The VP Total Rewards is responsible for managing these areas through analysis, development, evaluation, and implementation of the company's compensation and benefits plans, including salary, incentives, equity, sales, and executive compensation for operations in the USA and Canada. Programs are designed to attract, retain and motivate a highly skilled workforce while ensuring compliance with governmental regulations, internal equity and competitive pay structure. Goals are achieved by providing the vision, leadership, planning, project coordination, and management, while concurrently facilitating efficient operations to meet current and future business needs.
• Design, implement, and manage all compensation and benefits programs, policies, and procedures, including but not limited to job evaluation, job classification/reclassification, salary structures for all employees, welfare plans (health, dental, life and other voluntary plans) and retirement programs.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of existing compensation and benefit programs, policies and guidelines and ensuring they are market competitive, cost effective, aligned with corporate goals and are in compliance with company policies, federal legislation and other government and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive communication strategy for compensation and benefit programs and identifying opportunities to better enable the company to improve employee engagement, facilitate proactive and effective messaging and cadence as well as support the company's growth and strategic plan.
• Play a critical role in the due diligence process and comprehensive review of all compensation and benefit plans for new ventures, mergers, and acquisitions; including forecast budget for salary increases.
• Formulate and execute benefits documentation, such as original and amended plan information, benefit agreements and insurance policies as needed
• Ensure all job descriptions are developed and maintained; including recommend reclassification of positions to maintain consistency throughout the Company
• Collect and interpret area, regional and national benefit information for all employee levels using a variety of methods (including, but not limited to personal contact, surveys and publications, studies) to determine the competitive position of the Company, by market
• Knowledge of classification principles and various methods of job evaluation sufficient to apply appropriate techniques to classify positions
• Familiarity with Canadian Pay Equity legislation
• Expert knowledge of current Provincial, State and Federal compensation and benefit rules and regulations through official publications and communication with appropriate agencies
• Knowledge of applicable Federal, Provincial and state employment laws and regulations.
• Knowledge of HR practices and principles
• Superior skill in communicating effectively with all levels of employees both verbally and in writing, including top management, sufficient to provide information, interpret policy and to justify and persuade others
• Skill in writing concise, logical, analytical reports and notes to justify compensation and benefits recommendations and decisions.
• Skill in computing rates, ratios, and percentages in gathering and applying salary and benefits data.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in Human Resources or related field and seven (7) to ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience including supervision of employees, three (3) of which should be directly related to classification/compensation administration and/or benefits
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) or Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) preferred.
• Demonstrated Knowledge of legislation governing benefit plans (ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, PPACA).
• Financial ability to identify and implement cost-effective programs
• Proficient experience with HRIS or payroll software