Principal Associate, Cyber Controls Governance & Testing Support

Overview

Principal Associate, Cyber Controls Governance & Testing Support

As a Principal Associate in Capital One’s Cyber Governance & Risk organization, you will have the chance to oversee control development, enhancement, execution, testing, and ensuring controls meet quality standards. You will work on a team of control governance associates to ensure Capital One Cyber controls adequately meet Enterprise requirements, mitigate risk, maintain audit readiness, and aid in meeting business objectives. You will partner with cross functional teams to develop and support internal Cyber controls that support innovation and protect our customers, shareholders, and associates.

You are a Controls Governance subject matter expert. A critical component of this role is the enhancement of our Cyber control environment, for which the Controls Governance & Testing Support team is responsible. The Associate must be able to operate within a highly collaborative team environment. The work we participate in has a high level of exposure across the Cyber organization, along with other divisional First Line and Second Line risk partners. Proficiency in the lifecycle of technology controls and an understanding of the Capital One Risk Management Framework are important for success in this role. 

General Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with control owners to ensure they are maintaining controls that are designed and operating effectively

• Prepare Accountable Executive Designees and Control Owners for upcoming controls testing 

• Assess control evidence to ensure completeness and accuracy, quality, and overall value

• Build successful relationships across the enterprise to understand the impact of how Cyber controls mitigate risk

• Contribute to a small team of cyber internal control professionals to document guidance and teach control owners best practices

• Work with control subject matter experts to ensure that risks and regulatory requirements are appropriately mapped to Cyber controls

• Assist control performing teams with controls testing and validation

• Communicate control gaps and deficiencies, risk exposures, and changes to the risk profile to senior management

• Actively seek and report on opportunities to strengthen processes via automation

• Enable a strong culture of controls management that’s adaptable to a changing environment

• Influence risk stakeholders through an active and collaborative environment. Advocate and influence outcomes with Lines of Defense teams

• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with key partners across the Enterprise and within Cyber

Basic Qualifications: 

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification

• At least 3 years of experience in risk management or internal controls 

• At least 1 year of experience in project management 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 4+ years of experience in governance or risk management 

• 3+ years of experience in cybersecurity

• 3+ years of experience interacting with internal audit or regulatory agencies

• 3+ years of experience with cloud environments

• 2+ years of experience in an agile or scrum environment

• 1+ years of experience with Jira and Confluence

• Security+, CISSP,  CEH, CCSP, or AWS Certification

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1 and O-1, or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

McLean, VA: $127,500 - $145,500 for Prin Assoc, Cyber Risk & Analysis

New York, NY: $139,100 - $158,700 for Prin Assoc, Cyber Risk & Analysis

Richmond, VA: $115,900 - $132,200 for Prin Assoc, Cyber Risk & Analysis

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at theCapital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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