Manager, HR Systems

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) is a unique and dynamic place to work. Approximately 1,400 GTAA employees work non-stop with our partners and agencies to deliver a safe and welcoming airport experience at Canada’s leading global hub airport, Toronto Pearson.** **The impacts of the pandemic have been significant to our industry, yet we remain Pearson Strong and are realizing the opportunity to accelerate our Healthy Airport commitment**.** Join us on our accelerated journey in creating the airport of the future in a smart, healthy and profitable way.

**What's in it for you**

We offer our GTAA members amazing benefits, including retirement planning, group health benefits, employee assistance programs (EAP), paid leave, education and training, as well as recognition and rewards programs.

**Position Summary**:
Reporting to the Director, HR & Corporate Services, this role will lead the HR systems team and ownership for the HRIS. The incumbent is accountable for overseeing HR administration of the employee lifecycle and is responsible for reporting employee data analytics and metrics. The incumbent will be responsible for the development and implementation of the HRIS modules and enhancements, including streamlining processes and procedures to enable efficient administration for the business, and self-service.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Lead the efforts to maximize HRIS system capability and other HR related systems to build an HRIS infrastructure capable of supporting the continued growth of the business and ensuring internal processes are efficient and effective.
- Management of day-to-day activities to support HR and other related functions
- Manage projects associated with implementing new functionality and/or enhancements to existing HR systems including requirements analysis and documentation, testing and deployment change management
- Participates in and ensures that all GTAA compliance requirements and audits for HRIS and related systems are met
- Promotes proactive approaches using HRIS to solve business needs/problems, enhances the understanding and acceptance of the HRIS capabilities by directing, researching and resolving HRIS problems, unexpected results or process flaws and recommends solutions or alternate methods to meet requirements.
- Lead the HR employee and data analytics/reporting function in the management of day-to-day activities to support HR and other related functions
- Own and drive reporting automation through the development, ongoing refinement and embedding of HR metric dashboard across the organization to support the business
- Lead people by providing coaching, guidance, and development by providing meaningful feedback for personal and career growth

**Qualifications**:

- University degree in Business, Commerce or related field
- CHRL designation is an asset
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in the field of HR System Development and/or HRIS analyst experience. Must have thorough understanding of the Human Resource function
- Minimum of 5 years people leadership experience
- 10+ years of experience in HR Systems specifically UKG preferred
- Able to obtain and retain Transportation Security Clearance at the designated level for the position

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**:

- Leadership qualities to engage the team to achieve business objectives, and to develop employees both within the team and working with the team
- Excellent judgment and project management skills
- Strong customer service skills with an aptitude for problem solving and process improvement
- Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong drive for results

The GTAA is a federally regulated private sector. The Government of Canada has suspended mandatory vaccination requirement for federally regulated transportation sector workers. The GTAA continues to monitor government and health developments relating to COVID -19 and may re-introduce the Vaccination and proof of Vaccination requirements in the Policy at any time.