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Senior Advisor, Employee Benefits and Retirement – M&A & Integration
Posted 3 weeks ago
About the role
- Senior Advisor analyzing and harmonizing benefits and retirement programs for iA Financial Group’s acquisitions and HR integrations. Supporting cost modeling, employee transitions, and integration planning.
Responsibilities
- Conduct in-depth analyses of targeted entities’ benefits and retirement programs
- Identify discrepancies with iA’s practices and assess compliance, cost, retention, equity, and feasibility risks
- Produce structured assessments and recommendations to support transaction decision-making
- Develop and compare program harmonization scenarios and recommend approaches
- Define action plans for transitioning to the target state
- Assess impacts on employees, managers, costs, and operations
- Provide specialized input for cost assessments and collaborate with the modeling team
- Contribute to financial assessments of harmonization impacts and identify transition and recurring cost drivers
- Lead planning and execution of integration activities for group insurance, retirement, and paid leave programs
- Support employee transitions, communications, and development of support tools
- Identify integration risks, propose mitigation measures, and contribute to post-integration reviews and operational stabilization
- Collaborate with Global Compensation and centers of expertise
- Develop tools and templates for the HR FAI practice
- Document lessons learned to support continuous improvement
Requirements
- At least 5 years of relevant experience in employee benefits and retirement programs
- Strong analytical skills and ability to transform complex data into clear findings, structured recommendations, and decision-support scenarios
- Proficiency in advanced analytical tools, particularly Excel
- Comfortable with cost modeling and impact assessment
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and coordinate stakeholders in a matrix structure without direct line authority
- Sound judgment, autonomy, and rigor in strategic projects involving ambiguity and sensitivity
- Excellent communication and analytical skills
- College degree in a relevant field such as actuarial science, mathematics, finance, human resources, or a related field
- Knowledge of Workday is a plus
- Advanced proficiency in English
- Ability to analyze compensation programs and collaborate on mergers, acquisitions, and integrations with English-speaking partners
Benefits
- Flexible group insurance
- Competitive retirement plan
- Stock purchase plan
- Vacation and wellness/personal development days
- Telemedicine
- Employee and family assistance program
- Ergonomic furniture program
- Performance bonuses
- Discounts on iA products
- Hybrid work environment
- Flexible workspaces
- Learning and development opportunities
- Healthy, safe, fair, and inclusive work environment
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