HRIS & Compensation Analyst

Description

• Lead configuration, testing, upgrades, and user acceptance testing (UAT) for HRIS enhancements or modules.
• Design and deliver training, user documentation, and communication plans to drive adoption and proficiency.
• Analyze compensation programs’ effectiveness, prepare dashboards and reports (e.g. comp spend, internal equity gaps, comp vs. market).
• Lead job evaluation and benchmarking activities to ensure roles are competitive in external markets and internally equitable.
• Troubleshoot and escalate system issues, monitor integrations, and ensure operational stability.
• Support administration or oversight of Canadian benefits and pension plans (vendor coordination, data verification, employee inquiries).
• Build, maintain, and govern the job architecture (levels, bands, job families) to ensure consistency both vertically (career progression) and horizontally (across functions).
• Drive pay equity programs and initiatives, particularly for Québec under the Loi sur l’équité salariale / pay equity regime administered by CNESST (i.e. perform pay equity exercises, audits, maintain compliance, file employer declarations).
• Stay current with HRIS vendor updates, new modules, and best practices; propose and lead continuous improvements.
• Integrate data from diverse sources (spreadsheets, external vendor systems, legacy systems) into the HRIS, ensuring data integrity and alignment.
• Manage user access and security governance to ensure compliance with privacy, audit, and internal controls.
• Conduct salary surveys, market data analysis, and trend monitoring to inform compensation decisions.
• Partner with HR business partners and leadership to advise on compensation decisions, promotions, salary adjustments, and total rewards strategies.
• Act as a liaison with payroll, IT, HR, and external providers, coordinating data flows, issue resolution, and system health.

Requirements

• Project management capability. Able to manage multiple workstreams, deadlines, and dependencies.
• Own back-end configuration: security roles, access permissions, workflow logic, reports, and system settings.
• Strong analytical skills — able to interpret data, model scenarios, work with large datasets.
• Familiarity with Canadian benefits, pension plans, and vendor coordination.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookup functions, modeling).
• Experience with one or more global HRIS systems ideally managing multi-regional configurations and data governance.
• Strong understanding of international HR processes, data privacy (GDPR, PIPEDA), and cross-border reporting requirements.
• 3–5+ years of direct experience in compensation analysis, HRIS administration, or a hybrid role preferably within a multi-country or global environment.
• Effective communicator who can explain technical/complex topics to non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Finance, or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and evolving environments; proactive, resourceful, and collaborative.
• Detail-oriented and quality-driven, especially with data and system integrity.

Benefits

• Possibility of contributing to an RRSP with employer contribution
• Flexible work schedule in hybrid mode
• Generous employee and family assistance program (including telemedicine and medicine)
• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• Comprehensive benefits package

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance