Senior Associate, Card Risk

Capital One; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 88,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Senior Associate in Card Risk to support risk assessments for change initiatives. This role provides operational backbone and risk coordination across business leads, first and second line advisors, and other risk partners to ensure timely, well-documented assessments.

The candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment, delivering accurate results with organizational excellence. Great fit for aspiring risk professionals.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience in project management, process management, risk or compliance.
• Experience facilitating cross-functional meetings and stakeholder alignment.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and coordinate inputs to ensure complete documentation for risk initiatives.
• Manage end-to-end logistics for sessions, including agendas and calendar invites.
• Act as primary liaison across the enterprise to resolve impediments and maintain momentum.
• Ensure high-quality documentation and updates align with requirements.
• Maintain tracking systems and shared mailboxes for team coordination.
• Identify operational efficiencies to drive value and consistency.

Skills

Project management

Process management

Risk awareness

Compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

Job description

Senior Associate, Card Risk

As a Senior Associate in the Card Risk Office, you will be a key driver in the support and execution of our risk management process for change-based initiatives. Your role provides the operational backbone and professional risk coordination that enables our Card partners to navigate the execution of complex initiatives with confidence. In this role, you will gain significant exposure across the division, partnering with business leads, first and second line advisors, and other risk partners to ensure new initiatives complete all the stages of the designated risk assessment in a consistent, timely, and well-documented way. You will thrive in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment where accuracy, speed, and organizational excellence are the standards for success. This is an ideal role for an aspiring risk professional looking to master the intersection of business strategy and regulatory governance.

Role Responsibilities

• Facilitation and Coordination: Manage, coordinate, and facilitate key initiative inputs funneling in from various sources to ensure accurate and complete documentation is retained.
• Agenda and Logistics Management: Lead the end-to-end logistics for sessions, including creating, communicating, and distributing agendas, as well as managing complex calendar invites.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Access Management: Act as a primary liaison across the enterprise, communicating effectively to resolve impediments and maintain program momentum.
• Documentation and Output: Act as a "stickler" for high-quality documentation by reviewing records and coordinating updates to ensure alignment with both internal and external requirements.
• Platform and Tool Management: Maintain the various tools required for team coordination, including various tracking systems, and shared mailboxes.
• Process Improvement: Partner with the team to identify operational efficiencies that drive value and consistency across the organization.

Qualities of a Successful Candidate

• Highly Organized and Accurate: You are a detail-oriented professional who ensures no detail is missed and every output is auditable and consistent.
• Fast and Action-Oriented: You can self-manage and prioritize multiple competing priorities at once, delivering results in a high-pressure environment.
• Communicative and Influential: You possess excellent communication skills and are comfortable managing and influencing customers and stakeholders to ensure process requirements are met.
• Collaborative Team Player: You value diverse perspectives and actively seek insights from others to reach common goals.
• Adaptable: You are comfortable working in ambiguity and can quickly adjust as the program matures and expands.

Basic Qualifications

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification
• At least 1 year of Project Management, Process Management, Risk, Legal or Compliance experience
• At least 1 year of experience facilitating cross-functional meetings

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 1+ years of experience partnering with stakeholders across different business functions
• Familiarity with change management frameworks and risk or control environments

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.

Richmond, VA: $87,700 - $100,100 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 varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace.

Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City's Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia's Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC). At Capital One, we’re building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit.