Lead, Global Mobility

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Reporting to the Head of Global Mobility, the incumbent will lead the day-to-day activities of OMERS global mobility programs. This includes providing on-going global mobility guidance to all internal stakeholders for immigration, tax, relocation matters and vendor relationships.  

Accountabilities: 

• Subject Matter Expertise: Lead as the authority on global mobility issues, including policies, processes, immigration, tax matters, legislative changes, and regulatory compliance. Address escalated policy issues and requests for exceptions, providing clear and informed responses.
• Immigration Oversight: Conduct initial high-level immigration assessments and manage all aspects of global visa and immigration support, maintaining smooth and timely processes. Monitor visa and work permit expirations, assisting employees with renewals or repatriation as needed.  Identify potential immigration risks associated with international assignments and propose strategies to mitigate those risks.  Provide guidance on international remote work requests.
• Tax Oversights: Identify potential tax risks associated with international assignments and frequent business travelers. Propose strategies to mitigate those risks. Provide guidance on tax implications for international assignments, including social security, taxability and payroll reporting.
• Employee Education: Advise relocating employees on expectations, expenses, timelines, service options, and available resources, ensuring they are well-prepared for their assignments and have a seamless experience with their relocation.
• Internal / External Coordination and Vendor Management: Assist manager in overseeing all necessary activities during assignments and repatriation, coordinating with management, employees, HRBP, A&S, Payroll, Benefits, and HRIS. Prepare and review cost projections and relocation agreements for approval. Maintain strong vendor relationships, ensuring service level agreements are met and compliance is maintained with a particular focus on partnering with the third-party vendor.
• Compliance: Collaborate with external advisors to manage tax compliance programs for assignees and review reconciliation calculations. Support international and local payroll processes by collecting, verifying, and approving employee payroll information.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Cultivate and enhance partnerships across various functions to manage all phases of the mobility cycle (pre-secondment, on-secondment, and repatriation), ensuring seamless transitions.
• Strategic Support: Provide insightful guidance to business leaders, Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partners, Compensation Advisors, and other internal stakeholders on our comprehensive global mobility programs, ensuring alignment with our overarching Talent strategy.
• Administrative support: Diligently review, approve, and submit vendor invoices for payment, ensuring accuracy and timeliness. Maintain meticulous administrative records for employees and various programs, supporting seamless operations and compliance. Responsible for reviewing and summarizing employee survey results. Maintaining and updating internal tracking lists to ensure accurate and up-to-date monitoring of key activities, deadlines and progress across various projects and initiatives.
• Continuous Improvement: Regularly review and refine global mobility guidelines, processes, procedures, and controls to ensure alignment with business needs. Assess current policies against internal feedback and market standards, identifying opportunities for improvement and making strategic recommendations.
• Confidentiality and Diplomacy: Handle sensitive matters with tact, diplomacy, and independent judgment, maintaining a thorough understanding of global immigration and mobility practices.

Skills & Experience:  

• University degree in HR, Business Administration or related field
• 4 to 7 years in immigration, global mobility or expatriate taxation experience
• Knowledge of international payroll, immigration, employment, and tax issues is an asset  
• Ability to build and maintain trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders 
• Experience in maintaining and building relationship with external vendors such as relocation services and immigration advisors
• Strong organizational and project management skill to handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively interact with employees, stakeholders and external vendors
• Ability to make well-judged decisions under pressure and solve complex issues related to international assignments

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.