Director, Total Rewards

Halifax, NS or Saint John, NB AM – OCA – 9752

Meridia Recruitment Solutions has partnered with Ocean Capital, to recruit a Director, Total Rewards to join their growing and developing teams in Halifax, NS or Saint John, NB.

Ocean Capital Holdings Limited is a privately held company with interests in a number of businesses, including broadcasting, construction, energy, and real estate. Our purpose is to grow winning businesses with great people, which contribute to better communities. We unlock the potential of our businesses through imagination and a passion for winning, and we celebrate the uniqueness in each person. Our focus is on excellence and accomplishment.

Role Description

Ocean Capital has an opportunity for a Director, Total Rewards, who will be responsible for supporting the development and evolution of the Total Rewards strategy, as well as planning and managing Total Rewards programs for the Ocean Capital Group of Companies, to meet the business needs and all legal requirements. Our Total Rewards practices includes Compensation modeling, Benefits Administration and Wellbeing Programming.

Key Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Vice President of Human Resources to identify, create, design and evolve our company wide Total Rewards programs; Leading governance processes for Total Rewards. Manage Retirement Investment Pension Committee (RIPC), and supporting Human Capital Management Committees; Manage our strategic partner relationships, collaborating with them to identify best practices and emerging trends in the market; Collaborate with business HR leads to increase knowledge and understanding of our Total Rewards Programs and Plans; Manage the Compensation Model, Administration and Benchmarking process, recommending and implementing changes aligned with our corporate culture and values; Manage our Unified Benefits plan offerings, recommending and implementing changes to ensure we remain competitive in attracting and retaining our people; Evaluate and modify existing Total Rewards programs, policies, procedures, and systems for continuous improvement, developing and implementing new programs aligned with Total Rewards People Strategy; Manage and oversee our compensation processes in our HRIS Compensation & Benefits systems, ensuring to leverage our technology to its fullest; Review and present detailed Total Rewards data reports and presentations with business and HR leadership, make recommendations for decision making; Monitor and analyze government legislation, ensuring compliance to compensation and benefits regulations.

Competencies

Innate competencies: Thinking quickly and flexibly, demonstrating drive and resilience and a passion for innovation and change and having interpersonal insight and flexibility; Demonstrating leadership versatility: Motivate and inspire people from different functions across the business; Coordinating cross-business teams: Create a shared sense of purpose, aligning and keeping diverse teams across the business focused on the same direction; Fast-tracking leaders: Accelerate the development of high potentials through mentorship and sponsorship to ‘raise their game’; Stretching performance: Optimize the performance of people with a wide range of abilities and motivation; Cross matrix influencing: Use different influence tactics to persuade people with differing perspectives to build support across the business; Collaborating across boundaries: Initiate cross-business collaboration to leverage different capabilities and create opportunities; Maximizing commercial return: Make commercial decisions which build profitability, appraising situations in terms of risk and reward; Driving differentiation: Innovate and encourage early adoption of new ideas; pushing the boundaries and creating conditions for people to innovate.

Education, Experience, and Skills

Bachelor Degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or a finance-related field. Master’s degree is an asset; Certified Compensation Professional, Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP), Certified Professional Account (CPA); 5 years of experience as a Compensation & Benefits Manager or in a related role; Extensive knowledge of compensation and benefits policies, procedures, and applicable legislation; Experience managing compensation and benefits in HRIS; Proficiency with MS office tools and advanced proficiency with Excel; Excellent communication and organizational skills with strong presentation; Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills; Strong Ethics and Discretion.

To express interest in this opportunity please apply online by clicking “Apply Now” below.

For more information contact Austin McLennan, Partner, at 902-424-1103 and amclennan@kbrs.ca or Abdul Dalloul, Recruitment Specialist at 902-334-7488 and adalloul@kbrs.ca , or please apply online by clicking the “Apply Now” button below. If you require accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please let Austin or Abdul know.

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