Capital One

Finance

PrincipalRiskSpecialist

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

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The Brief

“Principal Risk Specialist at Capital One. Skills: Risk Management, Payments Governance. Identify, assess and mitigate potential risks to Capital One. Manage the risks associated with payments”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensure our Company remains stable and profitable; Ensure that millions of customers interact with their money in a well-managed fashion

Industry & Context.

Finance
Problems you'll solve

Excellent problem solving; Critical thinking

Eligibility Requirements

Will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

2 years of financial services risk management experience, 2 years of payments operations experience or risk management experience, 2 years of experience supporting, partnering and interacting with internal business clients

Nice to Have

3+ years of Project Management experience leading cross functional projects and programs, 3+ years of financial services risk management experience, 3+ years of payments operations experience or risk management experience, Certification within the payments industry (e. g. , AAP, APRP)

What You'll Do.

assess and mitigate potential risks to Capital One

Manage the risks associated with payments

Provide advice and guidance to line of business leaders on risks impacting one or more areas within the Enterprise Payments Governance Office

Develop and leverage key relationships with Enterprise Payments and functional stakeholders to enable collaboration across the enterprise

Identify and track issues and events to mitigate risk within Enterprise Payments

Coordinate with applicable business areas to define and implement remediation activities

Enhance payments-related control and governance environment by leading process-level change control efforts

Support in the delivery of key risk mitigation and remediation activities

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering with Operations, Product, Technology and Business partners to manage the risks associated with payments; Develop and leverage key relationships with Enterprise Payments and functional stakeholders to enable collaboration across the enterprise; Enjoy working with diverse people and driving the team toward a common goal; Ability to put the team before yourself and establish long-lasting relationships

Communication Scope

Communicate complex, often technical, ideas clearly; Nobody around you feels out of the loop

Process & Methodology

Leading cross functional projects and programs

Full Job Description

Principal Risk Specialist | Enterprise Payments Do you like working in the spotlight? Are you ready to work on the front line of a top 10 Bank? Can you build relationships as well as develop and implement innovative solutions? As a Principal Risk Specialist in the Retail Bank Risk Office at Capital One, you’ll be responsible for working with business partners to identify, assess and mitigate potential risks to Capital One. Principal Risk Specialists at Capital One are the front line of defense to ensure our Company remains stable and profitable. This role will focus on risks and controls impacting one or more of our Payment Governance teams. You'll play a key role in ensuring that millions of customers interact with their money in a well-managed fashion by partnering with Operations, Product, Technology and Business partners to manage the risks associated with payments. Principal Risk Specialists at Capital One are highly motivated risk management professionals with excellent problem solving, critical thinking, 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. ****Responsibilities:**** * **Risk Consulting -** Provide advice and guidance to line of business leaders on risks impacting one or more areas within the Enterprise Payments Governance Office * **Client Management -** Develop and leverage key relationships with Enterprise Payments and functional stakeholders to enable collaboration across the enterprise * **Issues Management** \- Identify and track issues and events to mitigate risk within Enterprise Payments. Coordinate with applicable business areas to define and implement remediation activities * **Governance -** Enhance payments-related control and governance environment by leading process-level change control efforts to ensure impacts are thoroughly assessed, documented, and imple

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