Strategy Business AnalystCategoryCorporate Functions & RiskJob Id2026-0021697LocationMinneapolis, MN, United

Strategic Business Analyst

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.

The Strategic Business Analyst has experience translating complex business, market, and financial data into clear insights, executive storylines, and recommended actions. This role uses strong financial analytical judgment, financial acumen, and concise communication to identify trends, pressure-test assumptions, support business decisions, and connect quantitative analysis to strategic priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Support & Execution

· Analyze quantitative inputs such as financial results, trends, market data, and operational metrics and translate into clear storylines, implications, and recommended actions.

· Develop structured analysis to support key business priorities, strategic decisions, and leadership discussions.

· Synthesize insights across WCIB / ICG business leaders and enabling partners to identify common themes, risks, opportunities, and decision points.

· Create data-driven insights of business performance, market positioning, and client trends.

· Identify key assumptions, variances, risks, and implications within financial and operational analyses.

Governance & Reporting

· Prepare executive-level materials, including summaries, presentations, briefing notes, and data-driven narratives that clearly connect facts to business implications.

Operational Effectiveness

· Use AI, analytics, and other tools to improve speed, quality, and depth of business insights.

· Identify trends, outliers, and efficiency opportunities through quantitative and qualitative analysis.

· Translate operating model, role clarity, and organizational data into practical insights for leadership decision-making.

Basic Qualifications

· Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

· At least 7 years of experience with tools and techniques for planning, organizing, monitoring and controlling IT projects.

Preferred Skills/Experience

· Highly analytical and comfortable working with data (market, financial, etc.), and performance trends

· Exhibits strong accountability for deliverables and operates with a sense of urgency and high level of discretion

· Structured, detail-oriented, and insight-focused

· Demonstrates adaptability and comfort with ambiguity

· Experience in strategy, business analytics, finance, market research, business management, or a related analytical role

· Demonstrated experience analyzing financial data, market data, trends, and business performance metrics to develop insights and action plans

· Advanced Excel and PPT skills, with the ability to build analyses, identify patterns, pressure-test assumptions, and convert data into executive-ready presentations

· Strong business writing skills with the ability to simplify complex information into concise storylines, key messages, and recommended next steps

· Proven ability to manage multiple analyses and deliver executive-ready insights in a fast-paced environment

· Exceptional attention to detail

The role offers a hybrid/flexible schedule, which means there's an in-office expectation of 3 or more days per week and the flexibility to work outside the office location for the other days.

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,…