Associated Bank

Role Description Join Associated Bank as a Senior Compensation Analyst and play a key role in shaping compensation programs that attract, retain, and reward top talent. In this role, you'll partner with leaders across HR, Finance, Risk, Legal, and business lines to deliver data-driven compensation strategies, incentive plan design, and governance support. This is an excellent opportunity to influence enterprise-wide compensation programs while expanding your expertise in Total Rewards. Key Accountabilities - Analyze compensation programs, market data, and financial models to support competitive, equitable, and business-aligned pay practices. - Partner with HR Business Partners and business leaders to provide compensation guidance, recommendations, and consultative support. - Develop incentive compensation analyses, financial models, and scenario planning to evaluate plan effectiveness and business impact. - Manage compensation data, reporting, and system administration across platforms such as Workday, Payfactors, and other compensation tools. - Coordinate annual compensation planning activities, including salary, bonus, equity, and incentive compensation processes. - Prepare governance materials, plan documentation, and committee presentations while supporting regulatory compliance and enterprise risk management. - Collaborate with Finance, Legal, Risk, HR, and business stakeholders to implement compensation initiatives and continuous process improvements. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. - 5+ years of experience administering and analyzing compensation programs. - Experience developing financial models, market analyses, and compensation recommendations. - Strong analytical, project management, communication, and problem-solving skills. - Experience working with compensation systems and Microsoft Excel. Requirements - Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) certification or the ability to obtain within 3–5 years. - Certified Sales Compensation Professional (CSCP) certification or the ability to obtain within 3–5 years. - Experience supporting incentive compensation plan design, governance, and administration. - Experience with Workday Compensation, Payfactors, or similar compensation platforms. Benefits - Retirement savings including both 401(k) and Pension plans. - Paid time off to volunteer in your community. - Opportunities to connect with others through our diversity-focused Colleague Resource Groups. - Competitive salaries with professional development and advancement opportunities. - Bonus benefits including well-being programs and incentives, parental leave, an employee stock purchase plan, military benefits and much more. - Personal banking, loan, investment and insurance benefits.

• Coordinate enterprise job scheduling and file transfer processes to support critical business applications and operations. • Monitor system performance and resolve production issues through root cause analysis to improve reliability and prevent recurring incidents. • Automate operational processes by developing scripts and identifying opportunities to reduce manual work and increase efficiency. • Support data warehouse and data mart processing by managing batch jobs and file movement activities. • Collaborate with business partners, IT teams, and vendors to implement system enhancements and maintain stable production environments. • Develop and execute test plans while following change management and production control standards. • Maintain accurate technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge base resources to support ongoing operations. • Provide on-call support and assist with business continuity and disaster recovery activities for supported applications and systems.

Role Description Take a senior role in planning, performing, and reporting on information technology audits across areas such as IT operations, infrastructure, information security, and IT governance. This role provides objective, risk-focused assurance on risk management practices, governance processes, and internal controls while helping ensure audit work supports business and regulatory expectations. You’ll also supervise audit work, support issue validation, and build proactive relationships with business partners. Key Accountabilities - Lead assigned IT audit projects, including scoping, planning, testing, documentation, and reporting. - Assess risks, controls, processes, and systems to support audit planning and execution. - Perform audit testing through interviews, data extraction and analysis, process design review, and evaluation of control effectiveness. - Review audit workpapers and conclusions to ensure audit objectives are met and controls are appropriately evaluated. - Partner with business leaders, Risk Management, and audit colleagues to identify emerging risks and incorporate changes into audit assessments. - Supervise and coach assigned audit staff in alignment with company policies and performance expectations. - Manage assigned issues in the centralized issue tracking system and support validation work for regulatory and audit findings. - Maintain professional and technical knowledge by staying current on audit methodology, banking processes, laws, rules, and regulations. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting. - 4+ years of progressive audit experience within financial services and/or information technology. - 4+ years of technical understanding of General IT Controls, IBM i, Windows/VM, Linux, Oracle, SQL, and network protocols. - Advanced Professional Certification within 1 year. - Certified Information Systems Auditor within 1 year. Requirements - Certified Public Accountant by start date. Benefits - Retirement savings including both 401(k) and Pension plans. - Paid time off to volunteer in your community. - Opportunities to connect with others through our diversity-focused Colleague Resource Groups. - Competitive salaries with professional development and advancement opportunities. - Bonus benefits including well-being programs and incentives, parental leave, an employee stock purchase plan, military benefits and much more. - Personal banking, loan, investment and insurance benefits.

• Develop enterprise semantic models, ontologies, taxonomies, and knowledge graph structures that create consistent business meaning across data domains. • Define and maintain enterprise business concepts, metadata standards, and data relationships to support governance and regulatory compliance. • Align data from multiple systems by mapping technical data to shared business definitions and reusable semantic standards. • Partner with data architecture, engineering, governance, AI, and business teams to translate business needs into scalable semantic solutions. • Enable advanced data discovery and analytics by applying semantic web standards, graph technologies, and knowledge modeling practices. • Support AI-ready data capabilities by designing semantic frameworks that improve context, search, and knowledge-driven insights. • Promote enterprise data consistency by advancing metadata, lineage, and governance best practices across the organization.

Role Description As a Quality Assurance Analyst, you'll help ensure the quality and reliability of technology solutions that support our customers and employees. You'll collaborate with experienced QA professionals to plan and execute testing, identify issues, and improve software quality throughout the development lifecycle. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your technical skills while gaining experience in a collaborative and regulated technology environment. Key Accountabilities - Execute functional, integration, and user acceptance testing to validate business requirements and system functionality. - Develop clear test cases, test scenarios, and test data based on business requirements and user stories. - Document testing results, defects, and retesting activities to support timely issue resolution and successful project delivery. - Partner with QA Leads, project teams, and business stakeholders to communicate testing progress and quality outcomes. - Support automated testing efforts by creating and maintaining automated test scripts as assigned. - Validate third-party interfaces and system integrations to ensure accurate and reliable end-to-end processing. - Maintain testing plans, quality documentation, and testing artifacts using established QA tools and methodologies. - Contribute to continuous improvement by participating in knowledge sharing, cross-training, and process enhancements. Qualifications - Associate degree in Business, Information Technology, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. - 2+ years of experience in software testing and Quality Assurance Life Cycle Management. - 2+ years of experience creating test scenarios and test cases based on business requirements. - Experience performing manual software testing and documenting test results and defects. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills. Preferred Qualifications - Experience working within a financial institution or other regulated industry. - Experience collaborating with on-site and offshore project teams. - Experience using Atlassian Jira, Confluence, Xray, or similar test management tools. - Exposure to software development life cycle (SDLC) processes and automated testing practices. Benefits - Retirement savings including both 401(k) and Pension plans. - Paid time off to volunteer in your community. - Opportunities to connect with others through our diversity-focused Colleague Resource Groups. - Competitive salaries with professional development and advancement opportunities. - Bonus benefits including well-being programs and incentives, parental leave, an employee stock purchase plan, military benefits, and much more. - Personal banking, loan, investment, and insurance benefits.

• Lead testing strategy, planning, and execution for complex technology initiatives to ensure high-quality software delivery. • Develop comprehensive test plans, test cases, and testing scenarios based on business requirements and user stories. • Manage defect lifecycles by identifying, tracking, prioritizing, and partnering with teams to resolve issues before production. • Drive test automation efforts by identifying automation opportunities and supporting automated test script development and maintenance. • Partner with project teams, business stakeholders, and technology partners to coordinate testing activities, environments, and test data readiness. • Validate system integrations, third-party interfaces, and end-to-end business processes to ensure operational readiness and data integrity. • Communicate testing progress, quality metrics, risks, and results through standardized reporting and dashboards. • Champion continuous improvement by enhancing testing processes, supporting quality standards, and promoting best practices across the organization.

Role Description Support full life cycle recruitment and talent pool management to help meet organizational hiring goals. This role partners with business leaders to attract early career exempt and non-exempt talent, strengthen recruiting strategies, and support inclusive hiring practices. The Talent Acquisition Consultant also uses recruitment data and market insights to guide leaders and improve talent outcomes. Key Accountabilities - Manage full life cycle recruitment for early career exempt and non-exempt positions. - Support the creation and implementation of recruitment strategies for assigned business lines or talent areas. - Build and manage talent pools to support workforce planning and diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. - Represent the organization at events, conferences, and networking functions to promote the organization as an employer of choice. - Ensure recruiting activities comply with applicable employment laws, internal policies, and external compliance requirements. - Educate and guide business line leaders on the recruitment process, including interview training, market conditions, and inclusive hiring practices. - Analyze and leverage recruitment data to inform leaders and effectively attract talent. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. - 2+ years of recruitment experience, including training in human resources interviewing and selection, affirmative action, and Equal Opportunity compliance. Requirements - High volume or campus recruitment experience (preferred). Benefits - Retirement savings including both 401(k) and Pension plans. - Paid time off to volunteer in your community. - Opportunities to connect with others through our diversity-focused Colleague Resource Groups. - Competitive salaries with professional development and advancement opportunities. - Bonus benefits including well-being programs and incentives, parental leave, an employee stock purchase plan, military benefits and much more. - Personal banking, loan, investment and insurance benefits.

Role Description The Technical Product Owner leads the strategy, development, and operations of Associated Bank’s enterprise data platform. This role drives the adoption of modern DataOps and MLOps practices that improve scalability, reliability, and efficiency across the organization. The position offers the opportunity to lead a talented team while influencing the future of data and analytics capabilities at the bank. Key Accountabilities - Develop and execute the enterprise DataOps strategy and roadmap to enhance scalability, security, performance, and reliability. - Lead, mentor, and develop a team of data platform engineers and administrators while fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. - Build and advance MLOps capabilities to support efficient, compliant, and reliable machine learning model deployment. - Drive automation initiatives using Infrastructure-as-Code and related technologies to streamline deployment and platform management. - Oversee daily cloud data platform operations, including monitoring, performance optimization, and cost management. - Partner with business and technology teams to evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to strengthen data-driven decision-making. - Ensure adherence to cloud security, data protection, and governance best practices across the platform. - Optimize data integration, ETL/ELT, and platform processes to improve operational efficiency and user experience. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. - 8+ years of experience in information technology, software/application development, data platforms, or product ownership. - 3+ years of technology leadership experience. - Experience with Python and modern data engineering practices. - Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies. - Strong understanding of DevOps principles, cloud platforms, and data management concepts. - Experience with DataOps technologies such as Airflow, Kafka, Spark, or similar tools. - Experience with machine learning deployment, workflow automation, and monitoring. - Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. Requirements - Experience leading enterprise cloud data platform initiatives. - Experience implementing MLOps frameworks and machine learning operations at scale. - Knowledge of cloud security, identity management, and data protection best practices. - Experience driving platform modernization and automation programs within a regulated industry. - Financial services or banking industry experience. Benefits - Retirement savings including both 401(k) and Pension plans. - Paid time off to volunteer in your community. - Opportunities to connect with others through our diversity-focused Colleague Resource Groups. - Competitive salaries with professional development and advancement opportunities. - Bonus benefits including well-being programs and incentives, parental leave, an employee stock purchase plan, military benefits and much more. - Personal banking, loan, investment and insurance benefits.

Role Description As a Special Assets Officer, you will manage a portfolio of complex commercial credit relationships and work closely with clients and internal partners to achieve the best possible outcomes. This role combines financial analysis, relationship management, and problem-solving to support credit rehabilitation, strategic exits, or asset recovery efforts. You'll gain valuable exposure to complex commercial banking situations while developing expertise in credit risk management and portfolio administration. Key Accountabilities - Manage a portfolio of problem credit relationships and develop strategies for rehabilitation, exit, or liquidation. - Analyze borrower financial information and assess credit risk, collateral position, and repayment capacity. - Prepare credit presentations, portfolio reviews, and quarterly reporting for management and credit partners. - Evaluate business plans, management teams, and operating performance to support resolution strategies. - Partner with lenders, attorneys, accountants, loan servicers, and other stakeholders to resolve complex credit situations. - Monitor compliance with loan agreements, covenants, collateral requirements, and bank credit policies. - Negotiate and recommend loan structures and resolutions that align with risk management objectives. - Advise internal business partners on problem credit situations and portfolio risk management strategies. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. - 3+ years of banking, commercial credit, finance, or related business experience. - Knowledge of commercial lending, credit analysis, and portfolio management practices. - Understanding of banking regulations, collection laws, and depository products. Requirements - Experience managing problem credit or special assets portfolios. - Knowledge of loan documentation, collateral perfection, real estate mortgages, and guaranties. - Experience working with workout strategies, restructuring, foreclosure, repossession, or liquidation processes. - Strong negotiation, communication, and relationship management skills. Benefits - Retirement savings including both 401(k) and Pension plans. - Paid time off to volunteer in your community. - Opportunities to connect with others through our diversity-focused Colleague Resource Groups. - Competitive salaries with professional development and advancement opportunities. - Bonus benefits including well-being programs and incentives, parental leave, an employee stock purchase plan, military benefits, and much more. - Personal banking, loan, investment, and insurance benefits.

• Serve as a technical resource for qualified retirement plan compliance. • Help colleagues and clients understand plan rules, regulations, amendments, corrections, and complex eligibility issues. • Partner with retirement plan, audit, and compliance teams to support risk management. • Address operational issues and help ensure plan administration aligns with ERISA and Department of Labor requirements. • Research regulatory and compliance topics and share findings with compliance leadership and colleagues. • Review plan amendments for accuracy and potential unintended consequences. • Support the resolution of operational defects by reviewing correction calculations and authorizing corrections. • Assist with compliance testing, including general nondiscrimination and average benefit percentage testing. • Prepare and present standard compliance reports and assist with IRS and Department of Labor filings.