Forecast Analyst

U.S. Bank • Minneapolis, MN

2d • 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 The Quantitative Finance Forecast & Production (QFFP) Team is responsible for implementation and monitoring of Corporate Treasury models. Model use cases include baseline forecasting, CCAR, interest rate risk and MVPE. QF is seeking a results-oriented contributor to support forecast capabilities, reporting and automation. 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 programming experience in SQL and R/Python (or other analytics software) as well as transferrable experience in finance, economics or forecasting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Four to five years of statistical and/or data analytics experience

Nice To Haves

• Strong mathematical, analytical, programming, and/or forecasting skills
• Proficiency with an analytics platform such as Python, R or Excel
• 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
• General knowledge of banking, finance, economics, accounting and/or stress testing
• Strong attention to detail and intellectual curiosity
• Strong technical writing and project management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with Essbase a plus
• Experience with Excel VBA a plus

Responsibilities

• Execute monthly forecasting processes with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines across multiple platforms and data sources
• Automate data processes and effectively integrate manual review and decision points into the workflow
• Develop and maintain forecast logic and rule sets
• Extract, organize and interpret trends or patterns in large, complex data sets
• Create and maintain data controls to ensure accuracy and completeness of information

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
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees