Principal Finance Associate - Opex
Capital One is seeking a motivated professional for a Principal Associate position in the Commercial Banking Finance team. The associate will perform core Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) duties for their organization, including managing monthly processes & forecasts, perform reporting and analysis to support presentation and ad hoc requests, preparing profit & loss or other statements, build reports for higher level associates, and conducting scenario planning to strategically advise senior leaders. This role will also contribute to the storytelling that ultimately goes to the Finance Senior Leadership team.
As a Principal Financial Analyst, you will have the opportunity to partner with business customers on driving strategic business direction that leads to sustainable performance. You will also be asked to challenge our current processes to be more proactive, effective and efficient. Key competencies to be successful in this role include:
- Strong communication and influencing skills
- Analytical curiosity and problem solving skills
- Ability to independently manage and prioritize tasks
- Teamwork and a willingness to share knowledge/help others on the team when challenges arise
- Passion to learn and continuously develop traditional FP&A skills as well as technical skills (i.e. SQL, Tableau, and Python )
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver accurate, meaningful, and efficient financial forecasts and management reporting to help our partners deliver on their financial objectives
- Financial reporting and analysis, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial reporting, and P&L management
- Coordinate and collect input data from Business and Financial Analysts in different departments, check data integrity, summarize and convert data, run models, verify, analyze, and communicate output data
- Business presentations: Assist in development of presentations to communicate analysis results to senior audiences, clearly articulate outcomes of analysis to leadership teams
- Ad-hoc requests and special projects
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or military experience
- At least 3 years of experience in financial analysis
- At least 3 years of experience with financial modeling
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative major (Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a combination)
- Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA) or Master's Degree in Finance
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) license or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license
- 4+ years' experience in financial analysis
- 4+ years' experience with financial modeling
- Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
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: $117,300 - $133,900 for Principal Financial Analyst
Richmond, VA: $106,700 - $121,700 for Principal Financial Analyst
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 committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. 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.
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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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