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Finance Project Jobs in Virginia (NOW HIRING)

Partner with Finance, Project Accounting, and Corporate Accounting teams to ensure successful deployment and adoption. * Provide deep functional expertise across: Oracle Fusion Finance modules ...

Enterprise Analyst - Finance

Herndon, VA · On-site

$100K - $153K/yr

Partner with Finance, Project Accounting, and Corporate Accounting teams to ensure successful deployment and adoption. * Provide deep functional expertise across: Oracle Fusion Finance modules ...

Project Mgr - Tech

Chesapeake, VA · On-site

$88K - $149K/yr

Leads project teams to include engineering, finance, project analysts, contracts, subcontracts, and production. * Interact with business unit departments to plan and identify workforce requirements ...

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Associate, Project Finance

Arlington, VA · On-site

$113K - $141K/yr

The Project Finance Group is looking for an Associate to join the team. Key responsibilities of this role include financial modeling of debt and tax equity, assisting deal teams in successfully ...

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Finance Project information

What is a finance project?

Finance projects refer to planned initiatives or tasks within the finance sector, typically focusing on managing budgets, investments, risks, or financial systems for organizations. These projects may involve implementing new financial software, conducting audits, analyzing financial data, or developing strategies to optimize financial performance. Finance projects can be undertaken by businesses, governments, or nonprofit organizations and often require cross-functional collaboration. Successful finance projects help organizations achieve their financial goals, ensure regulatory compliance, and improve overall financial health.

What is the difference between Finance Project vs Financial Analyst?

AspectFinance ProjectFinancial Analyst
Primary RoleManaging and executing specific finance-related projects, such as system implementations or process improvementsAnalyzing financial data, preparing reports, and providing insights for decision-making
Required SkillsProject management, financial knowledge, communication skillsFinancial modeling, data analysis, Excel proficiency
CertificationsOften PMP or relevant finance certificationsCFP, CFA, or CPA often preferred
Work EnvironmentProject teams within finance departments or consulting firmsFinance departments, investment firms, or corporate offices

While both roles involve finance expertise, a Finance Project focuses on managing specific initiatives, whereas a Financial Analyst primarily analyzes data to support financial decisions. Understanding these differences helps in choosing the right career path or job search focus.

What are some common challenges faced by professionals working on finance projects, and how can they be addressed?

Professionals working on finance projects often encounter challenges such as tight deadlines, evolving regulatory requirements, and the need to coordinate across multiple departments. Managing large data sets and ensuring accuracy under pressure can also be demanding. To address these challenges, it's important to establish clear communication channels, use reliable project management tools, and stay updated on industry regulations. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams and proactively identifying potential roadblocks can help ensure project success.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a finance project manager, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Finance Project Manager, you need a solid background in finance, budgeting, and project management, typically supported by a bachelor’s degree in finance or a related field and often a PMP or similar certification. Familiarity with financial modeling tools, ERP systems like SAP or Oracle, and project management software such as Microsoft Project is crucial. Strong analytical thinking, leadership, and effective communication are standout soft skills for coordinating teams and conveying complex financial information. These skills ensure successful project delivery, sound financial oversight, and alignment with organizational goals.
What are the most commonly searched types of Finance Project jobs in Virginia? The most popular types of Finance Project jobs in Virginia are:
What cities in Virginia are hiring for Finance Project jobs? Cities in Virginia with the most Finance Project job openings:
Infographic showing various Finance Project job openings in Virginia as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 88% Full Time, 8% Part Time, and 4% Contract. Highlights an 86% Physical, 5% Hybrid, and 9% Remote job distribution.

Senior Associate, Finance Risk Management, Corporate Development, Finance Program & Delivery, Specia

Capital One

Mclean, VA • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 23 days ago


Capital One rating

7.7

Company rating: 7.7 out of 10

Based on 146 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

93rd of 171 rated banks


Job description

Senior Associate, Finance Risk Management, Corporate Development, Finance Program & Delivery, Special Projects
Capital One is seeking a motivated professional for a Senior Associate position within the Finance Risk Management (FRM) team. FRM associates are engaged and insightful risk management partners working across the Finance organization to execute robust and proactive risk management programs, improve effectiveness and efficiency of operation while reducing risk and influencing risk stakeholders, risk offices, compliance, internal audit, and regulators. FRM strives to enable a strong culture of risk management across Finance that is adaptable to a changing environment.
A successful candidate for this role will have strong critical thinking and analytical skills, be a proactive problem solver with the ability to operate in white space, and have strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to clearly articulate complex topics both orally and written to a wide variety of audiences. The candidate should be a well-organized, self-starter who is comfortable functioning autonomously, taking end-to-end ownership of work streams, ensuring all deliverables are completed timely, and leveraging their subject matter knowledge to synthesize all available information to influence our partners to make grounded, risk-based decisions.
General Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate on a unique and diverse set of processes and activities in the Finance organization by leveraging a risk management mindset and robust Finance expertise.
  • Work alongside a broad set of Finance stakeholders, process owners and performers in support of special projects to understand the risks, recommend control improvements, and support their ongoing well-managed environment.
  • Support various Finance project management teams in scoping, planning and ensure proper execution of risk management activities of large initiatives impacting the Finance division.
  • Connect with other risk teams across US businesses to understand best practice and to ensure all relevant policies and procedures are adhered too.
  • Partner with Finance change management teams to ensure early inclusion of risk considerations in large project scoping and planning.
  • Facilitate the Finance Regulatory Change Management process to ensure adequate Finance responses to new laws and regulations and oversee the Finance owned regulatory mandates.
  • Collaborate with partner teams on issues and events investigation, root cause analysis and suggested remediation actions.
  • Engage with risk partners to ensure alignment on enterprise guidance, standards and policies.
  • Synthesize information from disparate sources in a manner that enables FRM to influence business, product and tech leaders to make grounded, risk-based decisions; identify themes to support the risk story.
  • Creation of and updating of process and governance documentation such as process-flows, data maps, procedures and presentation materials.
  • Assist in evaluating new regulatory changes and their impact on processes in scope, then facilitate the incorporation of those changes where appropriate (control, procedures, etc.)
  • Assist with the preparation and execution of audit and regulatory exams as they pertain to responsible areas.
  • Collaborate with broader horizontal FRM partner teams to provide risk analysis, insights and reporting metrics.
  • Support FRM horizontal partner teams in execution of recurring and ad hoc risk activities--process level risk assessments, payments control testing, etc.
  • Provide pre, during and post audit/exam management and risk advisory support for our impacted business partners.
  • Support interactions with our 2nd and 3rd lines-of-defense teams and collaborate to address challenges levied on our business partners resulting from 2nd or 3rd line reviews.

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree or military experience
  • At least 2 years of Risk Management experience in Finance, Compliance, Audit or a combination
  • At least 2 years of experience in a Financial Services Industry

Preferred Qualifications:
  • 3+ years of experience in leading complex, cross functional projects
  • Experience engaging and supporting projects of large scale
  • Experience with division change management forums
  • Experience with regulatory compliance assessment and mitigation
  • Experience with risk reporting and issue management
  • Effective communication and presentation skills
  • Experience with process mapping tools such as Visio or Lucidchart
  • Proficient with Google Suite

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new 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.
McLean, VA: $111,200 - $126,900 for Sr. Analyst, Capital Markets & Risk
Richmond, VA: $101,100 - $115,400 for Sr. Analyst, Capital Markets & Risk
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 the Capital 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.
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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