Senior Strategic Analytics Analyst

Us Bank; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 86,360 - 101,600; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a Strategic Business Analyst in Chicago to translate complex financial, market, and business data into clear insights, executive storylines, and recommended actions.

You will leverage analytical judgment and financial acumen to inform leadership decisions and connect quantitative analysis to strategic priorities. You will collaborate with Product and Practice leaders, delivering data-driven views of performance, trends, and risks, while using AI and analytics to enhance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Typically, eight to 10 years of related experience.
• Advanced Excel skills, with the ability to build analyses, identify patterns, pressure-test assumptions, and convert data into executive-ready presentations.
• Strong business writing skills with the ability to simplify complex information into concise storylines, key messages, and recommended next steps.
• Proven ability to manage multiple analyses and deliver executive-ready insights in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop structured analysis to support key business priorities, strategic decisions, and leadership discussions.
• Analyze quantitative inputs such as financial results, trends, market data, and operational metrics and translate into clear storylines, implications, and recommended actions.
• Synthesize insights across Product and Practice business leaders and business partners to identify common themes, risks, opportunities, and decision points.
• Create data-driven views of business performance, market positioning, and client trends.
• Identify key assumptions, variances, risks, and implications within financial and operational analyses.
• Prepare executive-level materials, including summaries, presentations, briefing notes, and data-driven narratives that clearly connect facts to business implications.
• Use AI, analytics, and other tools to improve speed, quality, and depth of business insights.
• Identify trends, outliers, and efficiency opportunities through quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Translate operating model, role clarity, and organizational data into practical insights for leadership decision-making.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Advanced Excel skills

Strong business writing

Executive-ready insights translation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking a Strategic Business Analyst in Chicago to translate complex financial, market, and business data into clear insights, executive storylines, and recommended actions.

You will leverage analytical judgment and financial acumen to inform leadership decisions and connect quantitative analysis to strategic priorities. You will collaborate with Product and Practice leaders, delivering data-driven views of performance, trends, and risks, while using AI and analytics to enhance