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Senior Associate, Technology Controls Testing - Enterprise Services Risk

Capital One
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Sept 2025
💰 $135,700/yr($99,100/yr$135,700/yr)

About the role

Senior Associate, Technology Controls Testing - Enterprise Services Risk

The Enterprise Services Risk organization is expanding with a focus on attracting innovative, pioneering, collaborative, and highly skilled professionals. We operate at the forefront of risk management, providing support for novel and developing technologies, as well as critical business strategies. Diverse perspectives and experiences are valued as we work to redefine the financial sector. 

As a Senior Associate in Capital One’s Enterprise Services (ES) Core Risk, you will apply your risk management skills to the company’s Technology organization. You will partner across Enterprise Services, Divisional CIO, and Information Security teams to develop and support best-in-class industry risk solutions in a manner that supports innovation and protects our customers, shareholders and associates. As a member of the 1st line controls testing team, you will collaborate with other 1st, 2nd, and 3rd line teams to monitor and test processes and control environments, report results, and evaluate compliance with cybersecurity requirements and regulations for the Technology organization. Your contributions will drive insight into risk and control performance, and organizational change through risk identification, measurement, analysis and reporting to enable better management of technology risks in an open and collaborative environment.

The Technology Controls Testing Team, within Enterprise Services Core Risk Controls Governance and Testing (CGT), is seeking an experienced Technology Controls Testing specialist, with strong interest in process maturity, cybersecurity, identity and access management (IAM), and cloud technologies. A clear understanding of requirements, controls, and testing methodologies is necessary for this role. The ideal candidate will be able to design/execute test plans, identify process and control gaps, and compose clear and concise findings to document shortcomings. In addition, the ability to clearly communicate results is imperative in this role. This will be an exciting role in a dynamic environment requiring the ability to multi-task and prioritize assignments appropriately. In this role, the associate will have the opportunity to learn new technologies, develop relationships with partners across technology divisions, and materially contribute to process enhancements to reduce risk. 

In this role, you will: 

  • Perform independent control testing activities and document results

  • Communicate findings to stakeholders

  • Project manage assigned engagements to meet defined timelines

  • Establish and maintain relationships during testing engagements

  • Execute tasks assigned by manager to deliver on team objectives

  • Collaborate with team members when necessary

Basic Qualifications:

  • High School Diploma, GED or Equivalent Certification

  • At least 2 years of experience in Risk Management, Process Management, Project Management, or a combination of these

  • At least 2 years of experience testing technology controls

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or Military Experience

  • Risk Certifications (CRISC, CISM, CRCM, CIPP, ABA Risk Mgmt Certification)

  • Excellent verbal presentation and written communication skills to confidently interact with and lead meetings at all levels

  • Experience in requirements evaluation

  • Experience in risk mitigation or corrective actions

  • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud technologies

  • Experience with security operations, data loss prevention, or access management

  • Security certifications such as CISA or CISSP

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.

Chicago, IL: $99,100 - $113,100 for Sr. Assoc, Cyber Risk & Analysis


 

McLean, VA: $109,000 - $124,400 for Sr. Assoc, Cyber Risk & Analysis


 

New York, NY: $118,900 - $1

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