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Sr. Risk Associate

Capital One
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 8 Aug 2025
💰 $107,900/yr($86,000/yr$107,900/yr)

About the role

Sr. Risk Associate

As part of Enterprise Risk Management, you’ll work with talented associates to provide oversight and effective challenge to ensure that our businesses effectively manage operational risk. 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. 

Successful Senior Risk Associates are highly motivated professionals with excellent project, process and communication skills. They have a high level of exposure across lines of business and have the opportunity to create and implement innovative solutions to identify and mitigate potential risks to Capital One.

General Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Provide excellent service to both business partners and the ERM organization

  • Execute processes and deliverables that support internal team governance processes

  • Deliver on a subset of the program deliverables including drafting communications, writing and editing policies and procedures, audit remediation responses, etc.

  • Create, edit and manage multiple facets of risk reporting

  • Manage tasks and activities related to risk management initiatives

  • Support risk teams with ad-hoc deliverables and investigations

  • Deliver materials requested in audits and exams with various stakeholders across the organization

  • Initiating and executing process improvements and leveraging other team members when appropriate

  • Specific Responsibilities for the Assessment Advisory team include, but are not limited to:

  • Ability to work with cross-functional teams and key first line of defense contacts at varying levels within the organization

  • Providing the first line of defense with methodology guidance relative to risk assessment programs

  • Monitor and govern adherence to assessment program elements

  • Provide reporting on assessment results

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or Military Experience

  • At least 2 years of experience in Project Management, or Business Process, or Risk Management

  • At least 1 year of experience using Google Suite or Microsoft Office products

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 3+ years of experience in Project or Business Process, or Risk Management

  • Certified Risk Manager (CRM) or BC (Business Certification)

  • 3+ years of experience creating and maintaining information in Google Suite Products (Slides, Sheets)

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: $94,600 - $107,900 for Sr. Risk Associate


 

Richmond, VA: $86,000 - $98,200 for Sr. Risk Associate


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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.

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 va

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