Principal Associate, Third Party Risk Management

Principal Associate, Third Party Risk Management

Capital One is seeking an energetic, self-motivated Principal Associate to join the Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) Team within the Operational Risk Management second line of defense. The TPRM team is a dedicated group of professionals whose mission is to provide value-add, independent stewardship of Capital One's third party management practices enabling Capital One to manage our Third Party Risk.

The Principal Risk role will work in the Assessments and Testing function of third party risk management, assessing the risks before goods or services are procured from a third party. The overall TRPM team provides not only the governance structure for TPRM at Capital One, but also advice and effective challenge in all areas of Third Party Risk Management. As a Principal Associate, you will also provide guidance to first line business areas and third party management on whether they are meeting Capital One's program requirements.

As part of the larger Operational Risk Management (ORM) organization, you will work with talented associates to provide oversight and effective challenge to ensure that our businesses effectively manage operational risk overall. 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. Risk Associates have a natural passion for managing risk with excellent project, process and analytical skills. With these skills, they serve as change agents to effectively challenge business leaders on our highest profile risk projects. Risk Associates partner with executives and other risk leaders to identify potential Risks in an open, collaborative environment where new ideas and solutions are both welcomed and rewarded.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and leverage key relationships with stakeholders that enable collaboration across the enterprise
• Supports collaborative environments between other risk teams and various partner groups to create an integrated and seamless risk experience for the business
• Completes the Assessments and Testing Program to effectively challenge, identify elevated areas of risk, and to obtain assurance that risk-taking groups are appropriately representing the risk profile
• Ensure results are properly documented and communicated , and perform data analysis to include trending, problem identification, and development/completion of remediation plans
• Identify and track challenges and issues to mitigate risk to Capital One. Coordinate with applicable business areas to define/ implement remediation activities
• Demonstrate strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills within the team and with other partners.
• Coordinating work between multiple areas and working on multiple projects simultaneously; leveraging/influencing business partners to drive results
• Balance multiple priorities to help drive business value and support team objectives, while managing tasks and activities related to risk management initiatives to support the Third Party Risk Management team in a well-managed capacity

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree or military experience
• At least 3 years of experience in Risk Management, Compliance, Procurement, Contracting, or Audit
• At least 3 years of experience working with internal business clients

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in Finance, or Accounting, or Audit, or Business Management
• Experience in a third-party risk management role
• Industry certifications in Operational Risk Management or Third Party Risk Management
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities

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

Richmond, VA: $109,900 - $125,400 for Principal Risk Specialist

Riverwoods, IL: $109,900 - $125,400 for Principal Risk Specialist

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.