Sr Compliance Consultant, Compliance (Product Restrictions)

About the position

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here. To match the signature style and passion of Target’s distinctive retail brand, Target Legal Affairs is a dynamic and deeply knowledgeable team of experts. Whether specializing in law, government affairs, employee relations, risk, compliance, ethics, security or food safety, we use our expertise and influence to advocate for Target, support Target’s business and mitigate risk for the company. We work with both internal and external entities on key issues that affect Target’s ability to productively, ethically and securely conduct business. Through our understanding of Target’s business models and operations, we help facilitate Target’s growth, and provide guidance that leaders rely on to make appropriate, well-informed decisions. Simultaneously, we help protect the business by applying our comprehensive understanding of risk and the law on issues that impact our brand, guests, team members, stores, distribution centers and corporate locations. Here, you’ll enjoy working autonomously with a healthy work-life balance. Your passion for learning the business, collaborating with others and building relationships with senior leaders and key business partners that you support will be essential to tackling the ever-changing legal and risk-based challenges we face in a dynamic and fast-paced retail environment. A role in Corporate Compliance and Ethics means providing support and managing key compliance areas for Target including stores, distribution centers and at headquarters.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain an understanding of regulatory risks and develop and maintain appropriate policies.
  • Conduct risk assessments of existing and new business processes and work to address any areas of opportunity with our business partners.
  • Consult on new business and technology initiatives to ensure compliance requirements are accounted for through ideation, design and execution.
  • Conduct risk assessments of existing and new business processes and work to address any areas of opportunity with our business partners.
  • Develop training and communication plans to socialize compliance requirements with cross-functional teams and vendors; Ensure requirements are documented and resources are available to support the awareness of, and adherence to compliance guidance.
  • Coordinate process & system development and improvements to ensure timely, efficient, compliant and repeatable controls for in-store and digital sales.
  • Identify relevant metrics and control monitors to support decision-making, influence process change, and track program activities.
  • Lead aspects of regulatory change management for new Product Restriction Laws and Regulations and proactively lead other relevant compliance initiatives in response to emerging compliance or industry trends.
  • Develop and maintain effective relationships with cross-functional partners including, but not limited to: Merchandising, Technology Product Management, Law Department, and Compliance Legal & Risk Services.
  • Contribute to and maintain a positive team culture by demonstrating behaviors consistent with Target’s values of Inclusivity, Connection and Drive.
  • Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business or other relevant field of study and/or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 3+ years of directly related work experience in compliance, operations or regulatory change management.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop program documentation, conduct gap analysis against requirements, develop and conduct training and awareness, identify controls and gaps, identify risk, process map, and establish monitoring and reporting.
  • Leads projects or work streams within projects. Can plan, execute, monitor and report progress.
  • Document process maps, develop improvement plans, and identify key controls.
  • Identification of risk, assess data to understand underlying root causes, identify improvement opportunities and measurement of effectiveness.
  • Ability to translate regulations and guidance into actionable plans, and applying discretion while working with confidential information.
  • Ability to work with peers in business areas to design and implement controls.  Ability to ensure appropriate monitors are in place.  Designs controls with business, performance and compliance in mind.
  • Facilitate meetings and build agendas. Collaborate on issues and solutions with partners.  Manage conflict with peers and partners. Internal and external stakeholders.
  • Identifies process improvements and automation. Strives for continuous improvement of their process. Automation tech understanding. Implements automation.
  • Collect and analyze data.  Use data to identify trends and root cause issues. Develops dashboards and reporting on compliance programs.
  • Implements changes and understands stakeholders.

Nice-to-haves

  • Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP)
  • Master's, JD or other advanced degree in a related field
  • Experience working in a matrixed environment within the retail industry
  • Previous experience developing and overseeing sustainable compliance programs

Benefits

  • In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family.
  • Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves.
  • Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.
  • Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits
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