Strategic Risk Manager

Capital One Capital One · Banking · McLean, VA +2

This role is for a Strategic Risk Manager in the fintech domain, focusing on identifying, assessing, and managing strategic risks within a large financial services organization. The role involves providing oversight and challenge to business units, strengthening governance, and reporting to executive management and the Board. It requires experience in risk management and financial services, with a preference for payments industry experience.

What you'd actually do

  1. Partner with Divisional teams, Corporate Strategy, and Risk Management functions to identify and evaluate strategic risks that may impact achievement of the company's strategy or result from the pursuit of that strategy
  2. Provide oversight and effective challenge of Risk ID and other risk assessments to ensure Divisions are appropriately considering the risks from market trends, changes in the competitive environment, and the company's own strategic decisions and execution; Provide expert advice on the quantification and qualitative impact of strategic risks on the company’s business model or financial performance;
  3. Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of Division's risk control and mitigation actions, ensuring they are timely, appropriate, and mitigate key failure modes
  4. Strengthen governance of strategic risk through enhancing policies, routines, or interaction models
  5. Act as a trusted advisor to Business Risk Offices and other stakeholders on the strategic risk implications of internal strategic choices and external trends

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree or military experience
  • At least 5 years of Risk Management or Financial Services consulting experience

Nice to have

  • Strategy or Risk management experience in a large financial services organization or management consultancy
  • Experience in the payments industry
  • Comprehensive knowledge of the end-to-end risk management lifecycle, risk frameworks, and governance structures
  • Proven ability to distill complex information into a consumable narrative for an executive and Board level audience
  • Proven ability to identify and evaluate risk pathways and devise management strategies
  • Collaborative, team player with the ability to navigate a complex organization and influence outcomes
  • Strong analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills

What the JD emphasized

  • Strategic Risk Oversight Manager
  • strategic risks
  • strategic choices
  • strategic goals
  • strategic risk
  • strategic risk profile
  • strategic choices