Senior Human Resources Advisor

XL CATLIN; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a detail-oriented Senior HR Advisor to enhance their HR capabilities. In this pivotal role, you'll collaborate with Global HR Business Partners, providing essential support on immigration processes, employee relations, and performance management. You'll cultivate effective relationships with business leaders while advising on crucial HR matters. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a dynamic HR team focused on transforming talent management and ensuring compliance with legal requirements. If you're passionate about HR and eager to make a significant impact, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Varied HR experience, ideally in a matrix environment.
• Outstanding analytical skills to convert data into presentations.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to liaise at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on immigration processes and employee issues.
• Collaborate with legal on complex immigration issues.
• Support managers on performance management and HR initiatives.

Skills

HR experience

analytical skills

organizational skills

customer-focused

communication skills

discretion and confidentiality

team player

attention to detail

Tools

Word

Excel

MS Outlook

PowerPoint

HR databases

Job description

Job Description - Senior Human Resources Advisor (78004996D20250418)

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Senior Human Resources Advisor (78004996D20250418)

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Our ambition is to unlock a more sustainable and prosperous tomorrow by helping businesses navigate the world’s risks. In the Americas, we’ll live up to that ambition by delivering value far beyond the insurance policies we provide. We’re confronting our clients’ risk management challenges by finding solutions that further their strategic goals and help them build more sustainable, thriving businesses.

At AXA XL, we are transforming Human Resources. Our strategic focus is to deliver on the talent agenda in a world-class way. We achieve this by designing and delivering programs, initiatives, tools, and processes that enable AXA XL to attract, manage, engage, develop, and retain the global talent needed to fulfill our opportunities and aspirations. Furthermore, we continuously improve HR capabilities and processes to support the business professionally, efficiently, and cost-effectively.

We are seeking a detail-oriented Senior HR Advisor to support and execute requests from Global HR Business Partners and leadership. The Senior HR Advisor will work closely with team members to ensure the completion of transactional activities and the successful implementation of change initiatives in the US.

What will your essential responsibilities include?

1. Being an advisor and partner for the global function’s colleagues in Canada.
2. Provide guidance and support on immigration processes for employees, including work permits, visas, and residency applications.
3. Collaborate with legal to navigate complex immigration issues.
4. Cultivating effective working relationships with business management teams by advising business leaders on people-management and employee relations issues, training and development, in alignment with HR initiatives.
5. Advising managers on all employee issues including contractual changes, disciplinary matters and long-term leave (e.g. maternity leave, sickness, etc.) to ensure a fair and consistent approach within parameters of legal obligations and corporate/local policies.
6. Partnering with the Compensation team to advise managers on salary, long term incentives and promotions.
7. Support and assist in the facilitation of local vacancies in Canada which is inclusive of the interviewing, putting together offers in partnership with compensation and creating onboarding plans for new hires.
8. Support the Sr. HRBP on organizational changes initiatives by providing guidance on workforce restructuring, including redundancy process and redeployment strategies.
9. Communicate effectively with impacted employees and stakeholders throughout the restructuring process. Ensure compliance with all legal requirements.
10. Supporting managers and employees on the annual performance management process and on sustaining performance management activities throughout the year while using these activities to build and maintain knowledge of "key talent" within allocated groups.
11. Managing and/or contributing to local projects and strategic initiatives both in support of the Head of HR and as part of the HR network, as required.

You will report to the Senior HRBP.

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required Skills and Abilities:

1. Varied HR experience, ideally in a matrix environment, preferably in financial services or the insurance industry.
2. Outstanding analytical skills with the ability to convert data into insightful presentations.
3. Excellent proactive organization skills and the ability to plan and prioritize work.
4. Highly customer-focused, maintaining a professional attitude at all times.
5. Shows initiative in acting and responding appropriately.
6. Effective communication skills with the ability to liaise at all levels.
7. Understands and values the importance of discretion and confidentiality.
8. Team player who interacts effectively with colleagues and clients.
9. Highly responsive to changing demands.
10. Accurate with exceptional attention to detail.
11. Advanced skills in Word, Excel, MS Outlook, and PowerPoint.
12. Experience with HR databases is advantageous.

Location

CA-CA-Toronto

Job Field

Human Resources

Schedule

Full-time

Job Type

Standard

AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any colleague or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status or any other category protected by local law.