Manager – Risk Advisor

Manager, Risk Advisor, Human Resources

As a Risk Advisor in Capital One’s Human Resources Risk Team you will apply your risk management, project management and analytical skills to our highest profile risk initiatives.

Risk Advisors at Capital One are highly motivated risk and process management professionals with excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills. These skills allow the Risk Advisor to gain insights, and act as an effective challenger to ensure risk is a performance enabler for HR. As Capital One evolves to meet the ever-changing legal, technology, data management, privacy and global landscape, so do our risk advisors. A successful advisor operates from a foundation of knowledge about the Line of Business with whom they are working, laws/regulations, processes and associated controls, and good risk management and risk mitigation practices. They are forward thinking, quick to adapt, and technologically adept.

The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated risk or process management professional with excellent problem solving, integrative thinking, prioritization and communication skills.  Additionally, building win-win partnerships with multiple business stakeholders across HR Functional Areas, second line and third lines of defense. This candidate will have a Global mindset and a passion to standardize and simplify. 

Responsibilities:

• Coordinates, executes and instills strong risk management practices throughout HR, serving as a thought partner to identify, socialize, and resolve key risks and issues identified through those activities to deliver a consistent and well-managed experience across the organization

• Advise business to implement and sustain effective processes and controls to proactively identify and mitigate significant risks to the business.

• Be able to contextualize risk and apply a risk-based mindset to prioritize efforts

• Facilitate detection and recovery of risk issues and events and ensure sustainable, well-managed solutions

• Effectively challenges our HR business partners and collaborate effectively with 2nd lines of defense (Compliance, Legal, Enterprise Risk Management, Operational Risk Management) and 3rd line of defense (Audit)

• Provides oversight and guidance during risk assessments (Launch, Process Criticality, Procell Level Assessments, and, Risk and Control Self-Assessments, etc.)

• Supports audits and regulatory exams of our business partners’ organizations, as applicable

• Participates in risk forums and contributes to continuous improvement of risk management practices

• Participates in and execute other special projects for the risk office on a periodic basis

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification

• At least 1 year of Risk Management Systems of Records

• At least 2 years of Financial Services, Risk Management, Compliance or Audit Experience

• At least 3 years of Project Management or Process Management experience leading cross functional projects and programs in Risk

• At least 5 years of experience supporting, partnering and interacting with internal business clients

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree 

• 7+ years of Human Resource experience

• 5+ years of experience in process management

• 3+ years of experience supporting, partnering, and interacting with key stakeholders or internal business partners

• 2+ years of experience influencing senior leadership

• Agile or Design Thinking experience

• Experience with Governance, Risk, and Compliance software tools 

• Experience in controls development, controls management, and reporting activities

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.

McLean, VA: $146,100 - $166,700 for Risk ManagerRichmond, VA: $132,800 - $151,600 for Risk Manager

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 theCapital 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.No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. 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.

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