Benefits Specialist, COE - THE SALVATION ARMY - Toronto, ON
(2023-12 - 2026-05)
- Administered group benefits and savings programs across Workday and provider platforms, including Desjardins, Manulife and GreenShield, supporting eligibility, enrollment, employee changes, terminations and data accuracy.
- Resolved complex benefits and savings inquiries, clarified eligibility and enrollment requirements, and developed communications to improve employee understanding of Total Rewards programs and processes.
- Liaised with external providers and internal stakeholders to investigate coverage, data, integration and administration issues, identify root causes and coordinate practical resolutions.
- Developed a comprehensive Savings Plan Summary documenting RRSP and pension plan eligibility, waiting periods, contribution structures, age requirements and administrative guidelines.
- Audited and reconciled benefits and savings data across Workday, Payroll, provider billing files and carrier systems, investigating discrepancies and coordinating corrections to improve data integrity.
- Supported LTD, Optional Life and Evidence of Insurability (EOI) workflows, coordinating with employees and providers and supporting accurate administration and issue resolution.
- Maintained centralized procedures, trackers and SharePoint resources to improve process efficiency, administrative consistency, knowledge transfer and issue tracking.
Benefits Analyst - THE SALVATION ARMY - Toronto, ON
(2022-07 - 2023-11)
- Supported the UKG-to-Workday transition by documenting benefit requirements, validating eligibility and plan rules, executing UAT scenarios and performing quality assurance and data-integrity checks.
- Developed Excel calculators, reconciliation tools and reporting models to analyze and validate RRSP contributions, benefit premiums, billing information and ad hoc data requests.
- Reviewed Desjardins demographic and savings-plan interface data for processing and reconciliation, validating employee populations, subgroup mappings and eligibility information.
- Analyzed benefits data and administration issues, identified root causes and collaborated with HR IT, Payroll, Compensation and external providers to implement system and process improvements.
Benefits Coordinator - THE SALVATION ARMY - Toronto, ON
(2016-10 - 2022-06)
- Developed standardized billing and RRSP adjustment tools to track benefit premiums, identify over/underpayments and support accurate Payroll adjustments.
- Supported benefit eligibility, employee enrollment and annual Open Enrollment activities across multiple employee groups and plan arrangements.
- Created tracking workbooks, reconciliation tools and process documentation to improve data integrity, administrative consistency, issue tracking and audit transparency.
Pension & Benefits Coordinator (Contract) - STATE STREET - Toronto, ON
(2014-08 - 2016-08)
- Supported pension and group benefits administration, including employee data reviews, reporting, plan inquiries and data-quality validation.
HR Analyst (Volunteer) - CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY - Toronto, ON
(2014-01 - 2014-08)
- Built Excel-based HR tracking tools and customized reports to streamline entitlement reporting and improve administrative efficiency.
Project Management Office Specialist - ACCENTURE - Toronto, ON
(2009-08 - 2012-05)
- Supported enterprise SAP implementation initiatives through project reporting, forecasting, process tracking, issue follow-up, and operational analysis in a cross-functional technology environment.