Compensation Specialist/analyst

**Compensation**

**Specialist/Analyst**

**Remote**

**70k - 85K with opportunity for a 15% annual bonus**

AutoCanada is looking for a Compensation Specialist who will play a pivotal role in supporting the development, implementation, and administration of our compensation framework and benchmarking and providing specialized expertise in all areas of compensation. The role works closely with People & Culture colleagues, external vendors, and business leaders to ensure our compensation support keeps us competitive, equitable, and aligned with our organizational goals and values. colleagues, external vendors, and business leaders to ensure our total rewards programs are competitive, effective, and aligned with our organizational goals and values.

**What We Offer**

• Competitive pay plans, bonus opportunities, and a motivated group of AutoCanada employees to work alongside
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Prescription insurance that can discount purchases up to 80%
• Paid holiday time for full time AutoCanada employees
• Employee Vehicle Purchase & Service programs
• Health & wellness programs for assistance with counseling, physicals, and more
• Paid professional development and the opportunity to grow your career
• The chance to be part of an exciting, growing company that operates in Canada and the United States

**Your Key Responsibilities**

• Implement, maintain, and ensure adherence to compensation governance principles and standards on a national scope
• Create and build pay plans
• Design, implement and administer total compensation programs
• In partnership with key stakeholders across the company, drive solutions and recommendations to compensation opportunities such as incentive and base pay structures, job evaluations, and collective bargaining
• Manage the year-end incentive payouts and annual increases, providing guidance to all levels of management including Senior Team and Executive Team members
• Create total compensation framework / programs, including base pay, incentive pay, pay equity, annual compensation review and market analysis
• Provide expert consultation to business partners on compensation philosophy for offers of employment, promotional increases, and other off-cycle adjustments
• Deliver total rewards education, communication, and change management for new plan/policy rollouts
• Partner with all management levels, and act as an expert for human resources partners
• Lead annual market benchmarking and outreach efforts to ensure AutoCanada is equipped with relevant data on market rates and total rewards best practices to drive informed compensation decisions
• Execute, maintain and govern job architecture
• Analyze compensation-related data to determine the effectiveness of compensation programs and drives enhancements to increase efficiencies, employee engagement, and alignment with AutoCanada’s compensation philosophy
• Process, build and maintain Home Office and Executive bonus letters and distribution
• Develop and deliver timely compensation reports and other materials for presentation to the Senior Team and Executive Team
• Perform the salary equity exercise for all Canada sites and job families
• Ensure data integrity in the HRIS system and manage analytics
• Support the team with audits, research, analysis, and recommendations for various situations related to our compensation programs and structure

**Your Capabilities and Credentials**

• Minimum three years' experience in a similar role including, experience in salary structure development, compensation communication, pay equity, job evaluation, benchmarking, salary administration, and reporting
• Previous experience working in the auto dealership industry is required (or related retail industry experience with familiarity developing variable pay plans is considered a significant asset)
• Compensation Professional Certification (CCP) is required
• CPHR designation would be considered an asset
• Demonstrated understanding of Canadian provincial employee and labour standards
• Demonstrated planning, organization, time management and problem-solving skills
• Strong ability to communicate, educate and influence management and employees on compensation activities, guidelines, and bonus programs
• Ability to create strong business relationships and enable collaboration with all levels of the organization
• Strong analytical skills
• Proven knowledge of labour market surveys, job evaluation and job analysis models
• Ability to translate complex and technical concepts in an easy-to-understand way