Compliance Examiner Business Lead

Freddie Mac•Dallas, TX

About The Position

The Compliance Examiner Business Lead is an experienced risk management professional engaged in infrastructure support, planning, scoping, execution, closeout, and issue remediation processes involved in mortgage industry examinations and reviews conducted by the Counterparty Operational Risk Evaluation (CORE) department. Key characteristics include effective leadership skills, clear communication, and a collaborative spirit in both team and cross-departmental settings. A demonstrated proactive approach, ingenuity, and adaptability are essential traits in this position to effectuate operational excellence and a positive organizational culture. Incumbents in this role are committed to fostering professional growth—both personal and among colleagues—while championing transparency, knowledge sharing, and relationship building across business units and internal CORE pods. The position reports to the CORE Manager or Senior Manager and does not include direct staff management.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent work experience) and 10+ years of overall relevant experience with 5+ years in operational or compliance risk management, preferred.
Proven ability to influence at all organizational levels, including executives, and unite teams toward common goals.
Experience in process design and control assessment.
Highly driven, results-oriented, and recognized as a “value partner” who proactively builds and leverages relationships internally and externally.
Exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to articulate complex concepts clearly.
Deliver thoughtful, fact-based challenges to divisions using a clear, concise, and risk-based approach.
Strong team player and ability to communicate clearly and concisely to senior leadership.
Strong influencing skills and ability to lead change and deliver results; Ability to multi-task and prioritize.
Apply data-driven insights to advise on risk perspectives, demonstrating intellectual agility and interpersonal flexibility.
Exhibit strong situational analysis and decision-making abilities.
Communicate effectively—both written and verbal—across all levels of the organization, including through impactful visualizations.
Embraces new technologies and actively explores opportunities to apply AI and automation to enhance workflows, solve problems and create greater impact.

Nice To Haves

Preferred experience in the mortgage market, mortgage lending, or mortgage default.

Responsibilities

Support management and/or Counterparty Review Leads in ensuring high-quality, timely completion of all functions associated with CORE pod assigned deliverables and adherence to CORE pod timeline standards related to individual Counterparty examinations.
Apply a robust monitoring framework to challenge and review risk practices.
Aggregate and communicate independent, data-driven views of risk with a forward-looking perspective.
Build influential relationships with business partners, becoming a trusted advisor and stakeholder in risk management activities.
Serve as the primary point of contact for area of focus related matters, ensuring effective communication and collaboration between CORE teams and business unit stakeholders.
Act as the communication link spanning the CORE pod operational structure, facilitating the inflow and outflow of information and supporting coordinated efforts across the pods and teams.
Assist management in reviewing documentation and providing L1/L2 approval support (i.e., Planning Memo, Section Workpapers, Final Report and Letter, etc.), contributing to the quality and consistency of documentation and supporting overall Counterparty review processes.
Foster positive relationships with stakeholders, actively participating in risk discussions and supporting effective challenges to drive actionable outcomes.
Identify process redundancies, propose enhancements, troubleshoot issues, and implement effective solutions to improve examination workflow across the pod structure.
Bring a focus upon internal process re-engineering, with a view to making recommendations and enhancements to existing Risk processes where opportunities arise.
Champion knowledge sharing, support cross-team initiatives, and maintain a collaborative, transparent work environment.