Capital One · 1 month ago
Principal, Risk Specialist
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$107K/yr - $122K/yr
4+ years expCapital One is a leading financial services company, and they are seeking a Principal Risk Specialist. The Risk Specialist will be responsible for performing business compliance and operational risk activities, educating the business on regulations, and evaluating operations for enhancements.
Financial Services
No H1B
Responsibilities
Apply risk framework to Participant obligations contained in Network operating regulations
Review legal and commercial documents to understand the Participant’s activity, structure and associated risk
Manage escalations to ensure they follow appropriate governance, supporting the business with applicable remediation tasks
Act as a subject matter expert for internal stakeholders
Provides education and monitors the business on requirements of company policies and standards related to risk and control ownership
Develops and implements job aids and tools to facilitate efficient completion of policy and standard requirements
Identifies and implements effective controls to manage operational, financial, and compliance risks
Monitors the risk and control environment for weaknesses and identifies solutions to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of controls
Assist with completion of projects and develops, implements, and administers control standardization and workflow solutions
Creates continual monitoring exception reports for critical business processes
Works as a liaison between Payments Risk and partners such as Operational Risk, Internal Audit, Third Party Risk Management, etc
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree
At least 4 years of experience in Financial Services, Marketing, Compliance, Internal Audit Operations or Vendor Management
Preferred
6+ years of experience in Financial Services, Marketing, Compliance, Internal Audit Operations, Vendor Management areas, Operational and Regulatory risk
Payments/Financial industry experience
Excellent presentation skills
Benefits
Performance based incentive compensation
Cash bonus(es)
Long term incentives (LTI)
Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits
Company
Capital One
Capital One is a financial services company that provides banking, credit card, auto loan, savings, and commercial banking services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.45BKey Investors
Berkshire Hathaway
2025-09-11Post Ipo Debt· $2.75B
2025-01-30Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2023-05-15Post Ipo Equity· $954M
Leadership Team
Daniel Arellano
Senior Vice President, Business Cards and Payments
Justin Burch
Senior Vice President
Recent News
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