Key skills
Communication
About this role
Role Overview
- Understand the competitive landscape and emerging trends to ensure our overall benefit package aligns with our talent strategy and is meaningful to our workforce
- Lead or support a variety of retirement benefit initiatives which could include competitiveness analysis, program design, RFPs, acquisition or vendor implementation, workforce communication, or other initiatives that support Thrivent’s strategy
- Manage short
- and long-term financial impact of retirement benefit programs to Thrivent and our workforce through plan design, proactive program oversight and shared accountability
- Act as a partner and consultant for health & welfare and retirement benefit programs, managing vendor relationships and responding to workforce escalations, as needed
- Remain current with legislative and regulatory requirements and ensure our benefit plans are administered in accordance with plan documents and regulatory requirements
- Maintain close working relationships with internal and external partners, including vendors, consultants, HR team members, legal counsel, finance partners, and communications staff
- Ensure plan documents are compliant with federal and state regulations
- Lead benefit program projects and initiatives
- Develop a comprehensive retirement communications strategy that effectively demonstrates the value of Thrivent retirement programs to both current and prospective employees
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, advanced degree preferred
- Expert-level analytical skill is required to interpret pension, 401(k) and non-qualified plan provisions and certify accuracy of calculations
- 8-10 years’ experience in the administration of qualified and non-qualified retirement plans
- Provide direction and guidance to team members, as it relates to retirement benefits
- Must be able to communicate complex matters in a way that non-technical participants, beneficiaries, and/or Senior Management can understand
- Able to communicate at all levels
- Ability to solve complex problems and bring new perspectives to existing solutions
- Able to think strategically
- Able to lead your own work and deliver on expected outcomes
Benefits
- various bonuses (including, for example, annual or long-term incentives)
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- health savings account
- flexible spending account
- 401k
- pension
- life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- disability insurance
- supplemental protection insurance
- 20 days of Paid Time Off each year
- Sick and Safe Time
- 10 paid company holidays
- Volunteer Time Off
- paid parental leave
- EAP
- well-being benefits
- other employee benefits