Principal Risk Specialist

Principal Risk Specialist

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 Associate at Capital One you’ll be responsible for working with business partners to identify and mitigate potential risks to Capital One. Principal Risk Associates at Capital One are the front line of defense to ensure our Company remains stable and profitable.

As a member of the Global Payment Network team, you will be asked to identify, assess, and mitigate Network-specific operational and regulatory risks. Principal Risk Associates 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.

• 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
• Coordinate with the applicable risk office and second line of defense to define/ implement remediation activities.
• Monitoring and Reporting of Retail Deposit Compliance efforts
• Lead change control efforts at the process level to ensure impacts are appropriately assessed, documented and implemented

• Bachelors Degree or military experience
• At least 1 year of Financial Services Risk Management Experience
• At least 2 years of Project Management experience
• At least 3 years of experience supporting, partnering and interacting with internal business clients

• At least 3 years of Project Management experience leading cross functional projects and programs in Risk
• PMP Certification or Masters Certificate of Project Management (CPM)

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

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location.

Houston, TX: $109,900 - $125,400 for Principal Risk Specialist
McLean, VA: $120,800 - $137,900 for Principal Risk Specialist
Richmond, VA: $109,900 - $125,400 for Principal Risk Specialist
Riverwoods, IL: $109,900 - $125,400 for Principal Risk Specialist

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.

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.