Principal Risk Specialist

Overview

Locations: VA - Richmond, United States of America, Richmond, Virginia

Principal Risk Specialist

As a Principal HR Risk Specialist in Capital One’s Human Resource Business Risk Office you will be responsible for working with business partners to identify and consult on potential risks to Capital One, applying your risk/process management and analytical skills to drive well-managed risk activities.  If you are curious and eager to learn new things, love problem solving, and have a deep reverence for risk and process management, this may be the role for you!

HR Risk Specialists at Capital One are highly motivated risk and process management professionals with excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills. As Capital One evolves to meet the ever-changing landscape, so do our risk specialists. A successful risk specialist operates from a foundation of knowledge about the Line of Business with whom they are working, laws/regulations, processes, associated controls, good risk management and risk mitigation practices. They are forward thinking, quick to adapt, and technologically adept.

This individual will have a high level of exposure across HR supporting horizontal risk management. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated risk or process management professional with excellent problem solving, integrative thinking, prioritization and communication skills.  Additionally, building win-win partnerships with multiple stakeholders both within and outside of the HR Business Risk Office, while adapting to and managing change in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, are default essentials for this role.

Other Responsibilities Include:

• FUSE management: Provide FUSE support to HR Risk Advisors and Risk Operations team according to Operational Risk Management Standards; Learn and understand new functionality; Attends User Meetings; Leads Demos & Change Management;

• Supports HR Division Incident management process and event/issue management in Fuse; performs QA oversight, facilitates assessments, updates systems of record

• Collaborates with Vertical Risk Advisors for timely delivery ofHR Governance Roadmap (Project, process, risk management, & communications) 

• Divisional CBT Oversight: Assignment and monitoring of quarterly compliance CBT’s

• Control Execution Oversight for Business Risk Office Governance Activities: Provides direct oversight throughout control lifecycle, including creation, execution, monitoring, and  remediation of ineffective controls in accordance with Enterprise & Data Governance Standards 

• Owns and Improves process health of Rmap Control Coverage & Monitoring for HR Division against Compliance Policy: Delivers seamless end to end visibility into applicability requirements, control coverage, control mapping, and measurement to goals

• Compiles reporting for management and the Quarterly HR Risk Report

• Drives collaboration between the risk, compliance, legal, and other business support functions; Provides guidance and advice to business partners on implementing risk policies and programs

• Ensures independent escalation of risk management gaps, issues, and concerns to executive management;

• Identifies opportunities to improve risk management practices and develops solutions to perfect risk management, eliminate waste, and deliver an exceptional customer experience

• Drives containment and remediation of process breakdowns in conjunction with compliance, legal and business process teams;

• Participates in risk forums and contributes to continuous improvement of risk management practices;

• Participates in and execute other special projects for the risk office on a periodic basis

Basic Qualifications:  

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification

• At least 1 year of experience working in the Agile Team environment

• At least 1 year of experience in project, process, program or risk management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or military experience

• At least 3 years of experience in process management

• At least 3 years experience working in an Agile Team environment

• At least 3 years of experience with Business Process Management (BPM), Six Sigma or Lean process improvement techniques

• At least 3 years of experience working in Risk Management

• At least 3 years of experience in Human Resources

• At least 1 year of experience with Control Management

• Strong problem-solving and conceptual skills

• Strong written and verbal communications

• Experience with Governance, Risk, and Compliance software tools (PRIME/FUSE at Capital One)

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.

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