Senior Pension & Benefits Specialist

Senior Pension & Benefits Specialist

Mercedes-Benz Canada needs stars like you!

Mercedes-Benz is the world’s first automotive brand, and remains at the cutting-edge of sustainability, design, digitalization, connectivity, technology, fashion, and popular culture.

The iconic three-pointed star is always looking for the best and brightest. We are seeking individuals who want to be in the driver’s seat of transformation, working alongside talented colleagues who represent the Mercedes-Benz values.

Do you want to be part of writing the next chapter of the Mercedes-Benz story?

How your role will add to the story:

This role is responsible for managing all Pension and Benefits programs for MB Canada and MBFS Canada. This includes but is not limited to employee onboarding and offboarding, responding to employee and retiree inquiries, processing pension payments, coordinating pension audits, maintaining pension related HRIS data and system changes and ensuring appropriate governance controls and regulatory compliance.

In addition, this role is also responsible for the administration and oversight of all employee benefit plans including health, dental, disability, life insurance etc. Responsibilities include managing employee enrollments and life event changes, supporting employees with benefits inquiries, coordinating with external vendors and service providers, ensuring accurate HRIS data management, overseeing benefits reconciliations, maintaining compliance with legislative and policy requirements, developing and updating benefits processes and communications and identifying opportunities to enhance program effectiveness, employee experience and operational efficiencies.

A day in the life

Pension & Benefits Administration (30%)

• Manage the end-to-end administration of the pension and benefits programs. • Serve as the primary point of contact for employee and retiree inquiries, providing guidance and issue resolution. • Partner with pension and benefits service providers to ensure accurate plan administration, member records, payments and program delivery. • Develop and deliver employee communications and education related to pension and benefits programs.

Pension & Benefits Analytics & Reporting (15%)

• Oversee payments, remittances, reconciliations and related reporting activities. • Prepare and analyze pension and benefits data for audits, actuarial valuations, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting. • Leverage pension and benefits data and trends to identify risks, opportunities and improvement initiatives, and provide data-driven recommendations to support informed decision-making. • Support year-end pension and benefits processes, accruals and other ad hoc analytics requests.