Remote HR Generalist (Canada)

About The Role

Support a remote workforce across Canada by delivering consistent HR operations, employee support, and compliance-ready documentation. You will partner with managers and cross-functional teams to execute lifecycle processes, maintain HRIS data integrity, coordinate benefits and payroll inputs, and support employee relations in a distributed environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage onboarding, offboarding, and employee lifecycle documentation across provinces
  • Maintain HRIS records, reporting, and data quality (audits, changes, access controls)
  • Support benefits administration, leave management, and enrollment changes
  • Coordinate payroll inputs and resolve employee pay/benefits inquiries with vendors
  • Handle employee relations intake, investigations support, and issue documentation
  • Support performance management cycles, calibration logistics, and manager enablement
  • Draft, update, and socialize HR policies (remote work, conduct, time off, compliance)
  • Ensure compliance with Canadian employment standards and privacy expectations
  • Partner with Talent Acquisition on requisition intake, screening coordination, and hiring workflows
  • Track HR metrics (turnover, time-to-fill, onboarding completion, case volumes) and recommend improvements

Qualifications
  • 3+ years of HR Generalist experience supporting remote or multi-site teams
  • Working knowledge of Canadian employment standards and common provincial variations
  • Experience using HRIS tools (e.g., Workday, BambooHR, ADP, Rippling) with high data accuracy
  • Strong documentation skills for policies, SOPs, and employee relations case notes
  • Comfort coordinating across time zones and managing confidential information

Nice to have
  • CHRP/CHRL (or in progress)
  • Experience supporting cross-border teams (Canada/US) and vendor coordination
  • Exposure to compensation benchmarking and job leveling support

How To Apply Apply via Rex.zone with an up-to-date resume highlighting HR operations ownership, HRIS experience, and employee relations case handling.
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