Single Family Risk Management Senior Associate

Playing an essential role in the U.S. economy Fannie Mae is foundational to housing finance. Here your expertise can help fuel purpose-driven innovation that expands access to homeownership and affordable rental housing across the country. Join Fannie Mae to grow your career and help people find a place to call home.

Job Description

As a valued colleague on our team you will contribute to assessing and identifying potential risks that may threaten our reputation safety security and/or financial this role you will support risk management activities across the Single-Family business help evaluate emerging and existing risks and collaborate with teams across the organization to strengthen risk awareness controls and decision-making. You will bring thoughtful analysis sound judgment and a collaborative approach to help the organization proactively identify issues and manage risk within a highly regulated environment.

• Assess analyze and communicate business and operational risks that could affect the organizations reputation safety security financial performance or ability to meet business objectives.
• Support risk identification and evaluation activities within Single-Family Risk including reviewing trends issues processes and other information to identify potential areas of concern.
• Collaborate with business partners risk professionals and other stakeholders to understand risk drivers evaluate potential impacts and support appropriate risk responses.
• Contribute to risk monitoring reporting and escalation activities by developing clear concise and well-supported analyses and recommendations.
• Help identify opportunities to strengthen controls processes governance and risk management practices; support implementation and follow-through on agreed actions.
• Review and synthesize qualitative and quantitative information from multiple sources to support informed risk decisions and management discussions.
• Track emerging risks and changes in the business or external environment and communicate relevant developments to stakeholders.
• Prepare materials summaries and presentations for risk leadership and stakeholder discussions ensuring information is accurate consistent and easy to understand.
• Promote a strong risk culture by demonstrating sound judgment constructive challenge accountability and effective partnership across teams.

Position can be based out of one of our 3 offices in Washington DC Reston VA or Plano TX.

• Bachelors degree in a relevant field such as business finance economics risk management accounting information systems or a related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Relevant experience in risk management business operations financial services governance controls audit compliance or a closely related area.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate information identify key risks and translate findings into practical recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to present complex information clearly to audiences with varying levels of risk expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to build effective working relationships collaborate across functions and influence outcomes without relying solely on formal authority.
• Sound judgment attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and highly regulated environment.
• Comfort working with data business documentation and risk-related reporting to identify patterns trends and potential areas requiring additional attention.
• Shows curiosity and adaptability in learning and responsibility applying new technologies including artificial intelligence to reimagine how we work.

• Experience supporting risk management within mortgage housing finance banking capital markets or another regulated financial services environment. Experience working with enterprise or business-level risk frameworks risk and control assessments issue management or risk reporting.
• Familiarity with the Single-Family mortgage lifecycle and the risk considerations that may arise across origination servicing credit operations counterparties or related business processes.
• Experience using data and reporting tools to support risk analysis monitoring or management reporting.

The successful candidate is curious pragmatic and comfortable asking thoughtful questions. You can connect individual issues to broader business and risk implications distinguish meaningful signals from noise and communicate your perspective with clarity and professionalism. You are a dependable partner who can balance independent analysis with collaboration and who values integrity accountability and sound risk management.

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The future is what you make it to be. Discover compelling opportunities at most roles employees are expected to work onsite on a regular basis at their designated office -office work cadence is determined by your manager. Proximity within a reasonable commute to your designated office location is preferred unless the job is noted as open to remote.

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The hiring range for this role is set forth below. Final salaries will generally vary within that range based on factors that include but are not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and other relevant qualifications. This position is eligible to participate in a Fannie Mae incentive program (subject to the terms of the program). As part of our comprehensive benefits package Fannie Mae offers a broad range of Health Life Voluntary Lifestyle and other benefits and perks that enhance an employees physical mental emotional and financial well-being. See more here.

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