Financial Analyst (Middle Office Derivative)

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

This position also supports the development, enhancement, and maintenance of reporting and analytical processes. The analyst collaborates with multiple stakeholders to support both new and existing transactions, develop reporting tools and procedures, and provide ad-hoc analysis for audit inquiries and other data requests.  In addition, the analyst is responsible for setting up and maintaining margin call configurations based on counterparty Credit Support Annexes.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:. 

• Manage daily transaction processing and trade affirmation across multiple systems and trading desks

• Provide ad-hoc reporting needed for various transactions and stakeholders

• Apply, maintain and create appropriate operational and reporting controls

• Identify, design, and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and scalability

• Build, enhance, and maintain reporting and analysis tools using Power BI, Excel, SQL and Python

• Independently research and respond to internal and external inquiries

• Partner with finance team members to support monthly, financial planning and analysis, and internal or external inquiries

• Set up and maintain derivative margin call configurations in accordance with CSAs

• Operate effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with strong organization, time management and communication skills

• Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment

• Serve as a subject‑matter resource and provide guidance to junior analysts as needed

Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
- Typically two or more years of related experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

- Familiarity with derivatives middle office environments, funding and liquidity

- Prior experiences with credit support annexes and margin call configurations

- Strong organizational, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities independently

- Intermediate to advance Microsoft Excel skills

- Python, VBA, SQL and other programming skills and experience is a plus

- Calypso experience a plus

- Experience designing dashboards and data models in Power BI

- Master’s degree in a related field

- Strong work ethic, high level of integrity and sound judgment

- Well-developed mathematical and analytical skills

- Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve exceptions

This role offers a hybrid/flexible schedule, which means there's an in-office expectation of 3 or more days per week and the flexibility to work outside the office location for the other days.

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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

Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

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