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Senior Director, Business Compliance and Operations

Location: Riverwoods, Illinois; Chicago, Illinois; McLean, Virginia
Job ID R227420 Updated date 10/02/2025
Senior Director, Business Compliance and Operations

Leads a team of compliance advisors that provide operational risk and compliance guidance and related services to the business to ensure risk and compliance coverage across all laws and regulations applicable to Global Payments Network.

  • Focus on operational risk and compliance for audit readiness for GPN operations.

  • Engage and support all operational focused audits

  • Support effective issue management, resolution, and prevention across GPN operations.

  • Identifies compliance risks resulting from new or revised laws and regulations.

  • Ensures action plans are developed to manage the risks, including effective training, procedures, and other controls and reviews and advises on new or revised business strategies, initiatives and projects to ensure risks are effectively mitigated.

  • Identifies data development opportunities to solve problems, enhance processes and research anomalous behavior on the network.

  • Creates learning opportunities for others outside the team to use data to solve problems.

  • Deliver training and support to cultivate a risk focused culture in GPN Operations.

  • Stand up risk and compliance reporting.

  • Build system and standards of work for Net Ops Risk Mgmt.

  • Leverage best practices for cross functional partners (e.g. Second Line, Pulse, BRIC.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree or military experience

  • At least 7 years of Audit, Risk Management or Data experience

  • At least 7 years of experience supporting, partnering, and interacting with internal business clients

  • At least 3 years of people leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of Risk Management, Data Governance or Compliance experience

  • Experience in First or Second Line Risk Management

  • Relationship building skills, customer focus, and ability to collaborate across teams to deliver results

  • Financial Services experience with knowledge of applicable data regulations 


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: $234,000 - $267,100 for Sr. Director, Risk Management


 

Riverwoods, IL: $212,800 - $242,800 for Sr. Director, Risk Management


 

Chicago, IL: $212,800 - $242,800 for Sr. Director, Risk Management


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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.

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