Finance Director - External Reporting & Insights

Atlanta, GA, United States

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 The Finance Director will oversee the preparation and submission of financial reporting and analysis, while also leading consolidated financial strategy and planning for the Payments Services organization. This role involves providing strategic direction, overseeing long-range forecasts, analyzing trends, and guiding critical decision-making to ensure business performance and financial results.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Provide strategic direction and leadership to pursue financial objectives of the business. This includes collaborating with the team and senior leadership to develop and maintain a long-range financial plan.

Lead/oversee the preparation and review of the Payments Services financial support for the quarterly earnings release. This involves ensuring that the financial information accurately reflects the organization’s performance and highlights the key aspects of the business.

Assist with preparation of executive presentation materials related to internal and external reporting requirements, such as annual and long-range plans, forecasts, SEC reporting, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial results as well as various line of business and/or operating reviews.

Partner with investor relations to provide strategic guidance on responding to investor and analyst community questions on Payment Services, including preparation of ad hoc analysis in support of underlying business performance trends.

Coordinate the stress testing process for Payment Services. Review and analyze stress results and prepare review documents for upper management.

Lead the consolidation, analysis and reporting of weekly sales data, ensuring accuracy and reliability. This involves compiling data from various sources, analyzing trends, and identifying key insights to communicate to executive leadership.

Maintain an internal control process to ensure objectives related to operations, reporting and compliance are achieved within the finance organization.

Assess bank and business line initiatives considering downstream investment requirements, establish reporting and analysis to demonstrate the potential and actual impact of investment decisions, and create and review financial metrics to measure success.

Build and maintain effective working relationships with various groups across Payments Services and U.S. Bank.

Ad hoc requests as needed.

Preferred Skills:

8+ years of banking experience

3+ years of management experience

BA/ MBA in accounting or related field; CPA preferred

Well-developed leadership abilities and strategic management skills

Knowledge of payments industry

Well-developed verbal and written communication skills

Well-developed analytical, decision-making, and critical thinking skills

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 (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

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

EEO is the Law

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, among other factors. Applicants can learn more about the company’s status as an equal opportunity employer by viewing the federal KNOW YOUR RIGHTS EEO poster.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program .

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $145,180.00 - $170,800.00 - $187,880.00Job postings typically remain open for approximately 20 days of the posting date listed above, however the job posting may be closed earlier should it be determined the position is no longer required due to business need. Job postings in areas with a high volume of applicants, such as customer service, contact center, and Financial Crimes investigations, remain open for approximately 5 days of the posting listed date.

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