Legal Operations Business Management, Professional (Hybrid - 3 days onsite - 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 :

The Freddie Mac Legal Division’s Legal Operations Department is seeking a Business Management Professional to join its Business Management Team.

This position will have day-to-day responsibility for the Division’s resource management and organizational performance portfolios, including budget and financial management, human resources tracking and reporting, business intelligence data analysis and reporting, as well as organizational performance measurements tracking and reporting.

This position requires good judgment, effective communication skills, strong critical thinking skills, and well-developed organizational skills.

Apply now and learn why there’s #MoreAtFreddieMac.

Our Impact :

The Legal Division provides proactive, timely and efficient legal advice adaptable to client needs on all legal matters affecting Freddie Mac.

We are looking for a new team member to join Legal Operations to support the Division’s financial management, reporting, and data analytics functions.

Your Impact :

Financial Planning and Budget Execution

• Partner with the enterprise Finance team to facilitate the annual budget planning process.
• Conduct regular and ad hoc budget performance reporting and analysis.
• Perform reconciliation activities for accounts across the Division.
• Monitor and track spending throughout the year across all Division accounts to identify trends, insights, and opportunities.
• Serve as a liaison to departments across the Division to understand resource needs, the drivers of those needs, and projected spending throughout the year, including on outside counsel and other high dollar value line items.
• Track, process, and pay invoices.

Human Resources Tracking and Reporting

• Partner with enterprise Human Resources to track and report on hiring and departure activity across the Division.
• Monitor hiring activity against budget performance to ensure availability of resources.
• Conduct workforce demographic and headcount reporting and analysis.

Organizational Performance Management and Reporting

• Analyze organizational performance data and metrics, identify trends, provide insights, and develop reporting.
• Use existing systems and reporting to develop a business intelligence framework that informs executive decision-making.
• Develop expertise in diverse sets of data and their inter-connectivity to deliver business insights, find opportunities, and tackle problems.
• Build intuitive and impactful reports, presentations, and data visualizations that monitor and compare key performance indicators.

Outside Counsel Management

Serves as a backup for the outside counsel management and e-billing portfolios.

Qualifications :

• 2-4 years of experience working in a financial planning or budget execution portfolio preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with performance measurements, key performance indicators, or business intelligence within a legal environment preferred, but not required.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including capturing and recording data sets, developing pivot tables, using shortcuts and formulas, as well as building charts and graphs.
• Solid understanding of Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint.
• Experience with data analytics, reporting, and visualization.
• Experience synthesizing complex information into clear and understandable formats for presentation to an executive audience.
• Strategic mentality paired with strong problem solving, critical thinking, professional judgment, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to work both collaboratively and independently.

Keys to Success in this Role :

Excellent communication skills, including developing clear, concise and compelling content tailored to subject and audience.

Comfort collaborating and interacting with internal management and partners within Freddie Mac.

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple assignments.
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentational skills.
• Highly organized and detail oriented.
• Passion for constant learning and continual growth.
• A great teammate with a positive attitude!

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.