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Internal Audit Lead - Financial Crimes (3 Days in Office - VA, TX, IL)

AT Freddie Mac
Freddie Mac

Internal Audit Lead - Financial Crimes (3 Days in Office - VA, TX, IL)

Dallas, TX

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:

We are seeking an Internal Audit Lead to join our team! Come explore opportunities for the next step in your career! Auditors within our Financial Crimes team perform audits on a variety of areas, including BSA/AML, Fraud Risk Management, and Suspicious Activity Reporting. Apply to be part of our team of highly experienced auditors and technical experts who

Our Impact:

We enhance and protect Freddie Mac's value and help achieve its objective through providing independent and risk-based assurance, advice, and insight. We are viewed as a trusted advisor and collaborate among the three lines of defense, and we work as a diverse, hard-working team and help team members achieve their full potential.

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Your Impact:

In this role, you will be an integral part of Internal Audit Division and will be expected to:

Lead

  • Inspire and empower a team of hard-working audit professionals to deliver high quality audits and audit activities
  • Align audit activities with Freddie Mac's mission, corporate strategy, risk appetite, and top priorities.
  • Show empathy, be approachable, and serve as an Internal Audit leader, serve as a positive role model with staff and executives.

Project Manage

  • Lead audits, including planning, audit execution and workpaper review
  • Set direction for audit projects and execute those projects with high quality and timeliness to achieve divisional objectives

Maintain and Foster Client Relationships

  • Identify and communicate potential issues to key stakeholders and explain why it matters to Freddie Mac
  • Lead a team of audit professionals during the audit engagement to deliver results and nurture the Team's development of audit execution.

Qualifications:

  • 8+ years audit experience (knowledge of fraud risk management preferred but not required) or related experience
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 1 or more certifications (CIA, CPA, CFA, FRM, or CISA)
  • Understanding of risk frameworks, risks, and execution of risk management processes and governance
  • Experience adopting data analytics in audit, crafting automation, and implementing continuous auditing and/or monitoring desirable

Keys to Success in this Role:

  • Able to lead, empower, and develop an audit team; Provide direction and oversight on team projects
  • A keen eye for continuous improvement and a dedication to ongoing learning and development
  • Able to actively listen and be open-minded to different views and collaborate to achieve better outcome

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.

Notice to External Search Firms: Freddie Mac partners with BountyJobs for contingency search business through outside firms. Resumes received outside the BountyJobs system will be considered unsolicited and Freddie Mac will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. If interested in learning more, please visit www.BountyJobs.com and register with our referral code: MAC.

Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $115,000 - $173,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.

Client-provided location(s): Dallas, TX, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; McLean, VA, USA
Job ID: Freddie_Mac-JR13431
Employment Type: Full Time