Strategic Investment & Partnerships Lead

U.S. Bank; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 112,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Parental leave

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Adoption assistance

Sick leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking an Investment & Partnership Development Specialist to lead internal processes for Elan Partnership Development efforts, sign new partners, and oversee asset acquisitions.

You will analyze self-issuer credit card portfolios, manage due diligence, and craft financial offers while guiding multiple projects and coordinating with finance, risk, legal, and sales teams. The role requires understanding of finance, valuation, and investment principles, and the ability to translate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with a focus on finance or related field of study.
• Prefer two or more years of experience in business development, investment banking, valuation, financial analysis, or related industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Leads the deal process with internal partners, including finance, risk, legal, compliance, etc. to set partnership terms, support contract negotiations, develop insource versus outsource analysis, communicate offers with sales team, and evaluate the profitability impacts for both Elan and prospective partners.
• Manages multiple projects across departments in a fast-paced environment; able to influence stakeholders at multiple levels of the organization.
• Collaborate with sales team members to move opportunities through the deal stage process.
• Analyzes loan portfolio purchase opportunities, identify portfolio trends and profitability, and collaborate with sales team members and finance teams to determine optimal financial terms that meet internal objectives and the needs of our prospective partners.
• In support of sales presentations, creates financial pro forma forecasts and scenarios detailing performance under a traditional credit card payments insourced model versus an outsourced credit card issuing model.
• Shepherd deals through our internal due diligence process with compliance, risk, and legal teams to gain executive approvals and complete the closing process.
• Performs ad hoc research to analyze industry trends, competitors, portfolio key performance drivers, and various model assumptions to support business objectives.
• Maintains business development processes and procedures.
• Obtains deal approvals and facilitates internal closing procedures.

Skills

Loan portfolio analysis

GAAP accounting knowledge

Financial statements analysis

Excel

PowerPoint

CRM/deal pipelines

Microsoft Copilot

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

CRM software

Copilot tools

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking an Investment & Partnership Development Specialist to lead internal processes for Elan Partnership Development efforts, sign new partners, and oversee asset acquisitions.

You will analyze self-issuer credit card portfolios, manage due diligence, and craft financial offers while guiding multiple projects and coordinating with finance, risk, legal, and sales teams. The role requires understanding of finance, valuation, and investment principles, and the ability to translate