Principal Risk & Controls Testing Lead

Capital One; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One’s Card Risk organization seeks a Principal Risk Specialist to advance the Well Managed transformation through rigorous design effectiveness testing of controls within Card. You will collaborate with first and second lines to ensure accurate evaluation of control activities and to support risk-informed business decisions.

The role requires strong risk management and testing expertise, experience in compliance or risk within financial services, and the ability to drive efficient,

Qualifications

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification.
• At least 2 years of experience in Control Testing or Internal Audit.
• Bachelor’s Degree
• 3+ years of Financial Services industry experience
• 3+ years of regulatory compliance or credit experience
• 3+ years of Risk Management experience
• 3+ years of automated controls testing experience

Responsibilities

• Supporting end-to-end testing of controls.
• Assessing Operational and Design Effectiveness of US Card automated/hybrid/manual controls in adherence with enterprise standards and internal US Card requirements for control testing.
• Creating and maintaining adequate testing support documentation such as workpapers, rationale, testing reports, etc. to support the result of reviews including the write-up of findings/issues for reporting.
• Learning/performing code reviews in support of automated/hybrid controls.
• Identifying internal control weaknesses and recommending remediation to strengthen the control environment.
• Learning/performing Quality Assurance reviews of completed test workbooks and results.
• Partnering cross-functionally with program customers and program assessors to provide strategic and tactical thought-partnership to effectively drive and evolve delivery.

Job description

Capital One’s Card Risk organization seeks a Principal Risk Specialist to advance the Well Managed transformation through rigorous design effectiveness testing of controls within Card. You will collaborate with first and second lines to ensure accurate evaluation of control activities and to support risk-informed business decisions.

The role requires strong risk management and testing expertise, experience in compliance or risk within financial services, and the ability to drive efficient,