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At Capital One, models are the engines that drive our most salient business decisions. As the team responsible for governing Capital One’s entire model portfolio, the Model Risk Office (MROf) plays a critical role in enabling the long-term, sustainable success of Capital One – especially as the enterprise (and world) becomes increasingly reliant on ever-more-complicated models! The MROf owns model policy at Capital One, and sits at the intersection of Data Science, Business, Risk Management, and Technology – with a mission to cultivate data and modeling excellence at Capital One. We work with modeling teams across the enterprise to ensure sound modeling practices while simultaneously championing innovation and regulatory compliance.
Role Description:
As a Senior Business Analyst on the Strategy & Chief of Staff Team, you will be responsible for shaping and delivering key elements of our ongoing, multi-year strategic transformation. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role with considerable exposure to senior leadership across the enterprise. We are looking for well-rounded analysts interested in owning the end-to-end strategic project delivery lifecycle.
Key attributes for success include:
- Strong problem solving and strategic intuition; backed by a well-rounded generalist toolkit
- Exceptional communications and presentation skills; with ability to synthesize complexity into well-structured materials tailored to broad audiences
- Deep ownership mentality; with an obsession for well-managed delivery and stakeholder engagement
- Comfortable building and maintaining positive relationships with VP+ executive leaders
- Intellectual curiosity and collaborative orientation
As a Senior Business Analyst at Capital One, you will apply your strategic and analytical skills to major company challenges. You will team with world-class professionals to develop and test strategies that ultimately impact the bottom line. And you will do it all in a collaborative environment that values your insight, encourages you to take on new responsibility, promotes continuous learning, and rewards innovation.
General Responsibilities:
- Analysis: Identify business challenges and opportunities for improvement and solve for them using analysis to make strategic or tactical recommendations
- Product: Perform modeling/analytics to assist new product and pricing strategies for various lending products
- Marketing: Support direct-to-consumer marketing efforts for select products, and strategic intent for products distributed through the retail channel. Help build targeted insights to inform the design and development of new customer experiences, as well as breakthrough technology and concepts designed to deliver on new go to market strategies
- Credit Risk: Support step-change improvements in credit performance by connecting drivers of future consumer credit trends to historical behavior, creating risk models, and testing hypotheses using rigorous monitoring and analysis
- Execution: Involve problem frameworks, develop hypotheses, test and analysis, solution development, scope operational feasibility, lead implementation efforts and develop a monitoring plan
- Partnership: Work closely with colleagues across Capital One including: IT, Sales, Operations, Finance and others to drive improvement in quality, volume, service, and profitability
- Strategic & analytic orientation: A proven track record of decision making and problem solving based on analytics. Conceptual thinking skills must be complemented by a strong quantitative orientation, given that a large part of the business is based on rigorous analytic marketing & credit risk management
- Strong business judgment, leadership and integrity: He/she should be a tenacious decision maker, able to bring a healthy, aggressive, yet responsible approach to business
- Strong communication skills: Impeccable written and oral communication credentials, coupled with strategic influencing skills and the ability to drive agreement through intellect, interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Clear results orientation: display an intense focus on achieving both short and long term goals. He/she should be able to drive and execute an agenda in an uncertain and fluid environment
- Successful track record of thriving in a fast paced, entrepreneurial and dynamic environment. Previous consulting experience is a plus
Basic Qualifications:
- At least 2 years of professional experience performing analysis
- Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining one of the following with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date:
- A Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Business, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer engineering, Software engineering, Mechanical engineering, Information Systems or a related quantitative field)
- A Master's Degree in a quantitative field (Business, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechanical engineering, Information Systems or a related quantitative field) or an MBA with a quantitative concentration
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in Business or quantitative field such as Finance, Economics, Physical Sciences, Math, Statistics, Engineering
- 1+ years of experience in Statistical model building
- 1+ years of experience in market research
- 1+ years of experience in SQL querying
- 2+ years of experience in business analysis
- 1+ years of experience in consulting
Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Compensation:
- McLean, VA: $111,200 - $126,900 for Sr. Business Analyst
- Richmond, VA: $101,100 - $115,400 for Sr. Business 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. 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 RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. 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 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).
Senior Business Analyst - Strategy & Transformation (Model Risk)
At Capital One, models are the engines that drive our most salient business decisions. As the team responsible for governing Capital One’s entire model portfolio, the Model Risk Office (MROf) plays a critical role in enabling the long-term, sustainable success of Capital One – especially as the enterprise (and world) becomes increasingly reliant on ever-more-complicated models! The MROf owns model policy at Capital One, and sits at the intersection of Data Science, Business, Risk Management, and Technology – with a mission to cultivate data and modeling excellence at Capital One. We work with modeling teams across the enterprise to ensure sound modeling practices while simultaneously championing innovation and regulatory compliance.
Role Description:
As a Senior Business Analyst on the Strategy & Chief of Staff Team, you will be responsible for shaping and delivering key elements of our ongoing, multi-year strategic transformation. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role with considerable exposure to senior leadership across the enterprise. We are looking for well-rounded analysts interested in owning the end-to-end strategic project delivery lifecycle.
Key attributes for success include:
- Strong problem solving and strategic intuition; backed by a well-rounded generalist toolkit
- Exceptional communications and presentation skills; with ability to synthesize complexity into well-structured materials tailored to broad audiences
- Deep ownership mentality; with an obsession for well-managed delivery and stakeholder engagement
- Comfortable building and maintaining positive relationships with VP+ executive leaders
- Intellectual curiosity and collaborative orientation
As a Senior Business Analyst at Capital One, you will apply your strategic and analytical skills to major company challenges. You will team with world-class professionals to develop and test strategies that ultimately impact the bottom line. And you will do it all in a collaborative environment that values your insight, encourages you to take on new responsibility, promotes continuous learning, and rewards innovation.
General Responsibilities:
- Analysis: Identify business challenges and opportunities for improvement and solve for them using analysis to make strategic or tactical recommendations
- Product: Perform modeling/analytics to assist new product and pricing strategies for various lending products
- Marketing: Support direct-to-consumer marketing efforts for select products, and strategic intent for products distributed through the retail channel. Help build targeted insights to inform the design and development of new customer experiences, as well as breakthrough technology and concepts designed to deliver on new go to market strategies
- Credit Risk: Support step-change improvements in credit performance by connecting drivers of future consumer credit trends to historical behavior, creating risk models, and testing hypotheses using rigorous monitoring and analysis
- Execution: Involve problem frameworks, develop hypotheses, test and analysis, solution development, scope operational feasibility, lead implementation efforts and develop a monitoring plan
- Partnership: Work closely with colleagues across Capital One including: IT, Sales, Operations, Finance and others to drive improvement in quality, volume, service, and profitability
- Strategic & analytic orientation: A proven track record of decision making and problem solving based on analytics. Conceptual thinking skills must be complemented by a strong quantitative orientation, given that a large part of the business is based on rigorous analytic marketing & credit risk management
- Strong business judgment, leadership and integrity: He/she should be a tenacious decision maker, able to bring a healthy, aggressive, yet responsible approach to business
- Strong communication skills: Impeccable written and oral communication credentials, coupled with strategic influencing skills and the ability to drive agreement through intellect, interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Clear results orientation: display an intense focus on achieving both short and long term goals. He/she should be able to drive and execute an agenda in an uncertain and fluid environment
- Successful track record of thriving in a fast paced, entrepreneurial and dynamic environment. Previous consulting experience is a plus
Basic Qualifications:
- At least 2 years of professional experience performing analysis
- Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining one of the following with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date:
- A Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Business, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer engineering, Software engineering, Mechanical engineering, Information Systems or a related quantitative field)
- A Master's Degree in a quantitative field (Business, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechanical engineering, Information Systems or a related quantitative field) or an MBA with a quantitative concentration
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in Business or quantitative field such as Finance, Economics, Physical Sciences, Math, Statistics, Engineering
- 1+ years of experience in Statistical model building
- 1+ years of experience in market research
- 1+ years of experience in SQL querying
- 2+ years of experience in business analysis
- 1+ years of experience in consulting
Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Compensation:
- McLean, VA: $111,200 - $126,900 for Sr. Business Analyst
- Richmond, VA: $101,100 - $115,400 for Sr. Business 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. 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 RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. 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 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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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Business Analyst
Target business analyst roles with clear technical requirements
USCIS sometimes challenges whether BA positions qualify as specialty occupations under H-1B. Roles that require SQL, data modeling, or specific ERP platforms like SAP or Salesforce are easier for employers to justify as requiring a specialized degree.
Get CBAP or PMI-PBA certified before applying
The Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) from IIBA or the PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) credential can strengthen your specialty occupation case. These certifications demonstrate a formal body of knowledge that supports the degree-requirement argument.
Apply to IT consulting firms that sponsor at scale
Deloitte, Accenture, Cognizant, and Infosys regularly sponsor H-1B petitions for business analyst roles. Consulting firms often have streamlined immigration processes and dedicate legal resources to visa filings.
Check whether your degree qualifies for STEM OPT
STEM OPT eligibility depends on your degree field, not your job title. If your degree is in information systems, applied mathematics, or a similar STEM field, you can get up to 36 months of work authorization - 12 months of OPT plus a 24-month STEM extension.
Pursue platform-specific BA roles for stronger demand
Salesforce Business Analysts and SAP Business Analysts fill a niche that combines technical platform expertise with requirements analysis. These roles are harder to fill domestically and carry stronger specialty occupation arguments than generalist BA positions.
Time your job search around the H-1B registration window
H-1B electronic registration typically opens in early March. Start applying 6-9 months ahead so employers have time to evaluate you, extend an offer, and coordinate with their immigration attorneys before the deadline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What degree do I need to get sponsored as a business analyst?
A bachelor's degree in business, economics, finance, information systems, or a related field is typically required. For H-1B visa purposes, the key is demonstrating that the specific BA role requires specialized knowledge tied to a degree - roles that are too generalized may face USCIS challenges on whether they qualify as a specialty occupation.
How to find Business Analyst jobs with visa sponsorship?
To find Business Analyst jobs with visa sponsorship, use Migrate Mate, which specializes in connecting international candidates with sponsoring employers. Focus on H-1B and other skilled worker visas when searching. Target multinational corporations, consulting firms, financial services companies, and tech organizations that frequently sponsor Business Analysts for roles in data analysis, process improvement, and strategic planning initiatives.
Is it harder to get H-1B sponsorship as a business analyst compared to technical roles?
It can be. USCIS sometimes scrutinizes business analyst petitions more closely because the title can encompass a wide range of duties, and some BA roles may not clearly require a specific degree field. Roles with strong technical components (data modeling, SQL, requirements engineering) or those in specialized industries tend to have smoother approvals.
Which industries sponsor the most business analyst positions?
Consulting firms, financial services, healthcare, and technology companies are the most active sponsors for business analysts. Big 4 consulting firms and large banks are particularly high-volume sponsors for BA roles, and their established immigration programs make the process more predictable.
What skills make me more competitive for a sponsored BA role?
Technical skills significantly strengthen your profile - SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Python, Jira, and experience with Agile methodologies are increasingly expected. Domain expertise in a specific industry (healthcare, finance, insurance) also differentiates you. The more specialized and technical your skillset, the easier it is for the employer to justify the sponsorship.
Can a business analyst transition to a product manager role on an H-1B?
If the transition involves a significant change in job duties, your employer may need to file an amended H-1B petition. A shift from BA to product management often involves different responsibilities (strategy, roadmap ownership, P&L) that could fall outside your original petition. Minor duty changes usually don't require amendments, but major role shifts do.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Business Analyst jobs?
When a U.S. employer sponsors a foreign worker for a work visa, they are legally required to pay at least the "prevailing wage", the average wage paid to workers in the same occupation, in the same geographic area, with similar experience. This is set by the Department of Labor to prevent employers from hiring foreign workers at below-market rates. The prevailing wage varies significantly by role, location, and experience level. For example, a business analyst in California will have a different prevailing wage than the same role in a smaller state. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search Page.