Administrative Assistant to Head of Distribution & Network Strategy

Administrative Assistant

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 atall from Day One.

We have an exciting position open for a highly motivated and professional Administrative Assistant to join U.S. Bank supporting our Head of Distribution & Network Strategy in the U.S. Bank Plaza Minneapolis office. The position requires a person who goes beyond traditional support and is ideal for someone who's eager to contribute to high-impact, strategic work while excelling at the essentials like calendar management, expense reporting, and travel coordination. You'll be the right hand to a dynamic executive, keeping them on track, anticipating needs, and proactively managing what's ahead. Think of yourself as the engine behind his success: organized, energetic, and always a few steps ahead. If you bring enthusiasm and a spark to your work and love to thrive in a fast-paced environment plus find fulfillment in making things run smoothly, this could be the role for you. Being an Administrative Assistant at U.S. Bank will provide you with a rewarding career opportunity to be part of a large financial institution and the demonstrated experience working closely across business lines within the organization.

Essential Functions

• Manage executive priorities, track strategic initiatives and action items, and ensure follow-through across a broad network of stakeholders and business partners.
• Manage complex calendars/scheduling
• Oversee expense reports
• Coordinate meetings, prepare executive-level presentations, interact with cross-functional teams/business lines, and synthesize complex business topics into clear, compelling narratives for senior leadership audiences.
• Work on highly visible projects (some may be highly technical in nature, including working with data)
• Program management

Preferred Skills/Expertise

• Organization & Planning: Demonstrate exceptional organization to juggle multiple calendars, deadlines, priorities. Demonstrate self-motivation to anticipate potential issues, accurately assess and resolve problems before they escalate
• Develop executive level content including presentations, talking points, and strategic materials by translating business strategy, data, and insights into impactful storytelling for executive, board, and stakeholder audiences.
• Communication Skills: Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills for interacting with team members, preparing presentations, coordinating meetings, and conveying information clearly and professionally
• Proactive Problem-Solving: Proven experience identifying issues, analyzing information, applying sound judgment, and developing effective solutions. Demonstrates strong critical thinking skills, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while supporting executive-level decision making.
• Interpersonal Skills: Proven experience building and maintaining positive relationships with colleagues and cross-functional teams
• Administrative Assistant Team Coordination: Demonstrated experience working with administrative assistants across the bank to manage key team issues
• Time Management: Demonstrated experience managing multiple priorities, tasks, and deadlines
• Adaptability: Proven experience adapting to changing priorities and work environments, especially in a dynamic environment that involves working on various projects
• Confidentiality: Proven experience handling sensitive information with discretion and diplomacy
• Customer Service Orientation: Demonstrated focus on providing excellent service to internal and external stakeholders
• Technical Proficiency: Strong proficiency in Microsoft products (Teams, PowerPoint, Excel), AI, and other business tools. Demonstrated experience using technology platforms to solve problems, communicate, manage projects and adapt to new technologies
• High school diploma or equivalent, bachelor's degree is preferred
• 5+ years of experience in administrative and support staff activities; some experience in Finance is preferred

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:

• 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.