Manager, Total Rewards

The Manager plays a leadership role in ensuring the compensation and benefits policies are designed to operationalize the corporate strategic direction and priorities. As process owner for the Total Rewards Programs, recommend practices, and tools for effective program delivery while developing, analyzing, and preparing information used to create and execute Total Rewards policies.

Leads a team of compensation and benefits professionals delivering Total Rewards programs to the business and HR leaders. The manager uses their knowledge of the economic and labour market environment to implement Total Rewards Strategies within the context of both current and future drivers, in collaboration several levels of the organization. This manager acts as senior consultant to business leaders, managers and the HR community.

What NAV CANADA offers you:

• Challenging, team-oriented work environment.
• Competitive compensation and flexible benefits.
• Defined benefit pension plan.
• Opportunities for growth and development.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• Diverse and inclusive workforce.

In this role you will:

• Advises business leaders and managers on compensation and benefits policies and programs to meet their objectives. Ensures that changes are aligned with corporate strategies, plans, and policies, and generally accepted best practices to attract, retain and enable employee careers and provide incentive programs that support performance and strategic goals.
• Manage teams made up of members of several organizational levels as well as cross-functional teams, to deliver key programs.
• Provide expertise in compensation and benefits design aspects of Canadian collective agreements, economic forecasts related to the Canadian labour market, compensation programs and policy trends.
• Prepare Program and Policy measurement and evaluation reports/proposals for review and approval by Executives, the CEO, and the Board of Directors under the guidance of Director Total Rewards.
• Initiates, develops, and oversees implementation of Total Rewards programs and tools to facilitate decision making and planning. Develops and prepares evaluation guidelines and administrative procedures regarding compensation application. Collaborates closely with HR policy areas and client-facing teams to facilitate optimal alignment in the development and delivery of policies and programs.
• Manage policies and guidelines related to Total Rewards including structural design of base salary, performance incentives, various allowances, employee benefits and leave programs.
• Establish and maintain professional contacts with Total Rewards professionals outside of NAV CANADA in order to keep abreast of new developments and become a member of professional associations.

What you bring:

• Bachelor’s Degree in finance, Human Resources, or related field or equivalent combination of related experience and education.
• Designations such as CCP, CHRP, CHRL, CEBS or equivalents are an asset.
• 5-7 years’ of experience in financial, compensation, and/or benefits roles.
• Experience working with senior management and executives.
• Experience with continuous improvement and change initiatives.
• 5+ years’ of experience managing people.
• One or more years of experience in a unionized environment an asset.
• Expertise with project and change management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle and process mapping.
• Strong analytical, financial skills and experience with pay equity is essential.
• Knowledge of general Human Resources practices and policies.
• High proficiency in Excel and HR systems.

How others describe you:

• Ability to communicate effectively, both internally and with external providers.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to produce high quality work under time pressure.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgement in handling information of a sensitive nature.
• Funding of group insurance benefits plans and management compensation plans.
• Excellent team building and leadership skills.
• Sound organizational, analytical, judgement and decision-making skills with proven abilities in problem solving.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to build and maintain relationships.
• Strong customer service focus with the ability to deliver positive employee experiences.

Working Conditions:

• This position is eligible for a flexible work arrangement.
• occasional travel required.