Senior Business Analyst- Third Party Issuing-Global Payment Network
Company: Capital One
Locations: Chicago, Illinois, United States; McLean, Virginia, United States
Salary: $111.2K – $126.9K a year
Work arrangement: On-site
Employment type: Full-time
Experience: 2-5 years
Education: bachelor degree, postgraduate degree
Visa sponsorship: Offered
Posted: 2026-10-26
Responsibilities
The Senior Business Analyst will provide strategic and tactical support for third-party issuer business opportunities within the Global Payments Network. Responsibilities include developing pricing scenarios, conducting SQL-based analysis, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive program health and profitability.
Requirements
Candidates must have at least 2 years of professional experience in analysis and hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitative field. Preferred qualifications include experience in statistical model building, market research, SQL querying, and consulting.
Skills
- Business Analysis
- SQL
- Tableau
- Data Analysis
- Strategic Planning
- Product Analysis
- Risk Assessment
- Financial Modeling
- Market Research
- Statistical Modeling
- Project Management
- Communication Skills
- Negotiation
- Problem Solving
- Leadership
- Deal Governance
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Performance Based Incentive Compensation
- Cash Bonus
- Long Term Incentives
About this role
Senior Business Analyst- Third Party Issuing-Global Payment Network
Summary: 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.
This Senior Business Analyst will play a vital role within Global Payments Network (GPN) for US & Canadian markets( USCM) by providing both strategic and tactical support to third party issuer business opportunities. This position is central to driving thought leadership through comprehensive operational and product analysis and the evaluation of solution options and associated risks. As a part of the team, you will
Assists in identifying, assessing and capitalizing on target segments and prospect issuer opportunities for USCM
Working collaboratively with cross-functional teams—including Business Development / sales, Product Managers, Operations, and multiple levels of management
Develop pitch materials, pricing scenarios, deal support, and deal governance for new issuer pitches
Develop sql-based analysis and Tableau-based reporting to support the health of the third party issuing program
Take a lead role in thought leadership by conducting in-depth analyses of operational activities, exploring solution options, assessing risks, and supporting the implementation of business strategies and opportunities
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 frame-works, 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.
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.
Chicago, IL: $101,100 - $115,400 for Sr. Business Analyst
McLean, VA: $111,200 - $126,900 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 o...
About Capital One
Financial Services · 10,001+ employees · headquartered in McLean, Va