Sr. Business Analyst, Commercial Real Estate

Capital One • McLean, VA

1d • $111,200 - $126,900

About The Position

As a Senior Business Analyst for Capital One’s $55B+ Commercial Real Estate business, this role acts as a strategic partner to Relationship Managers, Underwriters, and Credit Officers. The primary project is managing how credit risk analysis is conducted across the portfolio as market dynamics and macroeconomic changes affect borrowers’ financial health.

The role is part of a high-visibility, collaborative team that connects cross-functional partners and addresses complex questions without an established playbook. The Senior Business Analyst is empowered to drive workstreams autonomously, apply analytical rigor, translate complex problems into actionable outcomes, and support business decisions in a fast-paced environment.

The position uses quantitative analysis, credit risk monitoring, and strategic recommendations to improve credit performance. It also involves developing and testing hypotheses, shaping solutions, assessing operational feasibility, leading implementation, and creating monitoring plans in partnership with teams across Capital One.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of professional experience performing analysis.
• Currently hold, or be in the process of obtaining by the scheduled start date, a bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field or a master’s degree in a quantitative field or an MBA with a quantitative concentration.
• Demonstrated strategic and analytical decision-making and problem-solving skills, with a strong quantitative orientation.
• Strong business judgment, leadership, integrity, and responsible decision-making.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, strategic influencing ability, and interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Results orientation and ability to execute in an uncertain and fluid environment.
• Track record of thriving in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and dynamic environment.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Business or a quantitative field such as Finance, Economics, Physical Sciences, Math, Statistics, or Engineering.
• At least 1 year of experience in statistical model building.
• At least 1 year of experience in market research.
• At least 1 year of experience in SQL querying.
• At least 2 years of experience in business analysis.
• At least 1 year of experience in consulting.
• Previous consulting experience.

Responsibilities

• Identify business challenges and opportunities for improvement, analyze them, and make strategic or tactical recommendations.
• Support improvements in credit performance by connecting drivers of future consumer credit trends to historical behavior, creating risk models, and testing hypotheses through monitoring and analysis.
• Frame problems, develop and test hypotheses, analyze results, develop solutions, assess operational feasibility, lead implementation efforts, and create monitoring plans.
• Partner with colleagues across Underwriting, Credit, Product, Tech, and other Capital One teams to drive improvement.
• Drive independent workstreams and translate complex problems into actionable outcomes that support business decisions.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive health, financial, and other benefits supporting total well-being.
• Performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior