Financial Health Strategy Manager

at  US Bank National Association

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 Financial Health Strategy Manager position is responsible for leading financial health initiatives that meet the business and social objectives of U.S. Bank’s social impact and diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. They will evaluate, recommend and implement strategic initiatives that support greater financial wellness and close persistent and historic gaps in economic outcomes.
They will work across the U.S. Bank enterprise and work collaboratively with senior leaders across the organization to implement workstreams that advance our reputation and strategic growth pillar, “Most Trusted Choice”.
Key objectives of this role include:

Strategy and governance:

• Support the development of financial inclusion and wellbeing strategy and vision at U.S. Bank
• Maintain strong relationships within the industry, government and NGOs and other external stakeholders to understand how the overall landscape is evolving, and how U.S. Bank’s strategy should evolve with it
• Identify, gather, maintain, and analyze internal financial health metrics. Implement processes for tracking and monitoring U.S. Bank’s progress against financial inclusion and health
• Benchmark performance against peers and making recommendations to improve the company’s performance across financial health ratings and rankings,
• Develop and share insights into the financial health needs of consumers and communities to enable U.S. Bank to design improved solutions, inform policy and innovate (in partnership with CX)
• Collaborate with risk management and compliance teams to identify financial health related risks.
• Ensure effective governance, coordination and execution of financial health programs across the organization. Provide leadership to define, get buy-in and execute strategies to advance U.S. Bank’s financial inclusion and wellness goals and ambitions,

Initiative Management:

• Translate strategy into actionable plans/initiatives across multiple departments and business lines at U.S. Bank
• Design and manage programs and initiatives that complement existing line of business efforts, aimed at creating improved financial inclusion and health of our employees, communities and clients. Includes but not limited to philanthropy, corporate sponsorships and partnerships
• Influence the product development roadmap and prioritization to deliver on vision, including new products and solutions to help employees, community and clients to strengthen their financial health (in partnership with business lines and enabling functions)

Stakeholder Engagement and Brand/Reputation Management

• Clearly articulate U.S. Bank financial health strategy to stakeholders and create approach that advances brand and reputation of U.S. Bank
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including executives, regulators, investors, clients, and industry groups. Represent the bank at industry events and conference, enhancing our brand and thought leadership in financial health.
• Collect and analyze stakeholder inquiries, trends, and identify emerging opportunities. Develop and coordinate U.S. Banks company responses and communication on key issues across multiple business lines, ensuring compliance with relevant reporting frameworks, and best practices in data collection, analysis and disclosure.
• Partner with communications team to advance brand/reputation of U.S. Bank’s efforts in financial health
• Develop presentation materials, talking points, benchmarking, and analysis on topics for engagement with internal and external stakeholders and for disclosure reporting

PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, or relevant work experience
• Typically 10 or more years of banking or other relevant work experience and three or more years of management experience
• Well-developed leadership abilities and strategic management skills
• Thorough knowledge of the current business or regulatory environment and the ability to anticipate changes
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Well-developed analytical, decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Considerable tact, diplomacy and people skills
  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.

• 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 la