Workforce Compliance & Ethics Consultant

Thrivent•Minneapolis, MN

2d•$126,204 - $170,745•Remote

About The Position

The Workforce Compliance & Ethics Consultant advises, coaches, and provides recommendations and solutions to Human Resources, Centers of Excellence, enterprise and field leaders, and other stakeholders on complex or highly sensitive employee matters involving performance and behavior. The role supports fact-finding, resolution, and management of employee, field, and independent contractor issues, while proactively identifying and managing compliance concerns related to team-owned policies and processes. It helps ensure workforce solutions align with Thrivent’s culture, policies, legal requirements, and risk tolerance. The consultant provides subject-matter expertise on topics including EEO and non-discrimination, wage and hour, ADA, business gifts and entertainment, and conflicts of interest. The role also supports policy and process development, organizational changes, reasonable accommodations, workforce-risk management, and responses to agency charges, litigation, audits, and other reviews. Success requires collaboration across Human Resources, Corporate Law, Compliance, Corporate Security, business leaders, and other partners, as well as the ability to influence without direct authority and manage urgent, sensitive work.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, legal studies, analytics, public policy, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
At least 7 years of experience in employee relations, ethics, compliance, human resources, generalist work, or a related field.
Experience supporting complex or sensitive workforce matters, compliance programs, and/or cross-functional business processes.
Demonstrated knowledge of EEO, unemployment, AAP, FMLA, employment at will, severance agreements, discipline, due process, employment statutes, regulations, policies and procedures, and employment law.
Excellent relationship-management skills and ability to establish rapport, collaborate effectively, and influence decision-makers across functions and levels.
Sound judgment and the ability to handle sensitive information with professionalism and discretion while maintaining service, confidentiality, diplomacy, tact, and business acumen.
Strong attention to detail, analytical and critical-thinking skills, and ability to use data to influence decisions, identify risks and improvement opportunities, and turn complex issues into actionable plans.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent organizational and time-management skills, including the ability to prioritize and multitask in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to influence without direct authority, consider multiple perspectives, collaborate, and understand the business area.
Ability to prioritize sensitive and sometimes urgent workforce matters, meet service expectations, and redirect requests or renegotiate deadlines when needed.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in financial services.
Experience consulting on conflicts of interest and/or business gifts and entertainment.

Responsibilities

Advise enterprise corporate and field leaders on complex or highly sensitive employee and field issues.
Provide subject-matter guidance on compliance and policy topics, including EEO and non-discrimination, wage and hour, ADA, business gifts and entertainment, and conflicts of interest.
Consult with business leaders, stakeholders, and Centers of Excellence to proactively manage or resolve workforce matters and appropriately manage enterprise risk.
Monitor internal and external compliance and ethics trends and best practices, drive continuous improvement, and educate stakeholders as appropriate.
Represent the team on business initiatives by leading projects, managing timelines, escalating issues, and communicating progress.
Provide input into the formulation, consistent application, and revision of team-owned policies.
Develop policies and update existing policies to support compliance with employment laws and sound practices.
Identify process improvements and recommend updates to enterprise policies, processes, and procedures.
Identify and escalate workforce-related risks that could negatively affect Thrivent or its reputation.
Prepare, handle, and retain accurate and timely documentation of sensitive and confidential employee records.
Support field-related matters, including the Financial Advisor termination process and review and preparation of cease-and-desist letters concerning current or former Financial Advisors’ post-engagement activities.
Maintain current knowledge of applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
Provide strategic consultation and support on organizational design, restructures, and reductions in force, including review of business cases and separation agreements.
Maintain practices that support compliance with ADA non-discrimination and accommodation obligations.
Review and evaluate reasonable accommodation requests through Thrivent’s ADA and Reasonable Accommodation Process.
Engage in the interactive process with employees to assess whether an effective or reasonable accommodation would enable them to perform their role’s essential functions.
Partner with employees, business leaders, and Human Resource Business Partners to ensure accommodations are understood, effective, and appropriately followed up.
Administer, track, and report team data, including generating and analyzing reports and preparing presentations, communications, and implementation plans.
Build and maintain cross-functional relationships in Corporate Law, Compliance, Human Resources, Corporate Security, and business leadership to resolve issues and coordinate projects, initiatives, and legal matters.
Support responses to agency charges, litigation, audits, and other reviews in partnership with Employment Law and other stakeholders.
Model Thrivent’s leadership competencies: Model the Way, Rally the Team, and Deliver Outcomes.
Support an environment focused on continuous improvement, employee engagement, client commitment, and Thrivent’s purpose and values.