Manager, Business Analytics and Reporting

Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago•Chicago, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, Business Analytics and Reporting leads the Bank’s Business Analytics and Reporting team, delivering accurate, timely, and actionable insights to inform strategy, operations, and management and regulatory reporting. The role connects data with business context to communicate key drivers, implications, risks, and recommended actions to stakeholders at all levels. The manager leads a technical team and advances analytics capabilities through more sophisticated tools, approaches, and solutions. The role modernizes and simplifies reporting, partners with FP&A and Strategic Planning leadership to develop a cohesive enterprise narrative, and supports decision-making across the Bank. It also owns the Bank’s capital, retained earnings, and dividend calculations and manages team staffing, development, and day-to-day operations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or a similar quantitative field.
7–10 years of experience.
Strong leadership, people management, coaching, and team-development skills.
Independent thinking, organization, professionalism, logical reasoning, and quantitative aptitude; ability to manage interruptions and multiple priorities concurrently.
Curiosity and willingness to investigate details, challenge assumptions, ask thoughtful questions, and connect data, business context, and drivers into a cohesive story for audiences at all organizational levels.
Excellent written, verbal, listening, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate complex analyses clearly and succinctly.
Familiarity with bank balance sheets, fixed income, financial planning and analysis, and the banking industry.
Proven ability to use business intelligence and reporting tools to develop scalable, accurate, user-focused reporting solutions.
Strong stakeholder-management skills, including clarifying requirements, anticipating information needs, communicating progress and dependencies, and building alignment across groups.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
Previous management or supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a high-performing Business Analytics and Reporting team that delivers meaningful, actionable insights.
Advance the Bank’s analytics capabilities, including business intelligence and data visualization.
Modernize and simplify reporting to improve efficiency and stakeholder value.
Partner with FP&A and Strategic Planning leadership to connect financial, strategic, and business insights into a cohesive enterprise narrative.
Develop and maintain centralized reporting for business groups, management, other FHLBanks, the Board of Directors, and other stakeholders.
Manage regulatory reporting for the FHFA, Office of Finance, rating agencies, and other external stakeholders, as required.
Ensure reports, dashboards, and executive materials explain results, drivers, implications, risks, and recommended actions.
Work with stakeholders to understand business questions, clarify requirements, reconcile data differences, and deliver decision-supporting analyses.
Own the Bank’s capital, retained earnings, and dividend calculations.
Promote teamwork, professionalism, knowledge sharing, and high morale within the team and across the Bank.
Drive process improvements and efficiencies that reduce manual work and error risk; ensure critical processes have documentation, ownership, controls, and backup coverage.
Manage team staffing responsibilities, including hiring and separations, performance management, coaching, staff development, workload prioritization, and day-to-day employee matters.
Lead and respond to ad hoc requests from executives, Internal Audit, and other areas while balancing urgency with recurring reporting commitments.