Principal Risk Specialist - Underwriting QA

Principal Risk Specialist - Underwriting QA

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Small businesses are the backbone of America and a vital part of the economy as a whole. Their success is essential to economic growth and prosperity. We believe that confidence is the best business plan. Within Capital One’s Small Business Bank (SBB) division, we’ve helped over hundreds of thousands of business owners secure their finances, streamline their cash flow and save time on banking.

This is supported by our mission to help small businesses succeed. Our clients aren’t just our clients—they’re our business partners.

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.

• Conduct reviews and testing procedures to determine compliance with Underwriting policies, procedures, and controls on new loan requests, renewals, annual reviews, interim reviews, modifications, and WAC reviews
• Communicate review findings to appropriate parties and recommend corrective action plans to control defects’ occurrence
• Analyze trends, identify control gaps, and recommend routine and non-routine solutions for process changes
• Complete process steps to adequately document QA Review performed and to support conclusions reached
• Corrective action - Identify and track events and issues to mitigate risk to Capital One. Coordinate with applicable business areas to define and implement remediation activities
• Carry out duties in compliance with all state and federal regulations and guidelines
• Champion and enhance organizational initiatives by positively influencing and supporting change management as well as departmental and enterprise initiatives
• Ensure that Quality Assurance practices, policies and procedures are updated in a timely manner, maintained online, and reviewed periodically to ensure applicability, accuracy and relevance
• Ensure completion of monthly production requirements within SLA’s
• Risk Consulting to one or more Business Areas relative to their business lines and provide advice and guidance as required
• Is proactive about identifying and delivering improvements in our Small Business credit policy, underwriting, and risk management, and performs special project work as appropriate
• Contributes to department training

• At least 3 years of experience in credit administration, loan underwriting, credit review, commercial lending or a combination

• Bachelor's Degree or Military experience
• Completion of a formal credit training or credit underwriting program
• At least 2 years of Financial Services Risk Management experience

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below by location.
Plano, TX: $106,700 - $121,700 for Principal Risk Specialist

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 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…