IS Governance Risk & Compliance Specialist

U.S. Bank; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

401(k) and retirement plan

Paid vacation

Sick leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

U.S. Bank is recruiting an IS Governance Risk & Compliance Specialist to oversee security controls protecting information assets. You will partner with Control Owners, process owners, risk partners, and auditors to ensure controls are well-designed, documented, and evidence-backed throughout their lifecycle.

The role requires independent judgment in evaluating control documentation and identifying gaps with corrective action. Location expectations include working from a U.S.

Qualifications

• Experience in Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) or related discipline.
• Experience developing, reviewing, maintaining, and validating controls and documentation.
• Experience evaluating control design, execution, and evidence.
• Experience supporting internal audit, regulatory reviews, or remediation.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee implementation of security controls and technologies.
• Support governance and maintenance of the ISS control environment.
• Collaborate with owners, risk partners, auditors, and stakeholders.
• Assist with control lifecycle activities and evidence gathering.

Skills

GRC experience

Cybersecurity controls

Process governance

Documentation review

Auditing support

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

• Excellent communication, both written and verbal

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.

Job Description

The IS Governance Risk & Compliance Specialist is responsible for oversees the implementation of security controls and technologies to protect the organization's information assets, including data encryption, access controls, and intrusion detection and prevention systems.

The IS Governance Risk & Compliance Specialist supports the governance, development, maintenance, validation, and ongoing oversight of the Information Security Services (ISS) control environment. The position partners with Control Owners, Business Process Owners, risk partners, technology and cybersecurity teams, auditors, and other stakeholders to help ensure business processes and controls are appropriately designed, accurately documented, effectively maintained, and supported by sufficient evidence.

The IS Governance Risk & Compliance Specialist serves as a subject-matter resource throughout the control lifecycle, assisting stakeholders with the development of new controls and business processes, modification of existing controls, control ownership changes, control documentation, change‑management activities, annual attestations, data‑quality reviews, audit and regulatory requests, and control validation activities.

The role is expected to exercise independent judgment when evaluating control documentation, proposed changes, supporting evidence, and alignment between documented control requirements and actual execution. The IS Governance Risk & Compliance Specialist also works directly with Control Owners and Process Owners to identify documentation and/or control‑environment gaps and facilitate appropriate corrective action.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• 2+ years of relevant experience
• Good understanding of Information Security Governance, Risk and Compliance

Required Skills/Experience

• Experience within Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), cybersecurity controls, technology risk, internal controls, or related discipline.
• Experience developing, reviewing, maintaining, and validating controls and supporting control documentation.
• Experience evaluating control design, execution, evidence, and alignment between documented requirements and operational practices.
• Experience with business‑process governance and analyzing relationships among processes, risks, controls, systems, and accountable owners.
• Experience facilitating control walkthroughs, readiness reviews, quality reviews, or similar control‑validation activities.
• Experience supporting internal audit, control testing, quality assurance, regulatory reviews, issue remediation, or corrective‑action activities.
• Strong analytical and critical‑thinking skills with demonstrated ability to identify documentation, execution, ownership, data‑quality, or control‑environment gaps.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Ability to be flexible and adapt to change
• Excellent communication, both written and verbal

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 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, 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

Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

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.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E‑Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E‑Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E‑Verify program.

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $92,820.00 - $109,200.00

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.