Recipe Unlimited Corporation is Canada’s leading full service restaurant company. Home to such iconic brands as Swiss Chalet, Harvey’s, St.Hubert, Montana’s, Olive Garden Canada, Kelseys, Bier Markt, East Side Mario’s, The Landing Restaurant Group, New York Fries, The Pickle Barrel & Catering, State & Main, Elephant & Castle, Original Joe’s, Fresh Kitchen + Juice Bar, The Burger’s Priest, Blanco Cantina and Añejo. With this diverse portfolio of restaurants our Home Office Teammates have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of some of the most popular, well-loved brands in Canada.

Variety isn’t the only thing we offer – we are passionate about our industry, we celebrate and support diversity of thought, we are innately curious and encourage our Teammates to take ownership. Above all else, we believe in doing the right thing for our people, our communities and our planet.

Reporting to the Manager of Total Rewards and People Analytics, the Sr. Specialist, Compensation & People Analytics, will play a key role in managing all compensation initiatives for home office and corporate restaurants, as well as shaping the exciting journey as we continue to build and develop our people analytics.

What you will do in this role:

Compensation

- Manage Recipe’s employee compensation database, including salary recommendations, salary grades, bonus targets and payouts, performance ratings, and employee movements (transfers/recent hires/ terminations)
- Lead the semi-annual salary increase process—including spreadsheet creation and distribution, policy compliance reviews, executive roll-up approvals, and payroll file generation
- Execute Recipe’s short term incentive programs (STIP)



for salaried Teammates. Responsible for the creation and distribution of incentive calculation spreadsheets, incentive roll-up for review and approval by the Recipe Management Team and final payroll upload files
- Manage all compensation surveys submission and provide benchmark summaries, reports and recommendations
- Lead the job evaluations process ensuring consistency of salary grades and titles across Recipe
- Conduct pay equity and internal equity analyses

People Analytics
- Design, build, and maintain interactive People dashboards and automated reporting solutions to track key workforce metrics (turnover, compa-ratios, headcount, DE&I;, performance, engagement, absenteeism)
- Synthesize and model complex HR datasets to identify trends, perform root-cause analysis, and extract actionable insights aligned with corporate strategy
- Translate analytical outputs into clear visual stories and executive summaries, empowering HRBPs and brand leaders to make data-driven talent decisions
- Provide project management and analytical support for HR tech rollouts (e.g., Ceridian Dayforce module implementations) to ensure data integrity and scalable reporting workflows

Recipe is committed to providing a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. Celebrating people, being passionate and curious, owning it, and doing the right thing are the values that guide how we build our teams, support our franchisees and create a company that unlocks the full potential of everyone.

Recipe is dedicated to providing accommodations in accordance with applicable human rights and accommodation legislation. For individuals that require accommodations please contact [email protected]

📌 Sr. Specialist, Compensation & People Analytics (Vaughan)
🏢 Recipe Unlimited
📍 Vaughan