Senior Finance Lead – Cost Allocation & Strategic Programs

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.

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The Senior Finance Lead – Cost Allocation & Strategic Programs provides strategic leadership for enterprise cost allocation, financial transparency, expense governance, and cross-functional Finance initiatives. The role partners with senior leaders across Finance, Accounting, Financial Operations, Tax, Technology, and business lines to develop, implement, and evolve methodologies, governance frameworks, and operating practices that support informed decision-making and effective financial management.

This position leads highly complex initiatives with significant business, financial, and organizational impact. The role serves as a trusted advisor to Finance leadership, influencing enterprise decisions, driving alignment across stakeholders, and ensuring cost allocation methodologies, governance processes, and financial management practices remain scalable, transparent, and aligned with organizational objectives.

• Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise cost allocation methodologies, governance frameworks, and supporting business processes.
• Partner with Finance and business leaders to improve transparency, accountability, and consistency in expense attribution and financial decision‑making.
• Develop and maintain governance structures, standards, controls, and operating practices supporting cost allocation and financial management activities.
• Provide strategic consultation and recommendations regarding allocation methodologies, funding models, chargeback approaches, and related financial impacts.
• Lead highly visible cross‑functional initiatives involving Finance, Accounting, Financial Operations, Tax, Technology, Risk, and business‑line stakeholders.
• Assess and communicate financial, operational, and strategic implications associated with proposed methodology changes and transformation initiatives.
• Drive executive‑level discussions regarding priorities, risks, trade‑offs, implementation strategies, and expected outcomes.
• Develop materials and recommendations for senior leadership, governance committees, and executive decision forums.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, strengthen governance, improve transparency, and enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Influence enterprise decisions and drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups where authority is largely achieved through expertise, credibility, and partnership.

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent