Sr. Specialist, Compensation & Analytics

Recipe Unlimited Corporation is Canada’s leading full service restaurant company. Home to such iconic brands as Swiss Chalet, Harvey’s, St.Hubert, Olive Garden Canada, Montana’s, Kelseys, Bier Markt, East Side Mario’s, Landing Group, New York Fries, the Burger’s Priest, The Pickle Barrel & Catering, State and Main, Elephant and Castle and Original Joe’s. With this diverse portfolio of restaurants our Home Office Teammates have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of some of the most popular, well-loved brands in Canada.

Variety isn’t the only thing we offer – we are passionate about our industry, we celebrate and support diversity of thought, we are innately curious and encourage our Teammates to take ownership. Above all else, we believe in doing the right thing for our people, our communities and our planet.

Reporting to the Manager of Total Rewards and People Analytics, the Sr Specialist, Compensation & People Analytics, will play a key role in managing all compensation initiatives for home office and corporate restaurants, as well as shaping the exciting journey as we continue to build and develop our people analytics.

• Manage Recipe’s employee compensation database, including salary recommendations, salary grades, bonus targets and payouts, performance ratings, and employee movements (transfers/new hires/ terminations).
• Lead the semi-annual salary increase process—including spreadsheet creation and distribution, policy compliance reviews, executive roll-up approvals, and payroll file generation.
• Execute Recipe’s short term incentive programs (STIP) for salaried Teammates. Responsible for the creation and distribution of incentive calculation spreadsheets, incentive roll-up for review and approval by the Recipe Management Team and final payroll upload files.
• Manage all compensation surveys submission and provide benchmark summaries, reports and recommendations.
• Lead the job evaluations process ensuring consistency of salary grades and titles across Recipe
• Conduct pay equity and internal equity analyses.

• Design, build, and maintain interactive People dashboards and automated reporting solutions to track key workforce metrics (turnover, compa-ratios, headcount, DE&I, performance, engagement, absenteeism).
• Synthesize and model complex HR datasets to identify trends, perform root-cause analysis, and extract actionable insights aligned with corporate strategy.
• Translate analytical outputs into clear visual stories and executive summaries, empowering HRBPs and brand leaders to make data-driven talent decisions.
• Provide project management and analytical support for HR tech rollouts (e.g., Ceridian Dayforce module implementations) to ensure data integrity and scalable reporting workflows.

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in Human Resources, Business Administration or equivalent;
• 3 to 5 years of progressive Compensation/Total Rewards and People Analytics, report creation experience with an emphasis on managing and executing multiple initiative and process enhancements;
• Deep understanding of compensation administration and financial modelling. Experience with in the retail/hospitality/restaurant industry is an asset.
• Working knowledge of HRIS system (Ceridian Dayforce is an asset)
• Excellent verbal, written, and analytical communication skills to enable work with all levels of the organization (including C-suites)
• Work collaboratively with others, creating partnerships with management, Human Resources, Talent Management, Benefits, Payroll Team and other colleagues;
• Ability to review and compare data for accuracy, completeness and consistency;
• Excellent consultative, organization, customer service, analytical…