Analyst, Benefits (contract)
Requisition ID: 184652
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: RH - avantages sociaux et déménagement
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Québec; Nova Scotia; Ontario
City: Montréal-Nord, Mississauga, Stellarton
Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.
Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.
A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.
Ready to Make an impact?
Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have an opportunity as a Analyst, benefits. Please note that this position is a term contract.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
- Conduct analyses on benefits programs including competitive market analysis, cost/ benefit analysis, regulatory compliance, and organizational/ financial impact
- Ensure compliance with benefit legislation including education of Human Resources, payroll, and benefits staff about legislative requirements and updates
- Act as a resource to regions and National Human Resource Services with respect to problem resolution
- Provide support during labour negotiations by providing benefit plan costing
- Ensure benefits eligibility and procedures are administered according to the appropriate contracts and plan texts
- Conduct external benchmarking of plan best practices through surveys and other sources of information and make recommendation for competitive market positioning
- Compile financial statistics and claims analysis related to the benefits and relocation programs
- Prepare regular reports to management with recommendations where appropriate
- Conduct regular audits of the benefits and relocation programs to ensure data integrity and good governance
- Investigate discrepancies and make recommendations to resolve any issues
- Run various reports to validate benefit deduction file accuracy
- Maintain a clean and safe work environment as per company requirements
- Franchise Remittances for Franchise Group (every 5th of the month)
- Backup files by store, cost per line benefits (for Ceridian stores, Stores on MBC, Telus health EFAP)
- Franchise conversions/onboards – bi-weekly conversation calls. (waves of conversions may require additional efforts and work capacity)
What you have to offer:
- An Undergraduate Degree
- A minimum of 2 years relevant experience in employee benefits
- Extensive knowledge of current legislation as it relates to employee benefits
- CEBS, GBA, or CHRP Designation
- Bilingual, English / French considered an asset (The candidate will be expected to work with peers in other provinces in the development, development and implementation of tools and processes across Canada, as well as provide support to Sobeys employees across Canada)
- Excellent interpersonal skills and organizational skills
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Superior analytical and mathematical skills
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel
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At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.
We offer a competitive compensation package, which varies by role. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.
We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.
We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.