Strategic Finance Manager

U.S. Bank • Saint Louis, MO

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One. Job Description We are seeking a dynamic and hands‑on Strategic Finance Manager to lead cross‑functional financial initiatives across our Business Line Controllers organization. This role will directly support reporting modernization, acquisitions, and Finance transformation efforts while partnering closely with Controllers, Business Line CFOs, Operations, Treasury, and Accounting Policy. You will play a key role in shaping how financial information flows across the bank and ensuring accuracy, transparency, and insight for senior leadership. What you’ll do: Maintain transparent variance and status updates through Workday/OfficeConnect and Hyperion Essbase. Prepare and socialize monthly commentary; escalate risks, dependencies, and late adjustments as needed. Maintain regular communication with Operations leaders and Finance partners to close gaps and stabilize ongoing projects. Coordinate Business Line Controllers’ contribution and review of various reporting throughout the bank. Perform focused benchmarking and disclosure analyses to inform our reporting direction. Serve as Business Line Controllers’ workstream lead for strategic initiatives and acquisitions: stand up discovery trackers, schedule discovery sessions, and coordinate with Finance, Treasury, and Business Line leadership. Support reporting change programs (org structure and P&L line updates) by coordinating with Accounting Policy, Corporate Accounting, Consolidated Reporting, and Business Line CFO teams. Review and refine cost allocations and legal‑entity mappings to align expenses appropriately; drive continuous improvement into future periods. Emphasis on in‑office collaboration and leadership visibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Six or more years of related experience

Nice To Haves

• Advanced knowledge of financial analysis concepts and methodologies
• Considerable knowledge of accounting theory practice, regulatory requirements and reporting
• Well-developed financial analysis, forecasting and planning skills
• Demonstrated experience coordinating cross‑functional work (Corporate Accounting, CFO teams, Ops, Treasury, Business Lines, and Accounting Policy) to deliver change on tight timelines.
• Advanced Excel and modern analytics skill set; ability to translate data into decisions.
• Hands‑on with Power BI/Tableau and AI tools (Copilot) to accelerate analysis, document prep, and benchmarking.
• Proficiency with Workday/OfficeConnect or similar.
• Experience with Hyperion Essbase.

Responsibilities

• Maintain transparent variance and status updates through Workday/OfficeConnect and Hyperion Essbase.
• Prepare and socialize monthly commentary; escalate risks, dependencies, and late adjustments as needed.
• Maintain regular communication with Operations leaders and Finance partners to close gaps and stabilize ongoing projects.
• Coordinate Business Line Controllers’ contribution and review of various reporting throughout the bank.
• Perform focused benchmarking and disclosure analyses to inform our reporting direction.
• Serve as Business Line Controllers’ workstream lead for strategic initiatives and acquisitions: stand up discovery trackers, schedule discovery sessions, and coordinate with Finance, Treasury, and Business Line leadership.
• Support reporting change programs (org structure and P&L line updates) by coordinating with Accounting Policy, Corporate Accounting, Consolidated Reporting, and Business Line CFO teams.
• Review and refine cost allocations and legal‑entity mappings to align expenses appropriately; drive continuous improvement into future periods.

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level