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Director, Pension Administration
@ The PBAS Group
Etobicoke, Ontario
Overview
The PBAS Group is hiring a Director, Pension Administration to lead its pension business and its 60+ administrators, analysts and managers across Canada. The role sets strategy for plan administration and member experience, manages client and governance relationships, and reports to the Vice President. The posting requires 10+ years of defined benefit pension administration experience, broad knowledge of Canadian pension legislation and unionized environments, and fluency in French is highly desirable.
Responsibilities:
- Lead a national team of 60+ pension staff
- Direct pension systems and member, employer and national services
- Collaborate with actuarial, finance, governance and IT teams
- Represent PBAS on pension advisory committees and with regulators
- Develop work plans, budgets and reports
Requirements summary:
- 10+ years of defined benefit pension administration experience
- Broad knowledge of pension legislation across Canada
- Experience in unionized environments and collective agreements
- Proven project management and budget experience
- Actuarial designation, CEBS or similar is an asset
- Fluency in French highly desirable
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- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-14
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Job details
| Seniority | Director |
| Department | Human resources |
| Experience | 10+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | French |
| Education | College diploma (preferred) |
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The PBAS Group
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Position Objective
PBAS is seeking a results-oriented leader with demonstrated leadership and management experience to shepherd our pension business into the next generation of plan administration and member experience. The successful candidate will set strategy, direct its execution, and proactively adjust course as necessary. This position reports to the Vice President.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, motivate, and inspire a diverse team of 60+ pension administrators, analysts, and managers across Canada.
- Direct and support the pension systems and member, employer, and national services units, ensuring service level objectives are achieved or exceeded under tight time constraints.
- Collaborate regularly with the:
- Actuarial and finance teams, ensuring membership data is processed, organized, and presented in a timely manner in accordance with applicable requirements.
- Governance team, ensuring administration activities adhere to all policies and regulations.
- Information technology team, ensuring administration tools continue to meet the needs of administrators, trustees, and plan members.
- Play a central role in client-facing account management and plan governance activities.
- Work to advance corporate strategic planning, risk management, and business development efforts.
- Represent PBAS on pension industry advisory committees (FSRA, MEBCO, Ministry of Finance, etc.).
- Communicate regularly with plan members, trustees, participating employers, Union representatives, and regulatory bodies across Canada.
- Develop comprehensive work and resource plans, schedules, and project estimates; prepare detailed reports on administration activities; and support the President with special projects, as required.
Application Requirements
- Degree, diploma, or relevant education and 10+ years of experience in defined benefit pension administration (preference given to multi-employer).
- Broad knowledge of pension legislation across Canada.
- Experience working in a unionized environment, including the application of collective agreements and collaboration with union representatives.
- Proven project management expertise, with the ability to balance multiple competing priorities.
- Experience in creating and managing operational budgets.
- Proficiency in pension administration systems, content management software, and MS Office.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation).
- An ability to work both independently and in highly collaborative team environments.
- Intellectual curiosity and the confidence to constructively challenge the status quo.
- An actuarial designation, CEBS, or similar credential is an asset.
- Fluency in French is highly desirable.
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