Senior HR Business Partner

Payments Canada; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Sweeping Corporation of America is seeking a Senior Human Resources Business Partner to serve as a strategic partner and internal advisor, driving initiatives that impact engagement, organizational effectiveness, change, operational efficiency and workplace culture.

The SHRBP collaborates with mid-level managers and senior leadership to champion retention, equity and holistic professional development across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, or a related discipline.
• Minimum seven years HR experience, including at least three years operating as an HR Business Partner advising senior and executive leaders.
• CHRP or CHRL designation is strongly preferred.
• Deep knowledge of federal and provincial employment standards, human rights codes and workplace regulations.
• Proficiency with productivity platforms (MS Office or Google Workspace) and hands-on familiarity with HRIS and ATS.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills for policies, executive presentations and sensitive employee correspondence.
• Ability to coordinate multiple high-priority deadlines, anticipate bottlenecks and reprioritize with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to identify strategic people issues and deliver innovative HR solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Act as a trusted advisor to executives on leadership dynamics, succession, performance, and development.
• Lead cross-functional HR projects aligned with the People Strategy and drive organizational change.
• Provide strategic advisory on compensation cycles, merit reviews and retention packages in line with governance.
• Conduct confidential investigations and ensure compliance while mitigating risk.
• Foster employee engagement and culture initiatives through surveys, focus groups and analytics.

Skills

HRBP

Talent management

Employee relations

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR or related

Tools

HRIS

ATS

Job description

What we are looking for

The Senior Human Resources Business Partner (SHRBP) works as a strategic partner and internal advisor, driving initiatives that directly impact employee engagement, organizational effectiveness, organizational change, operational efficiency and workplace culture.

While championing retention, equity and holistic professional development for mid-level managers and early-career talent the SHRBP is also a trusted strategic advisor to the senior leadership team.

Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Alignment and Advisory

• Proactively partner with leaders to identify and understand the strategic people issue specific to their business units. Deliver innovative HR solutions that support the achievement of current, emerging and shifting operational objectives.
• Act as a trusted advisor providing advice, guidance and high-impact coaching across all job levels; advising executives and senior management on leadership dynamics and succession, while counseling leaders and employees on performance, career progression and professional development.
• Cultivate deep, consultative relationships with business leaders, ensuring that all advice, guidance and interventions directly align with business priorities.
• Lead and contribute to cross-functional HR projects and strategic initiatives aligned with the overarching People Strategy.

Workforce Strategy, Analytics and Total Rewards

• Act as a key partner in building, forecasting and managing annual workforce plans and headcount budgets. Conduct capability gap analyses, identify critical and vulnerable roles and drive proactive succession planning and talent pipeline strategies to ensure sustainable operational capacity.
• Translate complex data sets, dashboards, turnover trends, retention risks and compensation equity metrics into actionable, evidence-based business insights.
• Partner closely with the Organizational Design and Total Rewards team to guide business leaders through annual compensation cycles, merit reviews and performance incentive programs. Provide strategic advisory on promotional off-cycles, job evaluations, market rate adjustments and customized retention packages in compliance with corporate compensation governance.

Organizational Effectiveness, Change and Workplace Relations

• Champion organizational change by collaborating with business leaders, talent management and other internal departments to build and execute timely, structured communication, restructuring and action plans.
• Manage sensitive, confidential and complex HR issues. Conduct thorough, objective investigations into workplace complaints and disputes, liaising with internal and external legal counsel as required to mitigate risk and ensure compliance.
• Champion employee engagement initiatives, facilitating employee and leadership feedback through surveys, focus groups and analytics and co-creating actionable improvement plans with business units.

Culture, Employee Engagement and Culture

• Drive an exceptional employee experience across the full employee lifecycle by actively fostering a culture of inclusion, psychological safety and employer branding initiatives.
• Monitor emerging industry trends, legislative updates and HR best practices, actively benchmarking with industry peers to ensure internal policies, systems and programs remain modern, competitive and compliant.
• Liaise with the Marketing and Communications team on all employee-facing communication initiatives to ensure consistent, transparent messaging.

Professional Competencies

• Develop and Mentor others: Supporting others to develop and learn, recognizing their achievements, and building an organizational culture where knowledge and growth are valued and rewarded.
• Demonstrate Mature Confidence: Demonstrating confidence and realistic trust in one's own abilities. Understanding and managing their own emotions and drives, and the impact of self on others to minimize counterproductive actions, instill trust and inspire others.
• Think Strategically: Seeing and synthesizing different sides of an issue, examining the full range of options and outcomes, and building intellectual frameworks to guide analysis and action.
• Make Decisions: Using critical thinking, good business sense and organizational values to make decisions involving varying levels of risk and ambiguity.
• Drive Success: Understanding the workings, structure, culture, as well as the distribution of power within and beyond the organization; utilizing this understanding to solve problems and achieve desired outcomes.
• Apply Business Acumen: Continually seeking new ways to enhance performance, improve results and/or transform the business and the industry in which it operates.

What you need to be successful

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, or a related discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
• Minimum seven (7) years of progressive HR experience, including at least three (3) years’ operating as an HR Business Partner directly advising senior and executive leaders.
• CHRP or CHRL designation is strongly preferred.
• Deep, applied knowledge of relevant federal and provincial employment standards, human rights codes and workplace regulations.
• Comprehensive command of contemporary HR disciplines, including workforce planning, job evaluation, succession management and employee relations frameworks.
• Proficiency with productivity platforms (Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and/or Google Workspace) and hands‑on familiarity with Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) and Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).
• Superior written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to draft clear policies, executive presentations and sensitive employee correspondence.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple high-priority deadlines simultaneously, anticipate bottlenecks, solve problems with minimal oversight and reprioritize effectively when conflicts arise.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills with the proven ability to build trust, maintain confidentiality, and sustain good relations with employees across all levels, candidate pools and external partners.
• Sound attention to detail, consistently ensuring thoroughness and accuracy across investigative reporting, policy application and data analysis.
• Energetic, self-motivated, quick-learner, able to assume full accountability and drive solutions with minimal supervision.

Salary range

Our target starting rate for this role is$119.850with flexibility based on your experience and qualifications. The full salary range and benefits package are detailed below.