Senior Risk Specialist, Retail Bank

Capital One

Senior Risk Specialist managing control testing for Retail Bank at Capital One. Collaborating with business and risk partners to enhance control environment while ensuring compliance.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeRichmond • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $87,500 - $105,100 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Collaborate with business Process Owners and Risk Advisors to assess control activities and recommend control enhancements as needed.
Engage and advise our business and risk partners on how to design effective controls in our control environment related to business risks in addition to regulatory and internal policy requirements.
Identify and assist with remediation of identified gaps in our control environment due to regulatory and internal policy updates.
Explore and collaborate with business and risk office partners in root cause analysis for ineffective control results.
Contribute to reporting necessary to inform the Accountable Executives and other key stakeholders on the status of control suite effectiveness and issue remediation.
Perform quality reviews and assessments on control testing results.
Validate the effectiveness of remediation efforts for issues generated from Audits, Regulatory Exams, and various other assessments.
Engage with our Risk Office and business partners on how to design and document effective controls in our control environment related to business risks in addition to regulatory and internal policy requirements.
Advise and assist with remediation of identified gaps in our control environment due to regulatory and internal policy updates.
Possess solid verbal and written communication skills to communicate effectively and present to a range of Risk Office, business and functional stakeholder groups.
Apply sound inquiry and analysis to make recommendations and decisions.
Be intellectually curious to question the obvious, explore options, and develop alternatives.

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 1 year of experience in Control Testing or Risk Management
At least 1 year of Financial Services, Audit, or Risk Management experience
At least 1 year of experience supporting, partnering and interacting with internal business clients
2+ years of experience in Project or Process Management (preferred)
2+ year of experience in Controls Testing or Risk Management (preferred)
2+ years of experience supporting, partnering and interacting with internal business clients (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.
performance based incentive compensation which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI)

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Hard Skills & Tools

Control TestingRisk ManagementQuality ReviewsRoot Cause AnalysisRemediationRegulatory ComplianceInternal Policy UpdatesControl DesignControl Effectiveness AssessmentFinancial Services

Soft Skills

Verbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationCollaborationAnalytical ThinkingIntellectual CuriosityProblem SolvingStakeholder EngagementAdvisory SkillsDecision MakingInquiry