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R196079 Posted 09/03/2024

Principal Risk Specialist| Retail Bank

McLean, Virginia | Richmond, Virginia
  • Category Risk Management
  • Experience Principal Associate
  • Primary Address McLean, Virginia

Overview

Center 2 (19050), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Principal Risk Specialist| Retail Bank

Do you like working in the spotlight? Are you ready to work on the front line of a top 10 Bank? Can you build relationships as well as develop and implement innovative solutions? As a Principal Risk Specialist at Capital One you’ll be responsible for working with business partners to identify and mitigate potential risks to Capital One. Principal Risk Specialists at Capital One are the front line of defense to ensure our Company remains stable and profitable.


Principal Risk Specialists at Capital One are highly motivated Risk Management professionals with excellent organizational and communication skills. They have a high level of exposure across lines of business and have the opportunity to create and implement innovative solutions to identify and mitigate potential risks to the Company. As a member of the Consumer Advisory Risk team, You’ll work with various stakeholders to identify unmitigated risks and assist with opportunities to strengthen the control environment to reduce risks for the business while building lasting partnerships.  This role will focus on risks and controls impacting one or more of our retail bank processing functions and help enable a well-managed risk environment.

Responsibilities:

  • Participate in risk assessments to proactively identify potential risks to the business and work with key stakeholders to develop and drive solutions that remediate risks

  • Risk Consulting to one or more Business Areas relative to their business lines and provide advice and guidance as required

  • Client Management - Develop and leverage key relationships with stakeholders that enable collaboration across the enterprise

  • Issues Management - Identify and track events and issues to mitigate risk to Capital One. Coordinate with applicable business areas to define/ implement remediation activities

  • Process and Change Management - Support change control efforts at the process level to ensure impacts are appropriately assessed, documented and implemented

  • Leverage strong written and verbal communication skills to present risk topics to business and functional stakeholders

  • Implement and deliver on a subset of horizontal program deliverables 

Basic Qualifications:

  • High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification

  • At least 2 years of experience in Risk Management

  • At least 2 years of experience in Process Management or Project Management

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree or military experience

  • 3+ years of Project Management experience leading cross functional projects or programs in Risk

  • 3+ years of Financial Services risk management experience

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

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 committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. 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.

If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com

Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.

Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

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