits processes and programs
- Ensure employee’s records, deduction, etc. are set-up/updated accurately in the Benefits Provider’s system and HR/Payroll Systems
- Coordinate, track, and process payments of employee benefit premiums during applicable periods of absence
- Ensure new hires are onboarded into the HR System in accordance with service level agreements in place
- Collaborate with partners in Talent Acquisition to ensure a positive employee onboarding experience
- Proactively support various reviews and analysis and identify and correct data integrity concerns
- Liaise with providers and other intermediaries (e.g. service representative) to resolve inquires
- Make suggestions and strives to improve work processes, methods, environment and customer service
- Maintain knowledge of market practices and emerging trends with a focus on the total rewards programs

**Stakeholder & Vendor Management**
- Develops and maintains collaborative internal and external relationships
- Provides HR and business leaders with advice, guidance, and intelligence on current compensation, benefits and retirement issues, operations, and industry trends
- Partners with