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Overview

Overview

Overview

Overview

You will lead a transformative approach to talent acquisition, ensuring our team, processes, and competencies are aligned to support the organizational strategy and our Maple Leaf Blueprint.  
 
Reporting to the Vice President, Talent, you will coach and develop the Talent Acquisition team to deliver high-impact and business-aligned hiring solutions. Specifically, you will:  

• Foster a High-Performing Talent Team: Empower, mentor, and motivate the recruitment team to excel as Talent Advisors. Support competency development in strategic partnerships, recruitment delivery, agile planning, data and insights, candidate experience, talent sourcing, and tech adoption. 
• Strengthen Strategic Partnerships: Collaborate closely with senior leaders and hiring managers, aligning recruitment strategies with business goals. Guide team members in developing trusted relationships with key stakeholders, including HR, Finance, Legal, IT, and other corporate functions. 
• Champion Workforce Planning and Agility: Lead talent forecasting and support workforce planning initiatives to ensure we meet evolving talent demands. Instill an agile mindset within the team to adapt quickly to market changes and emerging business needs. 
• Optimize Resourcing Models: Implement adaptable resourcing strategies. Assess internal competencies and external market opportunities to recommend the most effective approaches for current and long-term talent needs. 
• Lead our Frontline Recruitment Strategy: Support and advise Maple Leaf Foods plants to streamline recruitment processes, implement recruitment tools, and oversee our international candidate recruitment programs.  
• Align Recruitment Programs with Organizational Strategy: Coach and support team members to deliver impactful Executive Recruitment, Campus Recruitment, and Internal Mobility programs. 
• Leverage Data-Driven Insights: Develop a culture of analytics-driven recruitment, enabling the team to use data and insights to guide hiring decisions and anticipate talent needs.  
• Drive a Best-in-Class Candidate Experience: Lead initiatives to deliver an exceptional candidate experience, ensuring every candidate interaction is positive and reflective of the values and commitments of Maple Leaf Foods. Foster team-wide commitment to making the recruitment process engaging, transparent, and inclusive. 
• Utilize Emerging Technologies: Equip the team to leverage AI and other cutting-edge tools that enhance recruitment efficiency and innovation.  
• Optimize Vendor Partnerships: Streamline and manage relationships with recruitment vendors and partners to maximize value, efficiency, and alignment with our talent needs.  
• Amplify our Employer Brand and EVP: Develop and champion a compelling Employer Value Proposition (EVP) and Employer Brand program that resonates with current and prospective talent. Lead employer brand initiatives to promote Maple Leaf Foods as an employer of choice. 
• Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): Promote and foster DEI at every stage of the recruitment lifecycle. Build and implement strategies that attract diverse talent and create equitable opportunities, supporting our broader DEI goals. 
• Support M&A Talent Integration: Provide expertise in mergers and acquisitions by conducting thorough talent due diligence and analyzing workforce alignment. Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure talent strategies support M&A outcomes. 
• Strive for Operational Excellence: Drive continuous improvement with Talent Acquisition processes. Implement frameworks that enhance productivity, effectiveness, and alignment with our objectives. 
• Provide Talent Analytics & Reporting to the Business: Establish metrics, analytics, and reporting tools that track recruitment performance and effectiveness. Leverage these insights to proactively address emerging needs and guide our strategic direction. 

Any MLF team member interested in being considered for this role are encouraged to apply online by December 09. Applications received beyond that date are not guaranteed consideration.

What You’ll Bring to the Role: 

• Visionary Leadership & Strategic Acumen: You bring demonstrated success in creating and executing talent acquisition strategies that align with long-term business goals. Previous success leading recruitment functions within manufacturing and supply chain is an asset.  
• Influence & Stakeholder Engagement: Proven ability to develop trusted partnerships and engage effectively with senior leaders. You are skilled in communicating a compelling vision and aligning talent goals with organizational priorities. 
• Innovation in Talent Acquisition: You have a consistent record of introducing and scaling advanced recruitment practices. You are recognized as a “thought leader” within the Talent Acquisition industry, as seen in your efforts to educate and inform the broader TA community on next-gen talent strategy. 
• Data-Driven Decision-Making: Deep expertise in utilizing data and analytics to guide recruitment strategies, forecast talent needs, and improve processes. You advocate for data-informed decision-making to elevate recruitment effectiveness and business alignment. 
• International Talent Mobility Expertise: You bring expertise and remain current on government policies related to the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), cross-border recruitment, and other global mobility programs. 
• Operational Excellence & Organizational Development: You bring a proven track record of implementing efficient processes, metrics, and frameworks that drive continuous improvement within talent acquisition and adjacent HR functions. 
• Employer Branding & EVP Development: You have a portfolio of examples that support your ability to craft and promote a compelling Employer Value Proposition. 
• Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): You have recurring success in embedding DEI principles into recruitment and talent practices. You are skilled at building inclusive hiring processes that attract diverse talent and create equitable opportunities. 
• Executive-Level Problem Solving & Agility: You have a history of navigating complex challenges at the senior leadership level with agility and sound judgment. You’re also skilled at promoting a culture of empowerment, curiosity, and flexibility across the recruitment function. 

What We Offer at Maple Leaf Foods:

• Being part of a high-performance, people-focused company that has an inspiring and unique vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth, and a deep commitment to sustainable protein across North America.
• An inclusive company culture and a work environment that keeps our people safe, rewards excellence, and empowers everyone to learn and contribute their best.
• A hybrid work model that embraces remote work for eligible roles, helping team members achieve work-life balance—combining the best of both spending time working remotely, benefitting from focus time, and purposeful collaboration in the office setting. 
• Competitive Health and Wellness benefits that offer flexibility to meet your individual or family needs, including programs focused on improving mental health and wellbeing. These benefits start on your first day of employment.
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan with company matching that starts on your first day of employment.
• Learning and development opportunities, including workshops, ‘speaker series’ events, and resources that allow you to develop your skills and progress your career.
• Comprehensive tuition reimbursement program that supports continuous learning and development of our team members through investment in eligible degrees, diplomas, professional certification, or trades programs.
• Supporting our deep commitment to community impact, we offer up to two paid days annually to volunteer at a cause of your choice.

Reporting to the Purpose Advisor and Chair of Centre for Action on Food Security (CAFS), the Executive Assistant will provide executive level administrative support to the Purpose Advisor and Chair, Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security (MLCFS); the VP Govt and Industry Relations (GIR); the VP Animal Care; and the Director of Community Involvement/Executive Director, MLCFS.  The successful candidate will navigate this dynamic role to interact seamlessly addressing the needs across various leaders simultaneously, which exercising professionalism and discretion.

Any MLF team member interested in being considered for this role are encouraged to apply online by December 10. Applications received beyond that date are not guaranteed consideration.

Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life:

• Serve as primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders on behalf of several leaders representing a service-orientated approach
• Extensive calendar management, including arranging meetings, monitoring events, and resolving conflicts.
• Arrange travel schedules and associated arrangements.
• Preparing and submitting travel and expense claim reports accurately and on time.
• Working with Finance lead, support financial requirements, including assisting with budget preparation and monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial updates and tracking actual spend versus budget.
• Supporting accounts receivables and payables requirements including new vendor requests, generation of purchase orders, and coordinating with vendors, accounts payable, and finance functions.
• Supporting the Raise the Good in the Neighbourhood volunteer program.
• Plan and co-ordinate onsite, offsite, and remote meetings, group, project and team events when required.
• Scheduling lobby meetings, tracking outreach to key government contacts, and managing federal and provincial lobby registries.
• Maintaining MLF’s inventory of association memberships and internal registry of association participation.
• Formatting and sending correspondence and maintaining registry of official correspondence.
• Assist with the preparation of reports, presentations and other documents as required.
• Provide general administrative support including maintaining department distribution lists and managing shared drive or Teams access/approvals and managing shared email inboxes.
• Any other projects or responsibilities as assigned to help the MLCFS, GIR, and Animal Care teams.

What You’ll Bring:

• 5+ years experience required in working in an executive assistant role supporting senior leaders.
• Highly detail-oriented with strong organizational skills to coordinate tasks between multiple leaders
• Ability to operate independently and eeffectively manage multiple priorities and/or requests in a fast-paced, changing environment with limited daily direction.
• High energy, positive outlook and results-driven with an interest in taking ownership and assuming accountability.
• Proactive approach with the ability to predict and resolve issues in advance.
• Desire to solve problems, think creatively, and build new skills beyond administrative proficiency.
• Excellent people skills with the ability to work collaboratively, building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Highly proficient with Outlook suite - PowerPoint, Excel and Word is a must; SAP experience is an asset.
• Excellent organizational and  project management skills with the ability to identify and solve problems.
• Strong written (editing/proofing) and verbal communication skills with the ability to present information effectively.
• Good judgment, discretion and confidentiality in handling sensitive information.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and results driven environment while maintaining a calm and confident approach.
• Basic finance skills to support development of annual budgets, tracking and monthly reporting.
• Demonstrate a good balance of initiative to progress matters or escalate if required.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and work schedules,  as dictated by the needs of business for projects and meetings.

What We Offer at Maple Leaf Foods:

• Being part of a high-performance, people-focused company that has an inspiring and unique vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth, and a deep commitment to sustainable protein across North America.
• An inclusive company culture and a work environment that keeps our people safe, rewards excellence, and empowers everyone to learn and contribute their best.
• A hybrid work model that embraces remote work for eligible roles, helping team members achieve work-life balance—combining the best of both spending time working remotely, benefitting from focus time, and purposeful collaboration in the office setting. 
• Competitive Health and Wellness benefits that offer flexibility to meet your individual or family needs, including programs focused on improving mental health and wellbeing. These benefits start on your first day of employment.
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan with company matching that starts on your first day of employment.
• Learning and development opportunities, including workshops, ‘speaker series’ events, and resources that allow you to develop your skills and progress your career.
• Comprehensive tuition reimbursement program that supports continuous learning and development of our team members through investment in eligible degrees, diplomas, professional certification, or trades programs.
• Supporting our deep commitment to community impact, we offer up to two paid days annually to volunteer at a cause of your choice.

SUMMARY

The Intermediate Financial Analyst (FA II) provides complex transactional support for a process within an accounting cycle and/or full cycle accounting support for small scope contract(s) or business unit(s).  At this level, the incumbent typically supports multiple portfolios or business units.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides complex transactional support for a process within an accounting cycle and/or full cycle accounting support for small scope contract(s) or business unit(s).
• Completes and resolves assigned account reconciliations.
• Prepares, gathers, consolidates and reports routine data.
• Prepares routine monthly reports.
• Prepares monthly client invoices.
• Prepares and reconciles basic audit working papers.  Maintains accurate and complete records for audits.  Gathers audit support data upon request.  Documentation is reviewed prior to submission.
• Reviews results to determine accrual entries in coordination with internal managers.
• Reconciles month end results for simple contract(s) or business unit(s) for sub ledger reconciliations.
• Prepares bank reconciliations.
• Prepares month end journal entries.
• Reviews and enters time cards.
• Codes and validates expense reports, vendor invoices and procurement cards.
• Enters data to sub ledger systems and direct to G/L.
• Identifies complex and resolves basic transactional accounting discrepancies.  May require management involvement.
• Identifies and recommends process improvement opportunities at an account level following GAAP procedures.
• Prepares memos and provides variance explanations.  Summarizes findings and recommendations.  Provides input to process documentations.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS REQUIRED

• Job-Related Experience: 3-5 years or more
• College Diploma or equivalent training (e.g. RPA, CET)
• Ability to identify complex and resolve basic transactional accounting discrepancies
• Ability to identify and recommend process improvement opportunities at an account level following GAAP procedures.
• Ability to communicate basic accounting principles to support procedures and to explain financial results within the team and to internal customers.
• Ability to prepare memos, provide variance explanations and input to process documentations, and write summaries of findings and recommendations.
• Intermediate level knowledge of current accounting systems and MS Office suite of software

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

• Partially completed an Accounting designation program (CGA, CMA)

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