Capital One

Finance / FinServ

PrincipalAssociate,SECAccounting

$121–138k McLean, Virginia, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Principal candidates.

The Brief

“Principal Associate, SEC Accounting at Capital One. Skills: SEC Accounting, Financial Reporting Automation, Agile Methodologies, Stakeholder Management. Leading automation initiatives. Serving as liaison between business strategy and technology”

What You'll Achieve.

Enhancing the user experience for associates across the division; Delivering best-in-class products to Finance customers; Maximizing the value they get from using Workiva

Industry & Context.

Finance / FinServ
Problems you'll solve

Proactively identify and resolve issues; Make recommendations; Support complex troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's Degree or military experience, At least 3 years of experience in accounting, SEC reporting, financial reporting, or a combination

Nice to Have

At least 3 years of experience in agile software delivery, At least 3 years of experience in Python, At least 2 years of experience with Workiva Wdesk, AWS Developer Certification

What You'll Do.

Leading automation initiatives

Serving as liaison between business strategy and technology

Partnering with internal customers and stakeholders to problem solve

Supporting day-to-day operations

Maximizing value derived from Workiva usage

and supporting technical and business solutions for external reporting systems

Providing technical leadership during implementation

Developing strategies to verify requirements

Testing and issue resolution

Tuning and optimization of solutions for performance

Supporting more junior staff and project contractors

Identifying and managing risks

Managing customer relationships

Addressing customer escalations

Communicating with key stakeholders

Providing general technical leadership

Supporting complex troubleshooting and testing efforts across multiple platforms and environments

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work within and across Agile teams; Partner with internal customers and stakeholders; Engage on enterprise and team initiatives; Support more junior staff and project contractors; Communicate with key stakeholders

Communication Scope

Communicate with key stakeholders; Address customer escalations; Share updates; Make recommendations

Process & Methodology

Agile software delivery, Risk management, Dependency management, Escalation management

Full Job Description

Principal Associate, SEC Accounting Are you ready to help revolutionize financial reporting? As a Principal Associate in Workiva agile pod, you won't just support the existing system, Workiva—you'll be at the forefront of helping to shape our financial reporting automation vision and enhancing the user experience for associates across the division. You will be a key driver in leading automation initiatives, serving as the critical liaison between business strategy and technology, partner with internal customers and stakeholders to problem solve, support day-to-day operations and maximize the value they get from using Workiva. If you are passionate about driving agile best practices, owning strategic support functions, and delivering best-in-class products to our Finance customers, this is your opportunity to make an impact. Responsibilities: * Assist our Finance business teams in understanding core technology capabilities including applications, platforms, and underlying technologies at the software, operating system, and infrastructure levels and how to leverage them for the greatest impact * Think through interdependencies, proactively identify and resolve issues, and make recommendations that are focused on our future state * Work within and across Agile teams to design, configure, test, implement, and support both technical and business solutions for external reporting systems * Provide technical leadership during implementation including the development of strategies to verify requirements are being met, testing and issue resolution, and the tuning and optimization of solutions from a performance, resiliency, reliability, and scalability perspective * Engage on enterprise and team initiatives and support more junior staff and project contractors as they analyze and help identify and write business requirements * Identify and manage risks, assumptions, dependencies and escalation * Manage customer relationships, address customer escalations and communicate with

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