Compensation Specialist - Edmonton, Canada - AutoCanada Inc.

AutoCanada Inc.

Verified Company

Edmonton, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Compensation Specialist

Edmonton, Alberta

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 compensation package
Health and Dental Benefits
Life Insurance
Employee Vehicle Purchase Plan
Employee and Family Assistance Program

Your Key Responsibilities

Implement, maintain, and ensure adherence to compensation governance principles and standards on a national scope
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 yearend incentive payouts and annual increases, providing guidance to all levels of management including Senior Team and Executive Team members
Create total compensation 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 offcycle 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 compensationrelated data to determine the effectiveness of compensation programs and drives enhancements to increase efficiencies, employee engagement, and alignment with AutoCanada's compensation philosophy
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 five years' experience in a similar role including, experience in salary structure development, compensation communication, pay equity, job evaluation, benchmarking, and salary administration
Previous experience working in the auto dealership industry is considered a significant asset (or related retail industry experience with familiarity developing variable pay plans)
Demonstrated understanding of Canadian provincial employee and labour standards
CPHR designation and/or Compensation Professional Certification (CCP) would be considered an asset
Demonstrated planning, organization, time management and problemsolving 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 easytounderstand way