Senior Total Rewards Leader

About

Headway Group is leading the search for a senior Total Rewards leader within a sophisticated financial services organization based in the Greater Toronto Area. Reporting to the CHRO, this is the most senior Total Rewards role, carrying enterprise-wide responsibility for compensation, incentives, benefits, retirement programs and payroll. It is a broad and visible leadership mandate, combining strategic influence with operational oversight in a complex, highly professional setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Total Rewards function across compensation, incentives, benefits, retirement programs and payroll ensuring programs are effective, well managed and aligned with organizational priorities
• Strengthen governance, market benchmarking and rewards analytics
• Support senior leadership in compensation and rewards-related decision-making
• Advance a Total Rewards operating model that leverages technology enablement and automation
• Lead and develop an established team
• Contribute both strategically and operationally to the continued evolution of the function

Candidate Profile

• Progressive senior-level Total Rewards experience
• Strong depth in compensation, including incentive design and executive compensation
• Exposure to benefits, retirement programs and payroll oversight
• Experience in financial services or another complex, regulated environment
• Ideally, experience leading or implementing process improvements that enhanced effectiveness and execution
• Strong judgment, analytical capability and stakeholder management skills
• Comfort with technology enablement, automation and process improvement in support of a modern Total Rewards function
• Ability to build trust and operate effectively with senior stakeholders

This opportunity is likely to appeal to a leader who combines rigour, professionalism and commercial judgment with a measured, thoughtful approach to influencing and executing at a senior level.