Elan Investment & Partnership Development Specialist

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 Investment & Partnership Development Specialist leads internal processes for Elan Partnership Development efforts to sign new partners and related asset acquisitions.  Key functions include performing analyses of self-issuer credit card portfolios to create financial offers, overseeing the contract process, managing the due diligence process, and creating case studies and targeting metrics.  Keys to success include the ability to understand Elan’s business model and how we sustain our competitive advantages, to be strategic in driving Elan’s business development efforts to manage multiple projects, and to have a deep understanding of finance, valuation, and investment decision principles. 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. Basic Qualifications for this position: • 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. Additional Skills/Experience: • Have a working knowledge of loan portfolio analysis and valuation. • Possess knowledge of GAAP accounting standards and how GAAP is applied to Financial Institutions and Loan Portfolios. • Possess a strong understanding of financial institution financial statements, including income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow. • Able to create executive-ready written materials, presentations, and financial summaries, utilizing Microsoft Office suite tools such as Word and PowerPoint. • Able to translate financial analysis into partner-facing recommendations. • Able to create Excel-based analytical tools to drive informed business decisions within a team environment. • Able to make critical decisions independently a