Operational Risk Oversight Senior Manager (Hybrid – 3 Days in Office - Plano, TX or McLean, VA)

JOB DESCRIPTION

At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you’ll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation.

Position Overview :

Are you looking to apply your extensive knowledge of Operational Risk to the mortgage servicing industry? We are looking for a seasoned Risk Manager to join Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) to independently oversee Operational Risk within our largest division at Freddie Mac.

If you have an eye for detail, strong analytical skills and a problem-solving mantra to help implement risk management practices across the ERM Division, come join our dynamic team!

This position can be based in Plano, TX or McLean, VA. Apply now and why there’s #MoreAtFreddieMac!

Our Impact :

This Senior Manager will provide independent oversight of Freddie Mac Divisions, driving the following outcomes :

• Oversee and govern Operational Risks to provide review and challenge that risks are identified, measured, monitored, controlled and operating within established tolerances, through a robust monitoring framework
• Aggregate independent views of Operational Risk with forward looking outlook that is data driven and fact based
• Robust relationships across the front line, with focus in Single Family, and viewed as a trusted go to partner

Your Impact :

Review and challenge Divisional Operational Risk Profile to highlight ERM’s independent views of Operational Risk, key drivers, trends, future outlook, points of escalation and differences of risk opinion.

Coordinate across all non-financial risk domains to bring perspectives together.

• Build positive relationships with the 1LOD to discuss risk outcomes and as necessary, effective challenges, to be actioned by first line.
• Execute the governance routines to review operational risks, effective challenges and emerging risks, to determine if warrants escalation to the Operational Risk Committee.
• Implement and manage processes, procedures and / or tools that support the execution of the operational risk oversight routines.
• Monitor activities that will become inputs into the quarterly profile reporting for Divisions, highlighting significant operational risks, including emerging risks, effective challenges and first line risk management strategies.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor's Degree (or relevant work experience) and 10+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas : operational / compliance risk management
• Experience with influencing others, including at the executive level, and bringing people together towards a common goal
• Experience in process design and assessment of controls
• Experience in the secondary mortgage market is preferred
• Experience or knowledge of mortgage lending and or mortgage related securities is preferred
• Highly driven, results oriented and considered a value partner; proactively building and leveraging relationships internally and externally
• Ability to problem solve and articulate complex concepts

Keys to Success in this Role :

• Provide thoughtful fact-based effective challenge to the first line in a clear, concise and risk-based approach.
• Strong ability to apply data to advise on risk perspectives with intellectual agility and interpersonal flexibility.
• Strong situational analysis and decision-making abilities.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; interacting with all levels of the organization including visualizations.

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing.

Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you’ll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please contact us to request accommodation.

CA Applicants : Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.