Sr Business Analyst

The Talent Acquisition team sits within Enterprise Human Resources and is responsible for bringing in world‑class talent to Capital One. On the Talent Acquisition Assessment & Analysis team, we apply strategic thinking, advanced analytical techniques, and experimental research to optimize pre‑hire talent decisions. The team is comprised of Business Analysts and Industrial/Organizational Psychologists, and partners closely with LOB Accountable Executives, recruiting leaders, and other analyst teams to support both Students & Grads and Professional talent acquisition.

As a Sr. Business Analyst, you will apply your strategic and analytical skills to solve open‑ended, complex questions about how we should source, select, and convert top talent. You will work closely with HR partners and senior executives to shape talent policy, automate real‑time data, and improve talent decision‑making.

• Developing analyses and models that help Capital One recruiters identify great talent to source
• Using data and experimentation to optimize the candidate selection process in partnership with Industrial/Organizational Psychologists
• Designing new ways to measure and improve interviewer engagement and effectiveness

…and you will do it all in a collaborative environment that promotes continuous learning, rewards innovation, and prioritizes your development.

• Strategy consultation:
  Partner with our clients to identify high impact opportunities to transform the candidate and associate experience, conduct analysis, and share insights that inform solutions
• Design:
  Drive and build key programs and analytics solutions for our partners, including measurement strategy, attribution modeling, and automated insights
• Experimentation:
  Partner with clients to design experiments to understand key drivers of candidate and associate behavior
• Insights & analysis:
  Analyze the impact of our programs and combine those insights with the latest thinking in organizational science to help our clients make data‑driven, informed decisions

• Purpose:
  
  You feel a deep personal connection to improving the candidate and associate experience and are motivated by applying advanced analytics in a mission‑driven way
• Analytical thinking: A proven track record of decision making and problem solving based on analytics. Conceptual thinking skills must be complemented by a strong quantitative orientation. Identify opportunities for improvement and use data to make strategic and tactical recommendations
• Execution:
  Develop and test hypotheses, design solutions, assess operational feasibility, support implementation efforts, and develop plans and tools for monitoring outcomes
• Partnership:
  Collaborate effectively with other team members and clients in HR and the business
• Business communication:
  Strong written and oral communication skills, including visualization skills (i.e., able to “tell the story” using data and highlight key insights in a clear and concise manner that is easily understood by stakeholders)
• Results focus:
  Drives for results and achieves important goals applying strong organizational skills and detail orientation, even amidst ambiguity

• Bachelor’s Degree in any quantitative field (Business, Math, Economics, Finance, Statistics, Science, Engineering)
• At least 1 year of experience in analysis

• Master’s Degree in Business or quantitative field such as Finance, Economics, Physical Sciences, Math, Statistics, Engineering
• 2+ years of experience in quantitative analysis
• 2+ years of experience in SQL querying2+ years of experience in business analysis2+ years of experience in consulting

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full‑time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this…