Principal Associate, Capital Markets & Risk - Systems Analyst

Company: Capital One
Location: Mc Lean
Posted on: April 5, 2026

Job Description:

Principal Associate, Capital Markets & Risk - Systems Analyst The Treasury Systems & Business Solutions team, a department within Treasury that falls under Capital Markets and Risk organization, consists of business process and system experts who are passionate about creating a simple, well-integrated and intelligent solution that enables superior decision making and best-in-class execution, operations, and risk management for the Treasury department. We are responsible for maintaining Treasury software applications that support both business users and data consumers, while influencing strategic technology decisions. Working back from business imperatives, and internal customer needs, we lead Agile teams to implement new products for Treasury, develop new capabilities, and deliver high quality data. We are looking for a Principal Analyst to work with the team and Agile pod in delivering cloud-based solutions for the overall business intent through close collaboration across internal partners. This role will be responsible for leading the necessary customer interviews and analysis to ground the problems to be solved, running impact analysis, and working with Agile teams to define, test and implement solutions. The Principal Analyst will also be responsible for delivering and ensuring the integrity of all data changed or produced as a result of any new intent delivery. General Responsibilities: Define solutions (requirements, designs, services, recommendations) to business/systems problems Liaison between tech and business SMEs to translate business requirements into highly specified project briefs Partner with consumers, business SMEs, and source system teams to analyze, internalize, and translate business requirements and source data to develop: data requirements for upstream source systems, source to target mapping, data quality requirements, processing requirements (business rules, aggregation, transformation), user acceptance test cases, negative test scenarios Prepare systems analysis documentation/specifications Identify roadblocks to projected timeline and present possible solutions Ensure solution integrity through user acceptance testing (UAT) and finalize disposition of solution for business as usual (BAU) acceptance Responsible for various support functions including assisting core system users, downstream systems issues and responding to internal/external audit requests Responsible for the development, maintenance, management, and delivery of technical information or documentation Own the design of configuration changes needed within Treasury’s Cash Management system Quantum Manage inter-team and technology dependencies to mitigate project and product risks Support the Product Owner with prioritization, road map development, and test coordination ? Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree or military experience At least 4 years of experience working in a business system analysis role At least 3 years of experience with Capital Markets, Treasury, Payments or Cash Management (such as Quantum or other Cash Management tools) or a combination ? Preferred Qualifications: MBA or Master’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering 3 years’ experience designing and conducting unit testing 3 years’ experience with SQL, Python, or a combination 3 years’ experience of experience in Agile methodologies 1 year of experience working with AWS 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: $131,300 - $149,800 for Principal Analyst, Capital Mkts & Risk Richmond, VA: $119,400 - $136,200 for Principal Analyst, Capital Mkts & Risk 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 the Capital 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 (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. 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. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations. For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site. Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

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