Senior Auditor, Practices - Methodology

  • Category: Accountant Jobs
  • Location: McLean, Virginia
  • Job Type: Full Time / Part Time
  • Salary: Estimated: $ 22K to 25K
  • Published on: 2025/09/14

Full job description
Category

Audit
Experience

Sr. Associate
Primary Address

McLean, Virginia

Overview

Senior Auditor, Practices - Methodology
Job Description

Capital One's Audit function is a dedicated group of professionals focused on delivering top-quality assurance services to the organization's Audit Committee. Audit professionals are experienced, well-trained and credentialed, and operate within a collaborative, agile environment to deliver value-added opinions and recommendations. Audit's vision to provide high value, independent, proactive insights, to innovate with technology, and to be a top-notch talent destination, creates a dynamic and challenging atmosphere for both personal growth and professional opportunity.

Capital One is seeking an energetic, self-motivated Senior Associate interested in becoming part of our Audit Professional Practices - Methodology team. As a member of the Methodology team, the candidate will focus on aligning our audit methodology with the best in the world, board reporting, regulatory management, audit technology, and department-wide improvement initiatives implementing creative solutions to challenging problems.

Responsibilities:

Support the audit methodology update and related enhancement efforts, including conducting research and analysis.

Design and execute best-in-class operational processes.

Coordinate and execute on small to moderately complex projects (e.g., methodology related issues, gap assessments, regulatory requests for information), owning completion of assigned work.

Design and deliver verbal and written communication to audit teams and audit leadership. Leverage available data and analytical tools to drive deeper insights on department behaviour and challenges.

Establish and maintain good relations with audit teams and other key stakeholders.

Additionally, as part of the broader Audit Professional Practices team, the candidate will:

Provide training to audit team members during the introduction of new or updated methodology, best practices, and quality expectations..

Provide guidance and coaching to audit teams on the application of methodology across various audit activities (e.g., standard audits, issue validation).

Work independently under general supervision, and can exercise latitude for initiative and independent judgment.

Here's what we're looking for in an ideal teammate:

You are a critical thinker who seeks to understand the business and its control environment.

You believe insight and objectivity are core elements to providing assurance on the effectiveness and efficiency of Capital One's governance, risk management, and internal control processes. You possess a relentless focus on quality, improvement, and timeliness.

You adapt to change, embrace bold ideas, and are intellectually curious. You like to ask questions, test assumptions, and challenge conventional thinking.

You develop influential relationships based upon shared risk objectives and trust to deliver outstanding business impact and elevate Audit's value proposition.

You're a firm believer that a rich understanding of data, innovation, and technology will only make you a better auditor. This will require leveraging the power of data analytics and furthering your technical expertise.

You're a teacher. You do the right thing and lead by example. You have a passion for coaching and investing in the betterment of your team. You lead through change with candor and optimism. You create energy and an environment that fosters trust, collaboration, and belonging, making it easy to attract, hire, and retain top talent.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or military experience.

At least 2 years of experience in auditing, accounting, financial analysis, compliance, or a combination.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's Degree in Auditing, Master's Degree in Accounting, Master's Degree in Information Systems or Master of Business Administration.

Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), or a relevant certification.

2+ years of experience in Banking or in the financial services industry.

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

This role is hybrid meaning associates typically spend about half their time (2-3 days per week) in-person at one of our offices listed on this job posting. Monday and Fridays are enterprise-wide virtual work days. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are in-person days for associates to spend time together working in our beautifully-designed team areas.

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.

Charlotte, NC: $86,000 - $98,200 for Senior Staff Auditor
McLean, VA: $94,600 - $107,900 for Senior Staff Auditor
New York, NY: $103,200 - $117,800 for Senior Staff Auditor
Plano, TX: $86,000 - $98,200 for Senior Staff Auditor
Richmond, VA: $86,000 - $98,200 for Senior Staff Auditor

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 theCapital 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.
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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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