Senior Risk Advisor, Business Continuity & Resilience

Capital One Financial Corporation; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One Financial Corporation is seeking a Principal Risk Specialist in its Business Continuity Risk Management (BCRM) team to provide risk advice and effective challenge to identify, manage and mitigate operational risks across the organization. The role sits in the Operational Risk Management second line of defense and emphasizes governance, collaboration, and rigorous analysis.

It requires experience in risk, compliance or audit, business continuity, and testing, with opportunities for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or military experience.
• At least 2 years of experience in risk, compliance or audit.
• At least 2 years of experience working with internal business customers.
• At least 1 year of testing experience (such as transaction testing, control testing).

Responsibilities

• Provides risk advice to businesses and support functions in alignment with our second line framework to oversee Capital One’s operational resilience.
• Analyzes data, conducts transaction testing, and influences others to proactively identify risks and trends on an ongoing basis.
• Fosters a highly collaborative environment with other team members and various partner groups to create an integrated and seamless risk experience for the business.
• Executes challenge activities and escalates appropriately to Operational Risk Management leadership.
• Demonstrates strong communication, collaboration, problem solving and influencing skills across various levels of the organization.
• Balances multiple priorities to help drive business value and support team objectives, while managing tasks and activities related to risk management initiatives to support the Business Continuity Risk team in a well-managed capacity.
• Stay current on understanding effective operational resilience strategies and business continuity requirements.
• Support, as needed, oversight, guidance and effective challenge to business areas during risk assessments (Risk and Control Self-Assessments, Process Level Assessments, New Products).
• Support interactions with Internal Audit and Regulatory agencies, as applicable

Skills

Risk management

Analytical skills

Communication

Project management

Influencing skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or military experience

Job description

Capital One Financial Corporation is seeking a Principal Risk Specialist in its Business Continuity Risk Management (BCRM) team to provide risk advice and effective challenge to identify, manage and mitigate operational risks across the organization. The role sits in the Operational Risk Management second line of defense and emphasizes governance, collaboration, and rigorous analysis.

It requires experience in risk, compliance or audit, business continuity, and testing, with opportunities for