SOX & Governance Risk Analyst

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Parental leave

401(k)

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Adoption assistance

Sick leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking an Analyst to support enterprise governance programs, including SOX, by coordinating certifications, documentation, and change activities. You will partner with leadership, Internal Audit, and external auditors to ensure timely, accurate delivery of controls and reporting.

The role emphasizes process improvement, dashboards, and governance standardization across risk and compliance programs, with a focus on accuracy and timely execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Typically more than five years of applicable experience
• Experience supporting risk management, internal controls, SOX compliance, regulatory reporting, governance, certification, audit, or compliance programs.
• Strong organizational, project management, and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to perform effective quality assurance reviews.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and recurring deliverables in a deadline-driven environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and related tools.
• Experience supporting SOX, regulatory reporting, certification, attestation, audit, or governance programs.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a complex environment.
• Familiarity with governance, risk, and compliance platforms such as Archer, Workiva, or similar solutions.
• Experience supporting issue management, remediation tracking, risk assessments, and control-related activities.
• Experience developing governance reporting, executive presentations, dashboards, and program metrics.
• Knowledge of internal control frameworks, regulatory compliance requirements, and risk management practices.
• Applicable professional certifications preferred including CIA, CPA, CISA, PMP.

Responsibilities

• Maintain governance calendars, inventories, procedures, methodologies, certifications, and program documentation.
• Coordinate annual, quarterly, monthly, and ongoing governance activities across supported control programs.
• Support program-level communications and help ensure completion of certification activities.
• Coordinate governance reviews related to certification populations, control ownership, attestation requirements, and regulatory reporting control coverage.
• Support governance activities related to control design, control ownership, change management in Archer eGRC systems.
• Review submitted Change Management Requests for completeness and accuracy.
• Support implementation of approved changes and perform production reviews, when required, to verify that updates were completed correctly.
• Monitor certification completion, testing progress, remediation activities, and governance health metrics.
• Prepare recurring dashboards, scorecards, executive summaries, trend analyses, and program reporting.
• Consult the activity calendar for applicable schedules, deadlines, and instructions that could affect monthly USBE activities.
• Maintain procedures, job aids, training materials, templates, and governance resources supporting control programs.
• Support governance transformation initiatives, process enhancements, and technology-enabled improvements.
• Promote consistency, sustainability, and effective governance practices across risk, compliance, and regulatory reporting programs.

Skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking an Analyst to support enterprise governance programs, including SOX, by coordinating certifications, documentation, and change activities. You will partner with leadership, Internal Audit, and external auditors to ensure timely, accurate delivery of controls and reporting.

The role emphasizes process improvement, dashboards, and governance standardization across risk and compliance programs, with a focus on accuracy and timely execution.