Quantitative Finance – Senior Objective Forecast Analyst

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Job Description

The Quantitative Finance Forecast & Production (QFFP) Team is responsible for implementation and monitoring of Corporate Treasury models. Model use cases include multi-scenario financial forecasting, CCAR, and interest rate risk. QFFP is seeking a results-oriented contributor with a proven track record to support and enhance its model-based forecast infrastructure.

The position includes broad exposure to various functions within Corporate Finance (e.g. ALM, quantitative modeling, financial planning & analysis, accounting, etc.). An ideal candidate will have extensive programming experience in SQL and R/Python (or other analytics software) as well as transferable experience in model-based forecasting, reporting, finance, or economics.

Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end ownership of monthly forecasting processes and deliverables with exceptional level of accuracy and attention to detail

• Champion automation and workflow optimization by designing intelligent, flexible systems that integrate necessary decision points while materially reducing operational overhead

• Architect scalable, resilient data pipelines spanning multiple platforms and numerous data sources to support multi-scenario long-term forecasting initiatives

• Consolidate and expand automated reporting infrastructure, prioritizing self‑service solutions that meet stakeholder needs at multiple levels of the organization

• Establish generalizable, data-driven forecast logic and rule sets, ensuring suitability across multiple forecast scenarios and business contexts

• Extract, synthesize, and communicate complex forecast narratives and variances from large and evolving data ecosystems

• Proactively design and implement strong data‑quality controls and monitoring frameworks to ensure the integrity, completeness, and auditability of all forecasting and reporting processes

Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent work experience
- Six to eight years of statistical and/or data analytics experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Advanced mathematical, analytical, and coding skills

• Expertise with analytics platforms such as Python or R

• Extensive experience with data warehousing, data structures, and data quality assurance testing in SQL, or similar database language

• Experience with data engineering, financial forecasting and/or automated reporting

• Experience in banking, finance, economics, accounting and/or stress testing

• Exceptional attention to detail and intellectual curiosity

• Strong technical writing and project management skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

LOCATION EXPECTATIONS:  This role requires working from a U.S. Bank Location three (3) or more days per week.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits: 

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• 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