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IT Risk Governance, Professional (Hybrid - 3 Days in Office)

AT Freddie Mac
Freddie Mac

IT Risk Governance, Professional (Hybrid - 3 Days in Office)

McLean, VA

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:

Freddie Mac Home Loan Mortgage Corporation's goal is to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable. Our mission to provide liquidity, stability, and affordability to the U.S. housing market in all economic conditions extends to all communities from coast to coast.

The Enterprise Operations & Technology (EO&T) Risk Governance Team provides risk management support to the EO&T division at Freddie Mac. We work closely with all three lines of defense, and business partners on a series of risk governance and reduction activities. You will evaluate application of risk and use expertise to support leadership with our top priorities. Apply now and learn why there's #MoreAtFreddieMac!

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Our Impact:

  • Partner with our IT Collaborators to govern and manage risks and controls associated with IT operational processes.
  • Provide transparency of risk exposures through implementing sound reporting for risk-based decision making.
  • Perform gap assessments, risk assessments on risks and controls, and advise on effective remediation, driving issues to closure.

Your Impact:

  • Support EO&T's compliance with foundational risk policies and standard and provide support for enterprise policy lifecycle management.
  • Support issue management/remediation and transparency of related risk exposure by recording and maintaining issues in BWise.
  • Support the BWise change request process.
  • Facilitate divisional gap assessments.
  • Prepare presentations on risks, trends and internal controls for IT risk leadership, risk oversight as needed.

Qualifications:

  • 3-5 years of operational risk management related professional experience including risk, control, and policy and standard compliance. Experience in Information Technology or Information Security is preferred
  • Ability to effectively collaborate with upstream and downstream risk and controls stakeholders and influence outcomes
  • Proficiency with Governance, Risk & Compliance tools
  • Proficiency with project management
  • Ability of understanding root cause of issues, gaps, and issue resolution

Keys to Success in this Role:

  • Detail orientated and result driven with a sense of urgency
  • Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to multi-tasking
  • Knowing what is needed to deliver results
  • Intellectual agility and interpersonal flexibility
  • Innovative and analytical in a problem-solving environment
  • Committed, consistent, collaborative, and curious

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.

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 $81,000 - $121,000 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): McLean, VA, USA
Job ID: Freddie_Mac-JR13764
Employment Type: Other