HR Compensation

HR Compensation & Benefits Analyst
Req ID: 111015
Hiring Manager: John Shaughnessy
Band: 07
Region: Americas
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Provides overall leadership and support to the HR Senior Director, Global Rewards across the entire HR portfolio of HR Global programs and initiatives. This role is part of the global HR Compensation and Benefits(C&B) Center of Excellence (COE). Responsibilities include the following:

- Act as a primary contact for HR Managers for applicable global compensation and benefits issues. This includes but is not limited to: procedural instruction, analytical counsel, advise and resolution for all matters across all applicable Global Reward programs.
- Manage Celestica’s global sales compensation programs for approximately 170 sales and sales support employees. Responsibilities include: i) Annual Quota setting and communication to managers and participants, ii) preparing materials for and facilitating quarterly Sales Incentive Committee (SIC) meetings governing sales achievements, payments, exceptions items for review/approval, and any program design changes and iii) action all outcomes from SIC meetings including interfacing with payroll to submit incentive payments, communicating with Sales Managers and Sales Team members and updating financial accruals/reporting.
- Participate in the Company’s annual compensation and benefits external benchmarking exercise. for i) Celestica’s executive population, ii) sales employees and iii) employees from other regions, countries, as required. Provide detailed information including: position descriptions, compensation data, etc. to external vendors in a timely and accurate manner. Analyze and interpret results including market trends, changes, economic indicators, etc. Prepare recommendations for annual Compensation Planning for Senior Leadership decision making.
- Once regional and/or functional benchmarking data is compiled, this role will support the annual compensation planning process. There will be extensive interaction with regional HR Business Partners and regional C&B primes. Complete annual merit recommendations, manager planning merit grids, and update country salary band ranges.
- Complete regular job evaluations and associated compensation recommendations for executive and director level promotions, internal transfers and new hires on a global basis. Prepare associated offer letters as required.
- Provide recommendations and offer letters for one-time retention and special bonus awards.
- Provide analytical support to HR Senior Director, Global Rewards and CHRO for all Executive Compensation and Board of Director meetings, including headcount summary by geography/band level, compensation spend summary and executive population continuity report.
- Provide analysis and support for Celestica’s short-term and long-term incentive plans as required.
- Provide ongoing support for various special projects and initiatives including: Career Frameworks and Merger & Acquisition activity.
- Support the HR C&B leaders, finance and legal with various analysis related to Celestica’s annual Proxy/20F filing requirements. Provide timely and accurate compensation information and analysis for Named Executive Officers.
- Partner and build relationships with key stakeholders in other teams including HR, Finance, Legal, Communications, Business Leaders and external vendors.
- Potentially be involved in completing audit requirements in conjunction with finance, external auditors, related to HR programs.
- Deal with urgent employee issues in a timely and professional manner.

**Knowledge/Skills/Competencies**
- Strong analytical, data modelling skills and experience. Ability to work with and synthesize large volumes of financial data with a very high level of attention to detail and accuracy.
- Understand financial metrics, definitions, calculations and how certain metrics can be included in incentive plan design.
- Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills. Able to present and communicate ideas and facts in a clear and articulate manner
- Able to effectively work with a wide variety of customers, cross-functional collaborations, as well as leveraging external vendors/partners.
- Working knowledge of HR compensation and benefits programs, policies and practices.
- Strong project management skills. Able to evaluate, manage and prioritize multiple highly complex and detailed tasks and projects at any given time.
- Ability to manage workload across various time zones including Americas, Europe and Asia.
- Able to manage sensitive employee information in a confidential manner.

**Typical Experience**:

- Two to three years of relevant experience in an HR, Finance or related field.

**Typical Education**:

- Bachelor’s degree in a Business, Finance or related field.
- Accounting Designation (or in progress) is preferred (CMA CPA, CGA CPA, or other).

Notes:
Celestica is an equal opportunity employ