Associate Vice-President, Human Resources
Location: This position will be based out of our Winnipeg office.
Application Deadline: May 5, 2026
Our organization:
Founded in 2017, Wellington-Altus Financial Inc. (Wellington-Altus) is the parent company to Wellington-Altus Private Counsel Inc., Wellington-Altus USA Inc., Wellington-Altus Insurance Inc., Wellington-Altus Group Solutions Inc., and Wellington-Altus Private Wealth Inc.-the top-rated* investment dealer in Canada and one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies. With over $45 billion in assets under administration and offices across the country, Wellington-Altus identifies with successful, entrepreneurial advisors and portfolio managers and their high-net-worth clients.
*Investment Executive 2025 Brokerage Report Card.
The opportunity:
Reporting to the SVP, Human Resources, the AVP Human Resources partners closely with executive leaders to attract, engage, and retain talent in support of corporate growth. This role plays a key part in shaping organizational design, culture, and values, ensuring people strategies are aligned with business priorities.
The AVP collaborates across senior leadership to strengthen organizational effectiveness, agility, and workforce engagement. In partnership with the SVP HR, this role helps build and scale an HR Shared Services model, elevate the HR Business Partner function, and establish Centres of Excellence as the organization continues to grow.
Key responsibilities include:
- Partner with the Executive Committee, Investment Advisors and senior leaders to align people operations and HR strategy with corporate objectives
- Lead and develop high‑performing teams across HR Business Partnership, Employee Relations, and HR Shared Services, fostering accountability and a strong service mindset
- Evolve the HR Business Partner model from transactional support to strategic advisory, using data and insights to drive scalable people practices
- Oversee employee relations and disability management strategy, ensuring fair, consistent, and compliant outcomes across the organization
- Build and mature an HR Shared Services operating model, strengthening self‑service, automation, controls, and service quality
- Partner with IT to advance the HR technology roadmap, including automation, analytics, and AI‑enabled solutions
- Lead HR rewards, performance management, and incentive programs in close partnership with Finance
- Strengthen organizational effectiveness, culture, and engagement through modernized HR programs and governance
- Establish metrics, controls, and governance to support operational maturity, scalability, and continuous improvement
The ideal candidate will possess:
- 10+ years of progressive HR experience, with 5+ years in an HR leadership role leading and developing teams
- Proven HR leader with experience across HR Business Partnership, HR Operations, Employee Relations, and service delivery models
- Strong expertise across core HR disciplines, including employment law, investigations, accommodations, payroll, benefits, performance, and rewards
- Demonstrated experience advising senior leaders on complex people, risk, and organizational issues
- Experience designing operating models, policies, KPIs, and driving continuous improvement in scaling organizations
- Strong change management, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills
- Highly accountable, detail‑oriented, and comfortable navigating ambiguity with sound judgment and confidentiality
- Experience managing vendors, partners, and HR systems; UKG experience preferred
- Strong technical skills including advanced Excel, Power BI, AI and automation tools, and HR analytics
- Experience in wealth management or another regulated industry considered an asset
- Post‑secondary education in HR, Business, or a related field; CPHR designation preferred
- Bilingual in French and English, both oral and written is considered a strong asset
Conditions of employment:
- Must be legally eligible to work in Canada
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time, anywhere in Canada
- A background check, satisfactory to the employer, may be required of the successful applicant prior to commencing employment
Wellington-Altus Private Wealth is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community and welcomes applications from women, racialized persons, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and genders. All qualified individuals who would contribute to the further diversification of our organization are encouraged to apply.
If you require accommodation for the recruitment process, please let us know at the point of application.
To apply:
Click the Apply for This Job button to submit your resume, cover letter and salary expectations. You will be contacted if you are selected for an interview. Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be used to screen and assess candidates for this role. More information about working at Wellington-Altus can be found on our website at www.wellington-altus.com.
