Junior HR & Systems Specialist

We're currently hiring for a Junior HR & Systems Specialist to join the Edelweiss Software Group! About Us: Edelweiss Software Group is an operating group of Valsoft Corporation that acquires and grows mission-critical vertical market software companies. With a long-term, buy-and-hold approach, Edelweiss provides its businesses with the strategic guidance, investment, and operational resources they need to thrive—while preserving the unique brands, cultures, and customer relationships that make them successful. Our teams combine the agility and entrepreneurial spirit of specialized software companies with the strength and stability of a global organization. About The Role: Join Edelweiss Group as our Junior HR & Systems Specialist, a role supporting HR across the Group as a whole. You will act as the primary owner and point of contact for our HRIS, while providing hands-on support for HR integrations as new businesses join the Group — from HRIS onboarding of new entities to policy rollout — and serving as a day-to-day generalist resource wherever the Group needs it. You'll also help identify and build simple automations, including AI-assisted ones, that make integrations and everyday HR administration faster and less manual. Because the Group's mix of entities, jurisdictions, and priorities is always shifting, this role calls for someone genuinely curious and comfortable adapting to an ever-changing environment, rather than someone looking for a fixed, narrowly scoped routine. The successful candidate will be based in Montreal and will work at our office in Saint-Laurent. What You'll Be Doing: HRIS Integrations Support Support the Group HR Lead in integrating newly acquired businesses into Edelweiss Group’s systems including uploading and maintaining accuracy of employee information on HRIS, ensuring data integrity during integrations across employee profiles, files, and documentation. Facilitate live learning sessions centered around training of new and existing systems for newly integrated teams. System Support & AI Automation Own and maintain a deep working knowledge of the HRIS platform's capabilities, features, structure, system upkeep, and workflow logic to troubleshoot issues, support end users, and guide configuration decisions. Identify opportunities to automate repetitive HR administrative and integration tasks using AI tools and HRIS workflow features (e.g., communications, data validation). Build and maintain simple automations — using AI-assisted tools, Excel formulas/macros, or HRIS workflow builders — to reduce manual data entry and reporting effort. HR & Administrative Support Support in the development and implementation of Human Resources policies, procedures, and programs to improve employee experience across the Group's portfolio companies. Support employees across the Group's portfolio companies on day-to-day HR questions — policies, leave, and general processes — escalating more complex…