Sr. Risk Associate

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86K-108K Annually
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The Role
Sr. Risk Associate
As part of Enterprise Risk Management, you'll work with talented associates to provide oversight and effective challenge to ensure that our businesses effectively manage operational risk. This includes enabling our organizations to maintain a sustainable and holistic operational risk profile in order to deliver superior products while also protecting our customers. You'll also bring your unique perspective and experiences to help us be rigorous, curious and creative.
Successful Senior Risk Associates are highly motivated professionals with excellent project, process 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 Capital One.
General Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
  • Provide excellent service to both business partners and the ERM organization
  • Execute processes and deliverables that support internal team governance processes
  • Deliver on a subset of the program deliverables including drafting communications, writing and editing policies and procedures, audit remediation responses, etc.
  • Create, edit and manage multiple facets of risk reporting
  • Manage tasks and activities related to risk management initiatives
  • Support risk teams with ad-hoc deliverables and investigations
  • Deliver materials requested in audits and exams with various stakeholders across the organization
  • Initiating and executing process improvements and leveraging other team members when appropriate
  • Specific Responsibilities for the Assessment Advisory team include, but are not limited to:
  • Ability to work with cross-functional teams and key first line of defense contacts at varying levels within the organization
  • Providing the first line of defense with methodology guidance relative to risk assessment programs
  • Monitor and govern adherence to assessment program elements
  • Provide reporting on assessment results

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree or Military Experience
  • At least 2 years of experience in Project Management, or Business Process, or Risk Management
  • At least 1 year of experience using Google Suite or Microsoft Office products

Preferred Qualifications:
  • 3+ years of experience in Project or Business Process, or Risk Management
  • Certified Risk Manager (CRM) or BC (Business Certification)
  • 3+ years of experience creating and maintaining information in Google Suite Products (Slides, Sheets)

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. 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 posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.
McLean, VA: $94,600 - $107,900 for Sr. Risk Associate
Richmond, VA: $86,000 - $98,200 for Sr. Risk Associate
Riverwoods, IL: $86,000 - $98,200 for Sr. Risk Associate
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 offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital 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 (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, 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.
If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at [email protected] . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.
For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to [email protected]
Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.
Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

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