Payroll and benefits specialist processing multi - jurisdiction payroll for Kardium, which develops medical devices for atrial fibrillation treatment. Supporting Dayforce, compliance, benefits, and accounting operations.
About the role
- Total Rewards Consultant modernizing compensation, pay equity, and job architecture for a Canadian public research university. Designing salary structures, financial models, policies, and merit frameworks.
Responsibilities
- Lead a comprehensive modernization of the university's talent and total compensation framework
- Develop an institutional Total Rewards Philosophy and executive summary covering base pay, benefits, recognition, career mobility, and financial affordability
- Establish market benchmarking methodologies, peer groups, and job-matching rules for up to 550 positions
- Develop at least three pay structure designs, such as salary grades, broadbanding, and competency/skill-based bands
- Build interactive Excel models with dynamic scenario toggles for sensitivity analyses and budget impact projections
- Author an institutional Salary Management Policy covering placement, promotional increases, merit progression, market adjustments, acting pay, approvals, and appeals
- Design interactive manager salary calculators and placement scenario test templates
- Modernize performance and merit management frameworks and link merit allocation models to compensation budgets
- Create an implementation roadmap and RACI matrix aligned with the parallel Job Architecture review
- Establish decision rights, approval thresholds, and ongoing operating models
- Prepare executive presentations, all-staff communication toolkits, manager coaching resources, and FAQs
- Optionally provide Phase 2 implementation support, including HRIS integration, job-to-band matching, train-the-trainer delivery, and recalibration
Requirements
- Experienced Human Resources / Total Rewards Consultant
- Deep expertise in professional and executive compensation design, salary banding, internal relativity, and Pay Equity compliance
- Proven track record leading compensation modernization or talent redesign projects within universities or complex public sector institutions
- Minimum of three comparable completed client projects
- Demonstrated proficiency in creating auditable, scenario-driven financial and compensation models in Microsoft Excel
- Expertise in authoring administrative HR policies and governance frameworks
- Expertise in modernized performance management systems
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills
- Experience facilitating discussions among executive leadership, steering committees, and decentralized institutional groups
- Practical experience embedding Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (EDIA) principles across total rewards and talent practices
Benefits
- Optional Phase 2 implementation support, including HRIS integration, job-to-band matching, train-the-trainer delivery, and post-implementation recalibration
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