Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Compliance

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.

This position supports operational accounting, reconciliations, reporting, controls, and evolving business processes. It maintains general ledger and subsidiary accounts, prepares financial statements and reports, and develops accounting systems, controls, and procedures. The role partners across business lines and corporate accounting and offers exposure to process improvement, analytics, automation, AI initiatives, and broader leadership responsibilities over time.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain accounting controls and reconcile general ledger and subsidiary ledger accounts.

• Prepare financial statements and reports for management and regulatory authorities.

• Maintain and develop automated accounting systems, controls, and procedures.

• Respond to accounting policy, procedure, and issue inquiries from management, external auditors, and regulatory authorities.

• Monitor financial activity and support accurate general ledger reporting, controls, certifications, compliance, and audits.

• Learn operational platforms, financial processes, cash movement, payment processing, and general ledger interfaces.

• Partner with business line controllers, corporate accounting, and cross-functional teams on accounting, reconciliation, reporting, and controls.

• Research and resolve exceptions and recommend process and operational improvements.

• Support Black Line reconciliation migration and Workday journal entry uploads.

• Contribute to reporting modernization, analytics dashboards, automation, AI initiatives, and platform enhancements.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, or equivalent work experience

• Five to eight years of experience in financial accounting activities

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Operational accounting experience and interest in responsibilities beyond traditional accounting or audit work.

• Experience with accounting, reporting, analysis, reconciliations, controls, projects, process improvement, or analytics.

• Considerable knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and other regulations.

• Ability to identify and resolve exceptions, analyze data, and recommend improvements.

• Strong organizational skills with a focus on controls, regulatory compliance, and established procedures.

• Ability to adapt to changing priorities, AI initiatives, automation, and evolving technology.

• Ability to work independently, manage multiple responsibilities, and continuously learn across platforms and business initiatives.

• Interest in cross-functional partnership, knowledge sharing, reporting modernization, dashboards, and continuous improvement.

• Knowledge of Workday and Black Line.

• Proficient computer skills, especially Microsoft Office applications.

• Interest in future leadership responsibilities and continued growth.

• CPA or CMA preferred.

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…