About the Role
Capital One’s Audit function is a dedicated group of professionals focused on delivering top-quality assurance services to the organisation’s Audit Committee. Audit's vision is to provide high value, independent, proactive insights, to innovate with technology, and to be a top-notch talent destination. We’re seeking an energetic, self-motivated Senior Auditor interested in becoming part of our UK-based Global Payment Network Audit team. As a member of the Audit team, you’ll focus on conducting operational and compliance-related audits for our Global Payment Network business.
Responsibilities
- Own completion of components of our payment network audits.
- Help develop engagement planning documentation for assigned areas to communicate rationale for scoping decisions, and help develop audit programs to ensure adequate coverage of risks.
- Design and execute appropriate audit procedures to verify the effectiveness of internal controls.
- Document auditee processes and procedures, review and analyze evidence, and identify potential issues.
- Leverage available data and analytical tools during the planning and fieldwork phases of audit delivery.
- Prepare clear, organized, and complete documentation to support work performed, including drafting initial findings.
- Establish and maintain strong and effective relationships with key business partners and the extended Audit group.
- Effectively communicate information and audit progress to the team and to all levels of management.
- Self prioritise and effectively plan your own work activities managing multiple priorities and tasks across the team to deliver quality results.
- Proactively take on additional work to support the team when possible.
- Proactively seek out learning opportunities to enhance skills and competencies related to role.
- Occasional and optional travel to perform audit engagements, flexible to personal circumstances.
Requirements
- Experience of either risk assessments or audits in payment networks.
- Proven history of significantly contributing to the delivery of internal or external audit.
- Proven skills in assessing business risks and the ability to identify, design, execute risk-based testing.
- A relentless focus on quality and timeliness.
- Adaptability to change, embracing bold ideas, and a willingness to ask questions, test assumptions, and challenge conventional thinking.
- Ability to develop influential relationships based upon shared risk objectives and trust to deliver outstanding business impact and elevate Audit’s value proposition.
- A strong understanding of data, innovation, and technology.
- Ability to create energy and an environment that fosters trust, collaboration, and belonging, making it easy to attract, hire, and retain top talent.
- Integrity and leading by example.
Skills
- Risk assessments
- Payment network audits
- Internal audit
- External audit
- Risk-based testing
- Data analysis
- Technology innovation
Location
- London
- Nottingham
Work Type
- Hybrid
- 3 days in-office (Tuesday-Thursday)
- 2 days remote
- Permanent
Experience Level
- Senior
- Ideally fully qualified
Benefits
- Access to up to £5,000 in funding for external qualifications
- Competitive pension
- Performance-based bonus schemes
- 25 days of annual leave, increasing with tenure
- Option to buy 5 additional days of leave
- Private medical insurance
- Enhanced parental leave
About the Company
- We’re on a mission to be a force for good in lending.
- Throughout our almost 30-year history, we’ve consistently been recognised as a great place to work; in 2026, Capital One was officially ranked 9th in the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list.
Equal Opportunity
- We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people.
- Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do.
- We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from.
- We know it’s about what you do, not just what you say. That’s why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible.
- We value diversity, inclusion and belonging at our core.
- We empower our associates to do great work by creating an inclusive culture—one that values diverse perspectives, fosters collaboration and encourages innovative ideas—and a place where associates of all backgrounds can thrive by bringing their most authentic selves to work.
- Our associate-led Business Resource Groups were created to help support our diverse population and include over 10 groups across our offices.
- Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.
