Senior Compensation Specialist

At Sienna, we empower our team members across Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Alberta to help our residents live the life they desire and deserve.  Our purpose is simple: to cultivate happiness in daily life! 

What Sienna Offers: We aspire to cultivate an environment and culture where team members feel valued, heard and empowered to do meaningful work.  We offer a number of programs and benefits that support team members’ financial, personal and professional needs:  

• A competitive compensation and vacation package
• Employer Paid Health & Dental Benefits
• RRSP with Company Match
• Share Ownership and Reward Program (SOAR)
• Employee Share Purchase Plan with Company Match
• Continuous learning and growth so you have the skillset needed to succeed and take on new challenges
• A welcoming culture that values diversity and differing perspectives, experiences and beliefs

What You’ll Be Doing:   

The Senior Compensation Specialist supports the development, implementation, maintenance, and administration of compensation programs. The role is responsible for compensation analysis, market benchmarking, job evaluation, salary range management, pay equity support, and the annual merit and pay-for-performance cycle.

How You’ll Succeed:

• Support the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of compensation programs, including pay policy, pay structures, salary planning, incentive programs, costing, and change management.
• Contribute to the annual compensation cycle, including merit, bonus, short-term and long-term incentive administration, year-end communications, and reporting.
• Conduct market benchmarking, survey participation, and competitive analysis to support internal equity and external competitiveness.
• Prepare compensation analyses, recommendations, and executive-level presentations outlining findings, trends, and cost impacts.
• Manage salary range development and maintenance, ensuring alignment with market data and internal job architecture.
• Support long-term incentive administration, including participant records, compliance monitoring, reporting, and communications.
• Lead or support compensation-related projects from initial assessment through implementation, including policy design, process documentation, change management, and tool development.
• Support acquisition activity by analyzing business case impacts and aligning compensation approaches with the broader total rewards strategy.  
• Evaluate positions across the organization using external market data and internal comparison to support salary structure and salary recommendations.
• Create and update SOPs, workflows, and knowledge base articles to strengthen knowledge management and process consistency.

Who you are:

• Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field; CCP designation is an asset.
• 5+ years of experience in point-factor job evaluation and compensation year-end processes, with responsibility for execution and/or leadership in key components.
• Strong knowledge of federal pay equity requirements; end-to-end experience is an asset.
• Proven experience in salary range development and management.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, data validation, and complex formulas.
• Proficiency with HR systems such as Ultipro
• Strong project management and process improvement skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive work to completion.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to handle sensitive data confidentially.
• Excellent communication skills, high attention to details and the ability to summarize information concisely and present in written, graphical and/or verbal format in order to convey complex information to all levels of stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of theory, principles and practices of compensation, pay structure design and development, short-term incentive programs.
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder partnership, and influencing skills.

 What you need to know:

• The salary range for this position is: $64,201.00-$80,251.50
• Onsite: In Markham, Ontario 5 days per week
• Any offer of employment will be conditional upon a criminal background and references check.
• This posting is for an existing position
• Sienna Senior Living may utilize artificial Intelligence to screen or assess applicants for this position.

Sienna Senior Living is committed to employment equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace.  In accordance with provincial regulations, upon request, support will be provided for accommodations throughout the recruitment, selection, and assessment process.