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Legal Entity Governance Manager

U.S. Bank


Job Location:

Minneapolis, MN - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 133365 - 156900
Posted: 6 October 2026 (4 days ago)
Application Deadline: 3 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At U.S. Bank were 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 atall from Day One.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced leader to oversee legal entity governance and compliance activities across a large complex organization. This role is an individual contributor and will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a robust governance framework that promotes accountability regulatory compliance operational efficiency and effective risk management across the companys legal entity structure.

The successful candidate will partner closely with Legal Accounting Finance Tax Compliance Human Resources Corporate Secretary and external advisors to ensure legal entity obligations are fulfilled and governance processes operate effectively. This role provides visibility to senior leadership and plays a key part in driving governance strategy strengthening controls improving reporting and supporting the ongoing evolution of the companys legal entity governance framework.

Key responsibilities

  • Governance oversight and reporting: Lead the ongoing development and execution of the legal entity governance framework including process standards ownership clarity governance forums escalation protocols and reporting to senior stakeholders. Develop periodic legal entity governance reporting including the status of compliance obligations audit completion entity lifecycle activity and open risks.

  • Entity lifecycle management: Manage the creation maintenance and dissolution of legal entities. Identify opportunities to simplify the legal entity structure.

  • Stakeholder collaboration: Serve as a central governance partner across Legal Corporate Secretary Accounting Finance Tax HR Compliance and outside counsel to align ownership resolve process gaps and ensure legal entity obligations are completed in a timely and accurate manner.

  • Risk management: Proactively identify and manage compliance issues that could lead to penalties or operational disruptions. Design and maintain controls procedures and documentation to support consistent auditable execution of legal entity compliance and governance activities.

  • Compliance tracking: Collaborate across groups to ensure timely filing of annual reports license renewals and other jurisdictional requirements across all entities and locations.

  • Audit tracking: Partner with accounting stakeholders to ensure timely filing of financial statements and audit completion.

  • Revenue agreement governance: Oversee assigned governance processes including the centralized capture and monitoring of new revenue agreements ensuring complete and accurate documentation and periodic reviews to support data integrity and compliance.

Scope & Influence

This position requires regular partnership with VP and SVP-level leaders across Legal Corporate Secretary Accounting Finance Tax Compliance Human Resources and other business functions to support the effective governance and administration of the companys legal entity structure.

The successful candidate will be expected to influence outcomes across multiple stakeholder groups without direct authority drive accountability for legal entity obligations identify and escalate governance and compliance risks and support decision-making related to legal entity structure process ownership and governance strategy. This role also provides visibility to senior leadership through governance reporting risk assessments and recommendations focused on strengthening controls improving transparency and enhancing operational effectiveness.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance Business Administration Legal Studies or a related field or equivalent work experience.

  • Eight or more years of progressive experience in governance compliance accounting finance risk management legal operations corporate administration or a related field within a publicly traded company financial services organization or other highly regulated industry.

Preferred Skills/Experience

  • Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and business functions.

  • Strong understanding of governance compliance risk management and internal control principles.

  • Demonstrated ability to analyze complex issues assess risks develop practical solutions and drive execution.

  • Strong communication and relationship management skills including the ability to influence outcomes build consensus across a matrixed organization and effectively communicate with senior leaders and executives.

  • Experience with legal entity governance and lifecycle activities including entity formation maintenance restructuring mergers acquisitions dissolution and related compliance obligations.

  • Experience designing implementing or overseeing governance compliance risk management or internal control frameworks within a complex organization.

  • Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders drive organizational change and achieve results through collaboration.

Location Expectations:

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

If theres anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process please refer to ourdisability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits:

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. Thats why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

  • Healthcare (medical dental vision)

  • Basic term and optional term life insurance

  • Short-term and long-term disability

  • Pregnancy disability and parental leave

  • 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan

  • Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)

  • Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities

  • Adoption assistance

  • Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race religion color sex national origin age sexual orientation gender identity disability or veteran status and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about theE-Verify program.

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the addition to salary U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package including incentive and recognition programs equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $133365.00 - $156900.00

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA NMLS registration Reg Z Reg G OFAC the NFA the FCPA the Bank Secrecy Act the SAFE Act and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement such as those related to ethics safety or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.


Required Experience:

Manager


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