Benefits, Retirement and Leave Management Advisor

iA Financial Group•Montreal, QC

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Build Your Future With Us Are you passionate about benefits, retirement and employee experience and looking to contribute to an organization whose purpose is to help clients feel confident and secure about their future? As a Benefits, Retirement and Leave Management Advisor, you will play a key role in achieving the objectives of the Total Rewards, HR Technology and Integrations team by supporting the administration and continuous enhancement of benefit, savings, disability and leave programs. This position offers an excellent opportunity to showcase your expertise and fully realize your potential within a caring and trusted organization. Here, people and professional growth are at the heart of everything we do, fostering an environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. You will join a team that plays a critical role in the employee experience by ensuring the quality, integrity and governance of HR data throughout the employee lifecycle, while supporting the administration of total rewards programs for more than 10,000 employees across Canada and the United States. This team also contributes to numerous strategic initiatives focused on process optimization, enhancing the employee experience, and evolving total rewards and benefits programs across the organization.

Requirements

Is recognized for their autonomy, attention to detail and ability to manage responsibilities independently while actively contributing to team objectives.
Stands out for their strong expertise in benefits and leave administration, as well as their solid knowledge of the Workday Benefits and Absence modules.
Demonstrates excellent analytical skills, an innovative mindset and the ability to challenge the status quo in order to identify effective solutions to complex business issues.
Is recognized for their customer-focused approach, strong communication skills, tact, diplomacy, active listening abilities and capacity to support a variety of stakeholders in a dynamic and evolving environment.
Holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a related field and has a minimum of 10 years of experience in benefits administration.
Has an advanced level of proficiency in both French and English, as the role involves daily communications by email and phone with French- and English-speaking employees, clients, vendors and business partners across Canada in support of benefits, retirement and leave management programs.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of U.S. benefits programs is considered an asset.

Responsibilities

Ensure the effective administration of North American benefits and leave programs in Workday, implement required system corrections, and act as a Level 3 resource for the Benefits Administration team.
Actively participate in annual processes across North America, including benefits enrolment, vacation cash-out and bonus programs, while planning, organizing and facilitating related information sessions and presentations.
Analyze the feasibility of requests from HR partners and perform Workday testing for solutions delivered by the Total Rewards, HR Technology and Integrations team, including biannual system releases.
Collaborate with Workday Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and contribute to the continuous improvement of benefits, retirement and leave management processes.
Provide end-to-end retirement support to employees across Canada, including personalized guidance, administrative assistance and the planning and facilitation of annual retirement workshops.
Support strategic and cross-functional initiatives by partnering with stakeholders on benefits- and leave-related projects, leading benefits administration activities related to mergers, acquisitions, integrations and HR harmonization efforts, while promoting innovative solutions that enhance the employee and partner experience.