Principal Risk Specialist | Enterprise Payments

Overview

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.

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 implemented, while also establishing ongoing routines to support these improvements.
• Audit Management - Provide support to Enterprise Payments during audits; support in the delivery of key risk mitigation and remediation activities

Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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)

Pay

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: $120,800 - $137,900 for Principal Risk Specialist

Benefits

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.