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Element employees make a difference in the lives of others every day. We are re-defining the fleet management industry to be people first, then business – delivering on our promise of a superior client experience. This takes hard work and innovation, and we need more like-minded people on our team.
About the RoleWe’re looking for a highly organized, analytical, and execution-focused professional to join our team as Benefits Analyst / Project Coordinator (12-Month Contract). In this role, you will support a major Canadian benefits and retirement platform implementation and transition initiative, with a strong focus on Workday HCM and Payroll integrations and downstream operational impacts. You will partner closely with People Services, Payroll, Finance, Workday, and external vendors to coordinate project activities, drive follow-ups, support testing and reconciliation efforts, and help ensure successful implementation and stabilization. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys organizing complex workstreams, collaborating across teams, and keeping projects moving forward in a fast-paced, evolving environment while also supporting day-to-day benefits operations and employee experience initiatives.
What You’ll Do- Support the delivery of key People Services priorities, including coordination of the Canadian benefits and retirement vendor/platform implementation and transition and related Workday activities
- Coordinate cross-functional activities, action items, timelines, stakeholder follow-ups, and internal meetings to support successful project execution
- Maintain project plans, schedules, RAID logs, and status reporting while partnering with internal stakeholders and external vendors throughout implementation and stabilization activities
- Support implementation planning, data mapping, file specifications, data conversion, validation, testing, and cutover readiness activities for the Canadian benefits administration platform
- Assist with Canadian retirement plan administration activities, including reconciliation, implementation support, governance deliverables, and post-launch stabilization
- Serve as a day-to-day contact for Canadian benefits and retirement vendors and coordinate issue tracking, triage, escalation, and resolution activities
- Validate eligibility, enrollment, deduction outputs, and support invoice reconciliation, variance investigation, and operational reporting
- Provide hands-on payroll support related to benefits and retirement changes, including deduction validation, interface troubleshooting, retroactivity adjustments, and reconciliation activities
- Document implementation decisions, end-to-end processes, and SOPs to support sustainable operations post go-live
- Support employee communications, job aids, information sessions, and inquiry management during enrollment, cutover, and stabilization activities
Basic Qualifications- 3–5+ years of experience supporting benefits administration/operations, HR operations, payroll support, implementation activities, and/or project coordination, including experience supporting a vendor or platform transition
- Strong organizational, analytical, project coordination, and follow-through skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and drive execution in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to coordinate across multiple teams and partners
- Experience working with cross-functional teams and external vendors
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including data validation, reconciliation, and pivot tables, with proficiency in PowerPoint and Word