Compliance Project Analyst – Governance and Control

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Job Description

This role supports the Governance and Control (G&C) team’s centralized compliance event program and selected departmental and organization-wide initiatives. Under the guidance of the Senior Compliance Officer and Deputy CCO, the position will coordinate day-to-day compliance-event administration, prepare reporting, and support management requests and process improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the compliance event lifecycle, including intake through the G&C Compliance Portal, initial review of event details and client communications, and follow-up with business partners to obtain additional information.
• Identify, evaluate, and implement automation opportunities using Power Automate, Power BI, and related technologies to streamline compliance event workflows, reduce manual effort, improve data quality, and support scalable program administration.
• Document current state processes, organize feedback, gather business requirements, and assist with testing and implementing approved process or technology enhancements.
• Gather, validate, organize, and summarize compliance event information to support data accuracy and trend analysis.
• Follow up with business lines and other stakeholders on action items, and outstanding documentation; escalate delays, concerns, or unresolved items.
• Support G&C departmental projects by maintaining project plans, coordinating meetings and deliverables, monitoring deadlines, and tracking action items, risks, and decisions.
• Maintain compliance calendars and recurring reporting schedules, monitor deadlines, and provide regular status updates to program leadership.
• Assist with ad hoc management requests, including research, data analysis, meeting preparation, and development of presentation materials.

Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience
- Eight to ten years of related experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Approximately five years of experience in compliance, risk, audit, financial services operations, project coordination, or a related field.
• General understanding of financial services compliance, risk, or control environments. Experience assisting with compliance event programs, remediation follow-up, governance reporting, or other cross-functional compliance initiatives.
• Strong organizational, analytical, written communication, and attention-to-detail skills, with the ability to manage assigned tasks, maintain accurate records, follow established processes, and communicate progress or concerns promptly.
• Ability to collaborate with business partners, gather information from multiple sources, and prepare clear summaries and reporting materials.
• Ability to handle sensitive information appropriately and exercise sound judgment when escalating overdue or incomplete items.
• Interest in process improvement and the ability to identify practical opportunities for greater efficiency, including through event workflow, dashboard, or automation tools.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook; experience with Microsoft Power Automate and Power BI is preferred.
• Knowledge of fund services, securities operations, alternative investments, or related financial products and services is a plus.

The 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.

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.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify

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U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.