Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Meridian Credit Union • Toronto, ON

48d • $95,000 - $135,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

At Meridian our aspiration is to integrate our purpose into everything we do for
people, the planet, and communities. We believe that our greatest opportunity is
to create opportunity and meet people where they are.

The Senior HR Business Partner acts as a trusted advisor and thought partner to
senior leaders, enabling business strategy through enterprise-focused talent
management, organizational design, and data-driven workforce decisions. This
role operates at a strategic level—anticipating future workforce needs, shaping
organizational capability, and using people analytics to influence leadership
decisions and outcomes.

The role is responsible for delivering strategic HR leadership across talent
management & retention, succession planning, employee relations, performance
management and diversity, equity and inclusion. This position will shape and
execute enterprise-wide people strategies, drive employee engagement, and enable
organizational success through innovative, data-informed HR solutions.

Requirements

• Demonstrated expertise in talent management, organizational design, and workforce analytics.
• Experience supporting transformation, growth, or operating model change in complex organizations.
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to connect people initiatives to business outcomes.
• High level of data literacy — comfortable interpreting, questioning, and applying insights from people analytics.
• Advanced consulting skills including influencing, diagnosing issues, and navigating ambiguity.
• Ability to balance enterprise consistency with business-specific nuance.
• Executive-level communication skills; able to frame insights succinctly and credibly.
• Adaptability and Resilience: Flexibility to navigate a dynamic and changing business environment, adapt to new technologies and methodologies, and remain resilient in challenging situations.
• HR Expertise: In-depth knowledge of HR principles, practices, and regulations including talent management, performance management, compensation, benefits, employee relations, and employment law.
• Change Management: Proficiency in leading and managing change initiatives within the organization, including restructuring, mergers, acquisitions, or organizational culture shifts.
• Leadership: Ability to lead and develop HR teams, mentor junior HR professionals, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor’s degree or post graduate certificate in Human Resources is required.
• 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including experience as an HR Business Partner supporting senior leaders
• Experience supporting multi‑disciplinary or enterprise portfolios, ideally within financial services, credit unions, or highly regulated environments

Nice To Haves

• Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate passion about partnering with business leaders to build a client focused culture supported by the right employee capabilities.
• Collaborate and partner with business leaders to understand organizational objective and provide strategic HR guidance. Define talent problems and hypothesize, test and build solutions.
• Lead the execution of enterprise talent management strategies, including Talent Identification, Succession Planning, leadership development, and critical role planning.
• Partner with leaders to assess leadership and capability readiness, identifying strengths, gaps, and future risks aligned to Meridian’s strategic priorities.
• Enable leaders to grow talent with purpose and intent, fostering internal mobility, leadership depth, and inclusive succession pipelines
• Provide strategic advisory support on organizational design, structure, role clarity, and spans of control, ensuring alignment to strategy and operational effectiveness.
• Support transformation initiatives (e.g., restructures, workforce optimization, operating model shifts) with a strong focus on change impact, people risk, and sustainability.
• Partner with senior leaders to develop forward‑looking workforce plans aligned to business strategy, operating models, and financial targets.
• Lead position management governance, ensuring role creation, changes, and backfills align with approved headcount, spans of control, and organizational design principles.
• Provide strategic guidance on capacity planning, demand forecasting, and skill mix optimization to support current and future business needs.
• Use workforce and position data to assess organizational health, identify gaps, redundancies, or risk areas, and recommend evidence‑based solutions.
• Support enterprise initiatives related to cost management, productivity, and FTE optimization, including vacancy governance and scenario planning.
• Leverage people data and analytics to deliver clear, evidence-based insights on workforce health, talent risk, engagement, turnover, and capacity.
• Translate data into compelling narratives and recommendations, helping leaders connect insight to action and outcomes.
• Use analytics to anticipate challenges, challenge assumptions, and improve the quality of workforce decisions at an enterprise level.
• Partner with People Analytics teams to continuously strengthen Meridian’s data maturity and insight capability.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate workforce‑related risks (e.g., capacity, capability, succession, employee relations, and regulatory risk) that could impact business continuity and performance.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders on employment legislation and people‑related policy compliance, ensuring decisions align with legal, regulatory, and organizational standards.
• Embed a risk‑lens into workforce planning, organizational design, and position management decisions to ensure sustainable and compliant structures.

Benefits

• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success
• We provide you with the tools and technology needed to delight your candidates and clients
• You'll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders
• Hybrid work arrangements with in-person office time to collaborate, innovate and build relationships with your colleagues
• This isn't your typical "corporate" job. We work hard and we have fun!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees