Enterprise Business Risk and Controls Lead

Freddie Mac•McLean, VA

2d•$126,000 - $188,000•Onsite

About The Position

Freddie Mac’s Enterprise Business Risk & Control Office facilitates efficient, effective, and consistent management of non-financial risks across the company’s first-line divisions. The Centralized Testing group executes operational control and compliance testing for businesses and functions across the firm. This role is largely focused on activities at Freddie Mac and is onsite in McLean, Virginia. The position performs and reviews control testing, supports testers in developing robust procedures, manages control-testing information in a GRC tool, and identifies ways to improve and streamline processes, including through testing automation. It also helps drive team workload efficiency and supports enterprise self-testing initiatives. The role requires at least eight years of overall experience, including at least five years in control testing and/or audit, and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Requirements

At least 8 years of overall experience.
At least 5 years of control testing and/or audit experience.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Self-motivated and results-oriented.
Analytical thinker with intellectual curiosity and ability to investigate open-ended questions.
Detail-oriented with the ability to think holistically and creatively.
Able to work in a dynamic, rapidly changing business environment.
Able to produce high-quality work products.
Passionate about learning.
Team player with excellent work ethic and a positive, can-do attitude.

Nice To Haves

Relevant professional certification, such as CIA, CPA, or CISA.
Previous Big Four experience.
Knowledge of the business and/or primary and secondary mortgage markets.

Responsibilities

Perform control test-of-design and test-of-operating-effectiveness work, producing thorough, high-quality work papers with supporting evidence.
Review testing work papers, including control design, attributes, test procedures, and sampling methodologies; identify gaps and recommendations.
Guide testers in developing robust and efficient test procedures.
Complete reviews promptly and execute testing in accordance with procedures and documentation requirements.
Manage control-test data in the GRC tool to ensure accuracy and completeness.
Identify opportunities to improve and streamline processes, including testing automation.
Actively manage team workload to improve efficiency and timeliness.
Support enterprise self-testing initiatives to promote consistent reporting, efficiencies, timeliness, and process improvements.
Adhere to Freddie Mac policies and procedures and privacy and security obligations.