Senior Associate, Risk Manager

Capital One; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 87,700 - 100,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Performance-based incentives

Inclusive workplace environment

Job summary

Capital One is hiring a Senior Associate, Risk Manager in Richmond, VA. This position requires a combination of organizational skills and the ability to communicate effectively with business leaders to design and implement innovative risk solutions.

You will provide strategic consulting, foster collaboration among key stakeholders, manage reporting processes, and refine governance documentation to align with corporate standards. Enjoy a competitive salary range and comprehensive benefits, while contributing to Capital One's mission of creating innovative risk frameworks.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience in project or process management.
• Familiarity with risk management frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to core business areas.
• Cultivate and sustain key executive relationships.
• Enhance and execute internal and external reporting processes.
• Adjust localized business processes to align with corporate requirements.
• Author and refine critical governance documents.
• Design and optimize risk management processes.
• Collaborate with specialized teams across the enterprise.

Skills

Organizational prowess

Exceptional communication skills

Strategic risk consulting

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree or military experience

Job description

Senior Associate, Risk Manager

Are you ready to lead from the front line of a top 10 bank? Do you thrive in a high-visibility environment where your strategic relationship building translates directly into innovative risk solutions? As a Senior Risk Associate at Capital One, you won't just monitor risk—you will partner with business leaders to actively shape our defense strategies, ensuring the company remains stable, resilient, and profitable.

We are seeking highly motivated Risk Management professionals who blend sharp organizational prowess with exceptional communication skills. In this role, you will enjoy significant exposure across multiple lines of business, empowering you to design, champion, and implement progressive frameworks that safeguard our enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Risk Consulting: Serve as a trusted advisor to core business areas, providing tailored guidance and proactive risk mitigation strategies relative to their specific business lines.
• Stakeholder & Client Management: Cultivate, leverage, and sustain key executive relationships across the enterprise to foster deep collaboration and break down silos.
• Reporting Excellence: Own, enhance, and execute internal and external reporting processes, ensuring flawless documentation that aligns with complex regulatory and internal expectations.
• Framework Alignment: Map and adjust localized business processes to seamlessly align with overarching Capital One corporate requirements and risk frameworks.
• Governance Documentation: Author, review, and continuously refine critical governance documents, including policies, standards, procedures, and operational guidelines.
• Tool & Method Development: Design and optimize risk management processes, tools, templates, and job aids. Craft and deliver high-impact presentations to train and guide teams on risk methodology usage.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner effectively with specialized teams across the enterprise—Operational Risk Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Compliance, Business Risk Offices, Information Technology, Internal Audit, and Regulatory Relations—to achieve unified risk objectives.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or military experience
• At least 1 year of experience in project or process management

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in project or process management
• At least 1 year of experience in Risk Management
• At least 2 years of experience creating and delivering executive-level presentations and communications
• At least 1 year of experience leading organizational change management

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

Salary

Houston, TX: $87,700 - $100,100 for Sr. Risk Associate

McLean, VA: $96,500 - $110,100 for Sr. Risk Associate

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.

Benefits

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

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.