Counterparty Risk Analyst Principal Associate

Capital One Financial Corporation
Riverwoods, IL

Counterparty Risk Analyst Principal Associate

As a Principal Risk Associate at Capital One you’ll be responsible for working with business partners to identify and mitigate potential risks to Capital One. A Principal Risk Associate is responsible for the independent identification and management of counterparty credit risk of new and existing Payment Services partner relationships across the Global Payments Network including key Acquirers, Issuers, Networks, Processors, Merchants, and other business partners.

Responsibilities :

  • Analyzes portfolio of assigned partners for financial stability utilizing detailed financial statement analysis for both US domestic and International partners

  • Analyzes new business processes and products to identify where direct and indirect financial risk is present in the transaction flow and recommend strategies to mitigate the risk

  • Innovate, close gaps, streamline processes and assist with projects both internal to the team and within Risk

  • Provide training and guidance to less experienced team members

  • Provide support to team members on partner facing calls. Sets strategy and leads mitigation discussions through relationship lifecycle, including due diligence, collections, and bankruptcy

  • Collection and follow up to request financial statements for all partners in the assigned portfolio

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelors Degree or military experience

  • At least 2 years of Financial Services Counterparty Risk experience

  • At least 2 years of credit or financial analysis experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelors Degree in Finance or Accounting

  • Experience reviewing financial statements

  • Experience with Excel or Google Sheet

  • Payments industry experience

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: $120,800 - $137,900 for Principal Risk Specialist

Riverwoods, IL: $109,900 - $125,400 for Principal Risk Specialist


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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]

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).

Posted 2026-04-09

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