Req ID: 127841 Remote Position: No Region: Americas Country: Canada State/Province: Ontario City: Toronto **Summary** Provides compensation and benefits leadership, subject matter expertise and analytical support to the HR Global Rewards team. **Detailed Description** Provides overall leadership, expertise and analytical support to the HR Senior Director, Global Rewards and Vice-President, Global Rewards across the entire portfolio of Compensation & Benefits programs including: Short-Term and Long Term Incentives, Canada & US Benefits, Global Mobility Tax and Immigration Services, and other initiatives and special projects. Responsibilities include the following: + Act as a primary contact for HR Leaders and Managers for applicable compensation and benefits issues. This includes but is not limited to: procedural instruction, analytical advice and resolution of all matters across all applicable Global Rewards programs. + Participate in the Company's annual **Compensation and Benefits External Benchmarking** exercise. Provide detailed information including: position descriptions, compensation data, etc. to external vendors in a timely manner. Analyze and interpret results including: market trends, changes, economic indicators, etc. Prepare recommendations for annual Compensation Planning for Senior Leadership decision making. + Support the **Annual Compensation Planning process** . Complete the annual merit recommendations, manager planning merit grids and update country salary band ranges. + Provide compensation analysis and recommendations for individual and group situations for new hires, promotions, internal transfers, retention, special awards and ad hoc requests. + Manage the annual **Budget Process** for the HR organization. This will include: submission into the Annual Operating Plan, Strategic Plan and other regular forecast requirements. In collaboration with Finance, review the requirements including: guidelines, timelines and templates in order to work with the HR leaders to anticipate spend/budget requirements for both fixed and discretionary spend. + Provide analysis and support to HR Global Rewards senior leaders for Executive Compensation and other requirements for **Board of Director meetings** . + Support Celestica's **Global Mobility Program** in collaboration with Ernst & Young - Celestica's external vendor partner, for all short-term business travelers, short/long-term assignments, permanent relocations and expatriate assignments. In conjunction with EY, provide expertise and support for all immigration and tax related requirements including: work permits, visas, tax support and analysis. Review the Global Mobility policy to ensure market alignment and make recommendations as necessary. + Provide analysis and support for Celestica's **Short-Term and Long-Term Incentive Plans** . + Provide analysis and support for Celestica's **Canadian and US Benefits Plans** . + Support Celestica's **annual Proxy Filing** requirements. Provide timely and accurate compensation information and analysis for Celestica's Named Executive Officers. + Mentor site HR managers and resolve challenging issues and situations with senior HR managers and HR colleagues. + Partner and build relationships with key stakeholders in other teams including: HR, Finance, Legal, Communications, Business Leaders and external vendors. + Complete any HR internal/external audit requirements. + Deal with urgent employee issues in a timely manner. **Knowledge/Skills/Competencies** Strong analytical, data modelling skills and relevant experience. Ability to work with and synthesize large volumes of financial data with a very high level of attention to detail and accuracy. + Strong Project Management skills. + In-depth knowledge of government regulations and employment laws and the impact on various Compensation & Benefits programs. + Understanding of financial metrics, definitions, calculations and how certain metrics can be included in Incentive Plan designs. + Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills. Able to present and communicate ideas and facts in a clear and articulate manner. + Able to effectively work with a wide variety of customers, cross-functional collaborations, as well as leveraging external vendors and partners. + Strong working knowledge of Compensation and Benefits programs, policies and practices. + Ability to evaluate, prioritize and manage multiple highly complex and detailed tasks and projects at any given time. + Ability to manage workload across various time zones including: Americas, Europe and Asia. + Able to manage sensitive employee information in a confidential manner. + Strong knowledge of computer applications and teh ability to accurately perform tasks in most or all of the following applications: Access, Excel, Work, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project and Visio. **Physical Demands** + Duties of this position are generally performed in good working conditions. + Occasional exposure to elements such as noise, dust, chemicals, operating machinery, temperature extremes, etc. + Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. + Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required. + Occasional travel may be required. **Typical Experience** + Five to seven years of relevant HR Compensation & Benefits experience in a large multi-national company environment. + Minimum of two to three years of people manager experience. + Strong working knowledge and experience across all Compensation & Benefits areas including: Base Salary, Annual Merit Planning, Short/Long-Term Incentive Plans, Global Mobility, Benefits Plans and Administration. + Strong understanding and experience with Long-Term Incentive vehicles, specifically: Restricted Stock Units, Performance Share Units and Stock Options. **Typical Education** + Bachelor's degree in a Business, Finance or related field. + Accounting Designation is preferred (CMA, CPA, CGA, CPA or other). **Notes** This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time. Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them. **COMPANY OVERVIEW:** Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers. Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted. Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.