Nicola Wealth Looking for Senior Business Partner, People and Culture at Greater Toronto Area, Canada Full Time

We have a lot to be proud of at Nicola Wealth. Our sophisticated financial planning, our diversified private investment funds and their exceptional performance, our 99% client retention rate and our award-winning culture, combine to position us as a national leader in wealth management. Recognized as a Best Managed Company and one of Canada’s Top Employers, we are dedicated to upholding our firm’s values through this phase of significant growth.

By bringing together smart, dedicated and supportive colleagues from diverse backgrounds, we deliver extraordinary client service in values-driven work environment. The collaboration, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit we were founded on provides the opportunity for you to make a real impact and build a rewarding career. We are passionate about our business, our culture and investing deeply in your growth and development to build for the future. If you have this same drive, then let’s talk!

Position Summary

we are seeking a senior People and Culture professional who is energized by connecting people and performance in a growth environment, fostering engaging cultures and helping people and organizations reach their potential.

As our Senior Business Partner, you will be a strategic and trusted partner to the business, building consultative and long-term relationships with internal client groups at Nicola Wealth. Your collaborative and consultative approach combined with strong subject matter expertise enables you to bring best-in-class practices to the table, including the use of data to advise and shape our people and culture strategies and business decision making.

As a Senior Business Partner, you will:

• Serve as a strategic partner to our Wealth Advisory Services teams (including our Wealth Advisors, Associates, Institutional Group and Insurance teams), Client Operations teams and Marketing teams, developing and driving the overall people strategy in partnership with the leaders in your client groups.
• Be a leader in the business and a change agent for our people and culture work, constantly and creatively assessing opportunities and risks, driving continuous improvement, and demonstrating how people and culture can be elevated and optimized to support our organization’s goals and strategies.
• Be the face of our People and Culture team to your client groups, ensuring that our people and culture services and resources are delivered seamlessly, in a client focused way to support the attraction, engagement, well-being and development of our people.
• Be a proactive and strategic talent development partner, supporting the identification and development of our people. Partner with your Talent Development colleagues to deliver solutions that ensure the business has strong bench strength, development plans and succession plans in place for senior and critical roles.
• Take a consultative approach to coach, advise and support leaders and employees on people and culture issues, business strategies, and talent and leadership.
• Work collaboratively with our People & Culture team including our Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, Internal Communications and People and Culture Operations teams to deliver integrated solutions to the business. Be an ‘all-in’ team player on our high performing, caring, and collaborative People and Culture team.
• Actively analyze people and culture data and share insights back with the business to shape and elevate people related strategies, planning and initiatives.
• Participate in planning and implementing various people and culture-related projects (in areas including mergers & acquisitions, disability management, workplace policies, wellbeing, DEI, etc.)
• Lead the coordination and delivery of annual people and culture activities including performance planning, talent reviews and the compensation cycle, and operational activities (e.g., drafting employment letters, disability management, etc.) as required for your client group teams

Success Factors:

• You’re an exceptional listener, communicator and relationship builder. You are able to build trust and confidence across teams, departments and with leaders – a true partner to the business.
• You have a passion for supporting growing businesses. You’re a builder and a creator who thrives on the variety of doing both strategic work with senior leaders across the enterprise and executing on the day-to-day operational work that requires collaboration, resourcefulness and teamwork.
• You have a high level of business acumen – you are curious about the growth of the business, can speak the language of the business and you’re able to connect business priorities and strategy to people and culture opportunities.
• You have a talent development orientation – you know how important people growth and career development is for engagement and have a passion for doing this work at a high level of quality and priority in support of a thriving and growing business.
• You have a proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high growth environments.
• You are highly organized with a strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• You bring thought leadership into the function.
• You’re a strong communicator – both written and verbal – with comfort giving presentations to a senior level audience.

Your experience and qualifications will include:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience across several HR / P&C subject areas including several years as a P&C / HR Partner
• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline
• CPHR or equivalent certification
• You are legally eligible to work in Canada for any employerExperience and skills as a coach or using a coaching approach, and using talent assessments for selection and talent development is an asset
• Experience using Ceridian Dayforce, WorkDay, Greenhouse and PowerBI are also an asset

Please include a Cover Letter and Resume in your application. Thank you for your interest in this position. We are an inclusive equal opportunity employer. For more information about this and other roles: www.nicolawealth.com.