Strategy Associate
- Employer
- Capital One
- Location
- McLean, Virginia
- Closing date
- Feb 7, 2022
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- Industry
- Financial Services and Banking
- Function
- Finance
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Strategy Associate
Strategy Group summary:
Founded by former strategy consultants, Capital One is a strategy driven company. The Corporate Strategy group engages on a small number of ultra-high impact issues that drive the direction and performance of the company. Projects focus primarily on formulating enduring and profitable growth and value enhancement strategies, while working within the business to ensure follow through.
The Corporate Research team (within Corporate Strategy) serves as Capital One's competitive intelligence team, leveraging data, research, and financial analysis to provide company leadership with competitive and market intelligence, insights and advice, and strategic communications.
Position summary:
As an analyst on the Corporate Research team, you will collaborate with Strategy, Investor Relations, the Office of the CEO, and various other teams across the company to provide research support, financial insight, and company-wide communication. You will work on a variety of different initiatives in a close team environment. Many of the day-to-day projects emphasize a need for strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills. Key to success in the role will be synthesizing information from various sources, performing analysis, and integrating findings into cohesive and insightful presentations and summaries.
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Provide analytical support to senior management across the company
- Provide recurring and ad hoc research to support various business lines and internal partners
- Benchmark Capital One's performance vs. industry competitors
- Daily monitoring of financial and economic events to inform senior leadership how they impact Capital One
- Analysis of large financial data sets (Fed, FDIC, Census, etc.)
- 'Deep dives' and longer-term projects on a wide range of topics relevant to Capital One
- Ad hoc project work with partner teams (Strategy, Corporate Development)
- Analyze and benchmark Capital One and competitor capital and balance sheet performance (including CCAR, DFAST, funding profile, regulatory disclosures, etc.)
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree
Preferred Qualifications:
- At least one year of consulting experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a high level of analytical rigor and attention to detail
- General interest in the banking industry and the United States economy
- Strong judgment and problem-solving skills
- Team player with a positive attitude
- Naturally inquisitive with a passion to "figure stuff out"
- Confidence and intent to drive change
At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
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, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/assignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, 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).
Company
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We endeavor to be a welcoming and inspiring place for all. We seek and embrace diversity. And we’re committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, focused on increasing the representation of underrepresented groups, strengthening our culture of inclusion and belonging and harnessing our scale to invest in our communities.
We’re focused on three core principles to advance diversity, inclusion and belonging across Capital One:
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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, race, color, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, disability or other protected status.
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