Rotational Analyst - Finance & Analytics Program

Fhlbc; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 56,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago invites high-achieving college graduates to join its 2027 Rotational Analyst Program. This two-year, entry-level program lets analysts rotate through four six-month assignments across internal business functions, gaining exposure to financial analytics, reporting, banking operations, and customer support.

Analysts will build proficiency by preparing financial statements and reports, supporting client documentation and fund transfers, and analyzing data from

Qualifications

• A high degree of professionalism with outstanding communication (written, verbal, and listening) skills.
• Ability to self-start and self-motivate, a willingness to take an active role to drive results by collaborating with peers and operational leadership.
• Attention to detail with respect to data and facility security, documentation, following policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Proven ability to develop, analyze, and effectively interpret data.
• Critical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Appropriately solicit, accept, and apply ongoing performance feedback.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and analyze monthly financial statements and supplemental information. Design, maintain, and improve a variety of financial reports with data integrity.
• Assist customers in the execution of required documentation, transaction processing, account set up and maintenance, and fund transfers.
• Manage the resolution of inquiries and issues ranging from basic to complex with a high level of service. This may involve working jointly with other departments and/or communicating across groups.
• Support the accurate and timely resolution of customer and internal constituents' questions and concerns. Offer assistance that complies with our policies, procedures, and business processes.
• Measure, monitor, and report on a variety of inbound and outbound departmental reports and metrics.
• Systematic gathering, recording, assigning meaning, and suggesting conclusions from a quantitative and qualitative, risk, and return; perspective to support decision making, enhance products, product design, metric reporting, and training.

Skills

Professional communication

Self-motivation

Attention to detail

Data analysis

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Math, Accounting, Business, or related field

Tools

Excel

VBA

SQL

Tableau

Job description

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago invites high-achieving college graduates to join its 2027 Rotational Analyst Program. This two-year, entry-level program lets analysts rotate through four six-month assignments across internal business functions, gaining exposure to financial analytics, reporting, banking operations, and customer support.

Analysts will build proficiency by preparing financial statements and reports, supporting client documentation and fund transfers, and analyzing data from