Senior Contract 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, enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed in the right ways, all more confidently and more often—that’s what we call the courage to thrive. 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. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank, Elavon is committed to building the platforms and ecosystems that help over 1.5 million customers around the world to achieve their financial goals—no matter what they need. From transaction processing to customer service, to driving innovation and launching new products, we’re building a range of tailored payment solutions powered by the latest technology. As part of our team, you can explore what motivates and energizes your career goals: partnering with our customers, our communities, and each other.

Job Description

The organization's risk management structure is designed to promote effective governance and risk management that is systematic, transparent, credible, timely, and verifiable through clear delineation and execution of key roles and responsibilities. Its goal is to assess and/or manage risks that may impact the company, including credit, financial, liquidity, market, operational, reputational, strategic, and other risks as appropriate.

The Business Risk Professional will partner with their assigned Line of Business, other Business Risk Professionals, and Business Risk Managers to, depending on their function, create, implement, maintain, review or oversee an effective risk management framework.

May participate in projects and/or activities that ensure compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.

May identify gaps and inform solutions that minimize losses resulting from inadequate internal processes, systems or human errors.

May actively identify, respond and/or escalate risks as appropriate.

May inform policies and procedures in an effort to maximize profit potential and minimize regulatory exposure.

May serve as a functional liaison between the Line of Business and the Lines of Defense.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Seven to ten years of experience in applicable risk management environment
• Applicable professional certifications, e.g. JD or MBA

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Expert understanding of the business line's operations, products/services, systems, and associated risks/controls
• Expert understanding of applicable laws, regulations, financial services, and regulatory trends that impact their assigned line of business
• Ability to build and manage a team of Business Risk professionals who have credibility and work directly with business line management, as appropriate
• Basic knowledge of Business Risk competencies
• Strong relationship management, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Possess business acumen and credibility to help business line(s) proactively identify and address changing workforce needs
• Proficient computer navigation skills, particularly word processing, spreadsheet, databases, and presentations
• Experience in Archer eGRC, Agiloft, and MS Office Suite
• Excellent command of the English Language, both written and spoken

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 : We offer an exciting, fast-paced and diverse working environment with employees of many different nationalities. We provide benefits to help you protect your health and financial security; and give you peace of mind. We also invest in your career growth with development resources that give you the opportunity to stretch and shine.