Project Analyst 3 - Equipment Finance – Asset Management

U.S. Bank • Marshall, MN

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Project Analyst 3 role supports the Equipment Finance Asset Management organization and serves as a critical individual contributor responsible for project leadership, quality control (QC), reporting, and process improvement activities. This position is a hybrid role with approximately 60% focus on project work and 40% focus on quality control and reporting. This role is the sole position of its kind within the department and requires a self-directed, highly inquisitive professional who can operate independently while coordinating with multiple internal partners. The Project Analyst 3 acts as a subject matter resource across Asset Management, providing oversight, credible challenge, and analytical insight to ensure data integrity, process consistency, and regulatory compliance across a broad range of asset types.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• Typically three to five years of related experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Asset Management or Equipment Finance environments.
• Knowledge of equipment finance asset lifecycles, inventory management, or repossession-related controls.
• Demonstrated experience leading projects, coordinating cross-functional work, and managing multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Experience working with multiple systems and reconciling complex data sets.
• Exposure to quality control, risk, compliance, or audit-related functions.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to identify, investigate, and resolve exceptions or inconsistencies in data and processes.
• Proven ability to work independently in a highly autonomous role.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with partners across varying experience levels and functions.
• High level of intellectual curiosity and inquisitiveness, with a natural tendency to ask “why” and dig beneath the surface.
• Comfortable challenging processes and assumptions in a constructive, solutions-oriented manner.

Responsibilities

• Execute daily, weekly, monthly, and periodic quality control reviews aligned with formalized controls and regulatory requirements.
• Run prescribed reports and QC tests on defined schedules and document results appropriately.
• Identify, investigate, and escalate exceptions or discrepancies identified through QC testing.
• Publish QC test results and partner with Asset Management leadership to support remediation efforts when needed.
• Provide audit support by supplying documentation, prior QC results, and process explanations during internal and external audits.
• Monitor and reconcile asset data across multiple systems to ensure consistency and accuracy.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies between the system of record (InfoLease) and Asset Management tracking tools (including AccuTrac).
• Support inventory tracking across thousands of assets at various lifecycle stages, including assets in inventory, in transit, sold, or liquidated.
• Ensure asset status, ownership, and disposition data remains aligned across systems.
• Lead cross-functional projects focused on operational efficiency, process improvement, reporting enhancement, and documentation updates.
• Independently identify opportunities for improvement by analyzing workflows, controls, and reporting across the Asset Management organization.
• Coordinate with subject matter experts and partners across multiple functions, including Asset Management teams, data and integration support, tax, finance, customer service, and collections.
• Act as a central point of coordination (“quarterback”) to bring together the right stakeholders for each initiative.
• Update and refine desk manuals, process documentation, and reporting practices to improve clarity, consistency, and efficiency.
• Champion credible challenge by asking thoughtful questions and evaluating why processes operate as they do.

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
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401(k) contribution and pension

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level