Location: US, VA, McLean, VA, Richmond, IL, Chicago or NY, New York
Company: Capital One
Capital One is seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated Risk Manager to join the Business Continuity and Resilience Risk Management (BCRM) team within the Operational Risk Management (ORM) second line of defense.
BCRM is responsible for independent governance and oversight of Capital One’s business continuity practices, enabling Capital One to respond to and recover from business disruptions. As a Risk Manager, you will provide risk advice and effective challenge to the first line of defense in its identification, management, control, and mitigation of business continuity risks, bringing specialized expertise to support the strategic oversight of the Global Payment Network (GPN).
As part of the larger ORM organization, you will work with talented associates to provide oversight and effective challenge to ensure the organization’s businesses effectively manage overall operational risk. This includes enabling the organization o maintain a sustainable and holistic operational risk profile to deliver superior products while also protecting the organization’s customers. You’ll also bring your unique perspective and experiences to help the organization be rigorous, curious, and creative.
Job role:
- Supports risk advising of Capital One’s Global Payment Network (GPN) and serves as a thought leader on how to meaningfully enhance the organization’s second line framework to oversee Capital One’s operational resilience.
- Analyzes data and influences others to proactively identify risks and trends on an ongoing basis. Uncovers new areas of risk related to various lines of business and develops a strong understanding of the data ecosystem.
- Fosters a highly collaborative environment with other risk teams and various partner groups to create an integrated and seamless risk experience for the business (e.g., Compliance, Third-Party Risk Management, Country Risk, Technology Risk Management).
- Executes challenge activities to elevate areas of suspected risk and escalates appropriately to Operational Risk Management leadership.
- Provides oversight, guidance, and effective challenge to business areas during risk assessments (Risk and Control Self-Assessments, Process Level Assessments, New Products).
- Consults on issue/event analysis or changes in resilience conditions to support first line risk response and to inform senior leaders in risk management of the organization’s aggregate exposure to operational disruptions.
- 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 BCRM in a well-managed capacity.
- Stays current on understanding effective operational resilience strategies and business continuity requirements.
- Supports interactions with internal audit and regulatory agencies, as applicable.