Legal and Regulatory - Risk Management - Director

Fannie Mae • Reston, DC

6d • $179,000 - $239,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Playing an essential role in the U.S. economy, Fannie Mae is foundational to housing finance. Here, your expertise can help fuel purpose-driven innovation that expands access to homeownership and affordable rental housing across the country. Join Fannie Mae to grow your career and help people find a place to call home. Job Description As a valued leader on our team, you will manage processes and procedures for assessing and identifying potential risks that may threaten our reputation, safety, security, and/or financial success, as well as communicate and collaborate with key stakeholders across the enterprise, and understand business objectives. THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE The Legal and Regulatory – Risk Management – Director role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:

Requirements

• 8 years of relevant experience in compliance, legal, or risk management functions
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Strong writing and communication skills
• Experience in conducting risk assessments, evaluating controls, identifying control gaps, remediating risk in a regulated environment
• Ability to monitor regulatory and policy changes and ensure business alignment with internal standards
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with key stakeholders across the enterprise, including senior leadership

Nice To Haves

• Prior people management experience
• Experience working in financial services or other highly regulated industries
• Ability to analyze data and provide appropriate insights and reporting
• Ability to present to colleagues, senior management and regulators
• Experience in influencing, including negotiating, persuading others, leading meetings and delivering presentations
• Experience working in eGRC environments to manage and monitor risk

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute projects, targeted reviews, risks assessments and gap analyses independently and produce deliverable-ready work product while providing guidance to team members on their projects/deliverables.
• Manage team efforts to evaluate the impact of potential compliance risks to the enterprise; manage documentation and provide feedback to the team on resolutions and control guidelines.
• Independently spot and resolve issues.
• Create, author, and maintain governance documents for new processes; provide direction on substantive changes to existing governance documents.
• Demonstrate executive writing skills and produce deliverable-ready work product.
• Present to senior management or regulator with limited guidance.
• Lead strategic projects independently.
• Demonstrate innovative thinking to redesign processes, solve issues, or conduct analyses.
• Manage others to review business strategies and make decisions that will drive success in the face of shifting regulations and other mandates.

Benefits

• As part of our comprehensive benefits package, Fannie Mae offers a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle, and other benefits and perks that enhance an employee's physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director