Job Description

Overview

Base pay range: $304,045.00/yr - $357,700.00/yr

At U.S. Bank, were 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. 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 atall from Day One.

The Chief Financial Risk Leader is a senior executive responsible for leading the second line oversight of financial risk disciplines across U.S. Bank. Responsible for the identification, assessment, and mitigation of financial risks across the organization. Reporting directly to the Chief Risk Officer, this role provides strategic and operational leadership for market risk, interest rate risk, liquidity risk and capital management. The leader collaborates with senior executives to align risk strategies with business objectives and regulatory expectations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement financial risk management strategies aligned with corporate strategies.
• Lead the identification, measurement, and management of market risk exposures across trading and investment portfolios.
• Oversee interest risk strategies, including asset-liability management and earnings-at-risk modeling.
• Ensure robust liquidity risk frameworks and capital adequacy planning, including stress testing and contingency funding strategies.
• Manage governance processes, committee engagement, and executive-level reporting for financial risk disciplines.
• Lead regulatory interactions and ensure compliance with financial risk-related requirements.
• Drive strategic initiatives, integrate financial risk programs across business lines, and ensure consistency in methodologies and controls.
• Advise executive leadership on emerging financial risks and mitigation strategies.
• Monitor and analyze financial exposures across business units and enterprise-wide.
• Implement financial risk tools and systems for real-time monitoring and reporting.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in market risk, interest rate risk, liquidity risk, and capital planning.
• Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks.
• Proven leadership in managing cross-functional teams and enterprise-wide risk programs. Excellent communication, analytical, and strategic planning skills.
• Strong leadership abilities and strategic management skills.
• Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Considerable tact, diplomacy, and interpersonal skills.
• High ethical standards and sound judgement.
• Incumbent has a bachelors degree in finance, Economics, Risk management, or related field.
• Masters degree preferred.
• 15+ years of experience in financial risk management within a large financial institution or GSIB.

Leadership Capabilities

• Builds Teams and Talent: Embraces developing talent; builds and develops teams; strengthens organizational capabilities via talent.
• Drives for Results: Drives execution, continuously improves the core, and reallocates resources at pace.
• Disrupts & Challenges: Creates possibilities from new and innovative thinking; generates disruptive change; leads change.
• Leads Innovation: Encourages innovative thought; challenges the status quo; scales and invests in new ideas.
• Drives Vision and Purpose: Paints a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action.

If theres 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

• 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

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: $304,045.00 - $357,700.00

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 various fair chance ordinances and federal requirements. Some positions may be subject to FINRA, NMLS, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or other federal guidelines.

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.

Job details

• Seniority level: Executive
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Finance and Sales
• Industries: Banking

Charlotte, NC indicates location with salary range provided above.

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