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Principal Risk Specialist, Compliance Governance Analyst

Job in McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Listing for: Capital One National Association
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-09-01
Job specializations:
  • Business
    Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Risk Manager/Analyst
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 120800 - 137900 USD Yearly USD 120800.00 137900.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Principal Risk Specialist, Compliance Governance Analyst

The Compliance Governance, Oversight and Validation (CGOV) team within Compliance & Ethics is seeking a collaborative, analytically-focused risk management professional to support our well-managed governance processes and protocols. This role is ideal for an individual who is adaptable to change, who embraces bold ideas and who is intellectually curious; and who is proficient in utilizing Google Suite, AI tools, and advanced risk methodologies to drive organizational effectiveness and maintain business integrity.

You will work closely with cross-functional teams to carry out key governance activities, collect and analyze data, and implement meaningful process improvements. This position offers the opportunity to serve as a strategic partner to senior leaders by tracking audit commitments, assessing risks, and serving as an ambassador for innovative, AI-driven workflows. This role requires highly motivated Risk Management professionals with excellent organizational and communication skills.

General

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
  • Coordinate Compliance Processes and Governance:
    Develop, coordinate, and mature internal processes and program governance, ensuring the efficiency and sustainability of key programs and initiatives. Monitor day-to-day CGOV operations to ensure adherence to standards, while proactively identifying and implementing process improvements and redesign initiatives.

  • Establish and Manage Engagement Structures:
    Set up and maintain milestone meetings, folder organization, communication channels, and meeting minutes to ensure effective collaboration and communication. Create meeting templates, coordinate template distribution, manage content inputs, and provide meeting facilitation support.

  • Resolve Impediments and Support Compliance Organizational Priorities:
    Resolve or elevate impediments to deliver on top priorities in a timely and efficient manner, and assist in managing key deliverables across various initiatives.

  • Audit/Exam Support:
    Assist with Compliance related audits and exams, engage in pre-planning, prepare and distribute status reports, track requests, timelines, milestones, and progress for key stakeholders. Design, implement and monitor relevant audit/exam remediation activities.

  • Dashboard Governance:
    Manage intake requests for new or decommissioned Compliance dashboards; create and monitor new dashboards.

  • Facilitate Reporting and Analytics:
    Support the gathering of insights and data, prepare written reports, and deliver oral presentations on identified issues and recommended remediation actions. Perform end-to-end outcome analysis, including the creation of relevant reporting updates to help leadership understand risk implications.

  • Stakeholder Communication & Change Management:
    Communicate the results of assessments, process outcomes, and issue management to ensure leadership remains informed on Compliance priorities and impactful change.

  • Documentation:
    Support C&E Policies, Standards and Procedures (PSP) governance and create and maintain job aids to memorialize relevant processes and protocols.

  • Information Management and Business Continuity:
    Provide support to Business Area Information Management (BAIM) and Business Continuity Planning, including managing access requests and maintaining governance for departmental records.

  • Tool Advocacy:
    Leverage and integrate AI tools - such as Gemini, Google Workspace, and NotebookLM - into daily workflows and serve as an ambassador to demonstrate their value to others.

  • Monitoring & Quality Assurance:
    Design, implement and execute monitoring and quality assurance activities as needed to ensure consistency with expectation outlined in the Compliance Management Program.

  • Collaboration:
    Participate in cross-functional project teams to provide input and partner with groups across the organization on larger strategic initiatives.

Ideal Candidates:
  • Are critical thinkers who seek to understand the business, regulatory, process, risk and control environment

  • Foster an environment that promotes trust and belonging

  • Possess a relentless focus on quality and timeliness

  • Develop…

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