Executive Compensation Consultant

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Partner with Total Rewards leaders to design and develop a market-based total rewards package for executives to attract, motivate, reward, & retain. 

• Administration of Thrivent’s executive compensation programs to ensure all transactions are processed accurately and in timely. 

• Lead the design and modification of short-term and long-term compensation programs and the associated guidelines, processes, policies and procedures. 

• Develop internal communications and materials to educate applicable audiences (both employees and HR Business Partners) on executive compensation programs and Thrivent’s incentive plans 

• Partner with HRBPs and Talent Acquisition on proposals for executive new hire offers, promotions, adjustments, and other ad-hoc analysis. 

• Prepare materials for Thrivent’s Board of Directors and Human Resource committee meetings including annual incentive and long-term incentive plans including insights, analysis, and recommendations 

• Work with Thrivent’s executive compensation board advisors and ensure all materials related to executive compensation are prepared in time for the appropriate committee meetings 

• Prepare monthly and annual reporting on annual and long-term incentive plans for finance to ensure accurate forecasting and planning  

• Prepare, update, and create plan documents and other communication materials for annual and long-term incentive plans to ensure Thrivent is in compliance with relevant governance and regulatory requirements 

• Leverage market data in the consultation and analysis of compensation issues including: analysis of internal and external compensation data, market pricing and evaluating jobs, developing recommendations for new and existing positions across the organization and participating in salary surveys 

• Lead cross-functional teams to refine or implement compensation solutions 

• May work with HR business partners and Thrivent leaders to proactively understand the talent and reward needs of a division and design/implement solutions to address those needs. 

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:   

 Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree  

• 7+ years compensation experience 

• Ability to effectively handle highly confidential compensation and other human resources information 

• Experience leading large, complex projects 

• Expertise in design/development of compensation solutions/processes 

Preferred: 

• Master’s degree  

• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) certification 

• Accounting or finance background 

• Experience working with HRIS systems (e.g. Workday) and market pricing software (e.g. MarketPay)