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Capital One Principal Risk Specialist Events & Issues - Business Cards Payments 
United States, Virginia, Richmond 
571262477

25.03.2025

Responsibilities:

  • Be the Beacon of the Risk Event and Issue Management process from anomaly identification through issue / event closure while adhering to US Card Governance & Enterprise Risk Management standards / requirements

  • Establish / Document processes / playbooks to mitigate risk to the company and ensure optimal customer outcomes

  • Partner effectively with Legal, Compliance and other teams to understand exposure from breakdowns and control inefficiencies to provide guidance to the business

  • Drive collaboration with the business on implementing / improving their Well Managed Journey

  • Influence the streamlining of interactions with business operations and accountable executives to provide progress updates, timely escalation of obstacles, and process improvement opportunities

  • Coordinate, influence and negotiate priorities with teams to ensure event goals/timelines are met; escalate when appropriate

  • Gain a deep understanding of corporate risk management standards and utilize all Risk Management tools, playbooks and systems

  • Establish and maintain positive working relationship with business partners, compliance advisors, and other risk associates

  • Communicate highly complex Events & Issues in an easily understood format while providing recommendations to on containment, recovery, and remediation

  • Other risk efforts, including but not limited to: Audit & Exams support, hosting Office Hours with business, and support the Business on everyday Risk Management area

  • Analyze data to proactively identify themes in all aspects of issue/event management process including but not limited to root cause and impact of anomalies, issues, and events to provide the business with actionable insights

  • Stay current on the changing regulatory environment and understand the impacts to your businesses

  • Participate in risk forums and contribute to continuous improvement of risk management practices

To be great at these things, a candidate will have:

  • Experience in Risk Event and Issue Management

  • Inspire others, through your amazing interpersonal skills, including oral and written communication

  • You work better as a team, listening to others opinions and collaboration is your strong suit

  • Build strong relationships and interacting with key stakeholders at all levels across the LOB to manage, inform, and influence outcomes

  • Ability to use your judgment and critical thinking skills to help move your issues/events through the process

  • Multitasking abilities, track multiple different events within your purview, while still maintaining focus on what’s important and when to escalate

  • Innovate frequently, offers ideas regularly, likes to brainstorm and solve problems

  • Acts with the highest levels of integrity in all circumstances and brings commitment to being well-managed in all dimensions of work

Basic Qualifications:

  • At least 2 years of risk management experience

  • At least 2 years of process management or project management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree or military experience

  • 2 years of compliance experience

  • 2 years of Agile or Design Thinking experience

  • Certified Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) or Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM)

  • Lean, Agile, Six Sigma, Business Process Management or Project Management Certification

McLean, VA: $117,300 - $133,900 for Principal Risk Specialist Richmond, VA: $106,700 - $121,700 for Principal Risk SpecialistThis 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.

. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

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