About this role
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 Shape your future – and ours
Are you energized by solving complex business challenges, improving processes, and driving meaningful change? Do you enjoy looking beyond day-to-day operations to identify opportunities, reduce risk, and create more efficient ways of working?
As a Fee Analyst within Global Fee Management (GFM), you'll play a highly visible role supporting Change & Continuous Improvement initiatives across multiple operational teams. You'll partner with business leaders, risk teams, auditors, and operational stakeholders to strengthen controls, improve processes, and help shape the future of GFM operations.
This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic, analytical professional who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys influencing outcomes, and wants broad exposure across operations, risk, controls, and process improvement.
Why Join Global Fee Management? Global Fee Management plays a critical role in ensuring client fee arrangements are accurately established, maintained, billed, and reported. As part of this team, you'll help drive operational excellence while influencing change across a highly visible function that supports business performance, risk management, and client service.
This is an ideal opportunity for a professional who enjoys continuous improvement, values strong controls and risk management, and wants to make a meaningful impact across a complex and evolving organization. You'll gain broad exposure to operations, regulatory environments, audit activities, and strategic initiatives while helping shape the future of Global Fee Management.
What You'll Do
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives across Global Fee Management.
• Identify process inefficiencies, assess root causes, and recommend innovative solutions.
• Partner with business teams to evaluate control effectiveness, document procedures, and support remediation efforts.
• Perform testing, sampling, and analysis to validate adherence to policies, procedures, and regulatory expectations.
• Support audit activities, respond to inquiries, and help drive timely closure of findings.
• Monitor emerging risks and collaborate with stakeholders to strengthen the overall control environment.
• Research and resolve complex fee-related, compliance, and operational issues.
• Facilitate meetings with business partners, auditors, and leadership teams while effectively communicating findings and recommendations.
• Build relationships across operations, risk, technology, analytics, and business teams to drive positive outcomes.
What Makes This Role Unique This role sits within the Change & Continuous Improvement team and provides broad exposure across multiple Global Fee Management verticals. You'll gain visibility into both tactical operations and strategic initiatives while helping influence how work is performed across the organization.
You'll have the opportunity to:
• Influence operational excellence across a large, complex organization.
• Partner directly with senior leaders, auditors, and risk professionals.
• Drive meaningful process improvements and control enhancements.
• Develop expertise in operational risk, governance, audit readiness, and continuous improvement.
• Build a broad understanding of Global Fee Management and Wealth Management operations.
We're Looking For Someone Who
• Thinks analytically and solves problems with curiosity and creativity.
• Takes ownership and follows through on commitments.
• Can manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Is proactive, organized, and detail-oriented.
• Works effectively through ambiguity and changing priorities.
• Communicates confidently with partners at all levels of the organization.
• Enjoys identifying opportunities to simplify, improve, and enhance processes.
• Is comfortable assessing risks and making thoughtful recommendations.
Location & Schedule
• St. Paul, MN | Cincinnati, OH | Milwaukee, WI
• Monday – Friday 8am-5pm CST
Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related field, or equivalent work experience
• Eight or more years of financial industry related experience
Preferred Skills/Experience
• Trust and securities operations experience, including knowledge of applicable regulations.
• Understanding of risk management, controls, audit, compliance, and governance.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Experience with process improvement, remediation, testing, or control activities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills across teams and stakeholders.
• Self-starter who takes initiative, works independently, and drives issues to resolution.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, identifying trends, and making recommendations.
• Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on operational excellence.
• Experience with systems such as SEI, SWP, Advantage Fee, Entrata, or similar platforms.
Location Expectations This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.
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 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: $92,820.00 - $109,200.00
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.