Senior Manager, Total Rewards

A privately held Canadian professional services firm specializing in actuarial consulting, pensions, employee benefits, investment advisory, and compensation solutions for institutional and corporate clients.

Role Overview A national professional services organization is seeking a Senior Manager, Total Rewards to lead the design, execution, and continuous enhancement of compensation, benefits, payroll oversight, and total rewards programs. This role partners closely with senior leaders to ensure programs are competitive, equitable, compliant, and aligned with business objectives.

The successful candidate will advance total rewards strategy, strengthen governance and compliance, enhance employee experience, and lead a high-performing team.

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and evolve total rewards programs aligned with market practices, pay equity principles, and legislative requirements

Provide strategic advisory support to leadership on compensation competitiveness, internal equity, and talent retention

Lead job evaluation, market benchmarking, and internal equity analysis

Oversee and advance pay equity and employment equity practices

Ensure compliance with compensation, benefits, payroll, and employment-related legislation, including proactive monitoring of regulatory changes

Lead benefits strategy, vendor management, renewals, cost analysis, and employee communications

Provide oversight of payroll and benefits administration to ensure accuracy, compliance, and data integrity

Enhance HRIS data governance, reporting, and analytics to support informed decision-making

Collaborate cross-functionally to drive consistency and best practices in total rewards

Lead, coach, and develop members of the Total Rewards team

Monitor market and regulatory trends to inform ongoing program evolution

Qualifications

University degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Professional designation in compensation and/or benefits preferred

7+ years of progressive experience in compensation and benefits leadership

Strong expertise in pay equity, job levelling, market benchmarking, and compliance

Working knowledge of compensation, benefits, payroll, and employment legislationExperience overseeing payroll and benefits administration

Strong analytical skills and experience leveraging HRIS and data analytics

Demonstrated project management and stakeholder leadership capability

Proven people leadership experience

Experience with modern HRIS/payroll systems preferred

Bilingual capability considered an asset

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