Principal Associate, Cyber Risk & Analysis - Cyber External Client Assurance - Independent Assurance (SOC 2, ISO27001)

Center 3 (19075), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Principal Associate, Cyber Risk & Analysis - Cyber External Client Assurance - Independent Assurance (SOC 2, ISO27001)

The Cyber External Client Assurance (CECA) - Independent Assurance team centrally facilitates Capital One’s commercialized products and services through their Commercialized Attestation goals (SOC 2). The associate in this role will partner across the organization to perform the following responsibilities: (1) Commercialized Attestation Scoping: Perform process and technology risk assessments to determine the optimal control mix for the products pursuing a Commercialized Technology Attestation engagement (SOC 2). (2) Issue Management: Evaluate control deviations and their impact on management's opinion over the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of the controls in place to address the Commercialized Technology Attestation frameworks we pursue. (3) Evidence Collection: Facilitate evidence requests made by external auditors to support their independent attestation requirements.

You will:

• Perform process and technology risk assessments to determine the optimal control mix for the products pursuing a Commercialized Technology Attestation engagement (SOC 2).

• Proactively identify changes in our products features and evaluate their impact on the controls needed to achieve any Commercialized Technology Attestations the product is pursuing.

• Monitor changes in attestation frameworks and how the changes impact the optimal mix of controls required for our products pursuing a Commercialize Technology Attestation.

• Ensure seamless design of our controls around emerging technologies as they are integral in supporting our Commercialized Technology Attestation engagement. 

• Interpret and communicate/present appropriate control design to senior leadership.

• Influence leadership with recommendations for Controls and Process improvements on an ongoing basis.

• Evaluate control deviations and their impact on management's opinion over the design, implementation, and operating effectiveness of the controls in place to address the Commercialized Technology Attestation frameworks we pursue.

• Draft Management Responses that are presented within Attestation Reports.

• Partner with the product teams to answer any customer inquiries on issues listed within an attestation report.

• Facilitate evidence requests made by external auditors to support their independent attestation requirements.

• Provide advisory to control owners on ensuring the evidence they are submitted will meet the needs of the auditors.

• Partner with external auditors to establish evidence collection timelines/deadlines.

The associate should be able to:

• Be well organized and able to manage multiple requests 

• Demonstrate strong ability to analyze information and data and leverage to support recommendations

• Work in collaboration across multiple teams while maintaining business relationships

• Develop and communicate quality recommendations to the program

• Demonstrate strong subject matter expertise and sound judgment to align appropriate risk level

• Work with diverse contacts throughout Capital One

• Communicate technical issues to non-technical people

• Demonstrate strong problem-solving and conceptual thinking abilities

• Demonstrate capacity to think broadly but go deep into subject matter when needed

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification

• At least 4 years of technology experience in Internal Controls, Risk Management, or Audit or a combination 

• At least 3 years of experience in identifying and assessing IT general, IT application, data movement and systems implementation controls

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 5+ years of experience in Auditing and Control Evaluation

• CISA, CISSP, or CRISC certification

• 2+ years of experience with Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.