Internal Audit Senior Associate – Treasury and Capital Markets

Fannie Mae • Washington, DC

2d • $96,000 - $124,000

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 colleague on our Internal Audit team supporting Treasury and Capital Markets, you will play a critical role in assessing one of the organization’s most complex and high‑impact business areas. You’ll analyze Treasury and Capital Markets activities, evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of controls, and help advance our use of analytics and emerging technologies within audit. You will help Internal Audit deliver impactful, high‑quality assurance over critical Treasury and Capital Markets functions while contributing to our transformation toward more analytics‑driven auditing. Your work will directly strengthen the organization’s risk management, control environment, and overall operational excellence.

Requirements

• 2 years of relevant experience in internal audit or risk management within a large, complex organization.
• Experience evaluating processes, risks, and controls—specifically performing control design assessments, operational effectiveness testing, and identifying control gaps.
• Experience communicating audit or risk assessment results, both verbally and in writing, to management and stakeholders.
• Ability to provide credible challenge in a professional and constructive manner.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and partner relationships.
• Demonstrated problem‑solving, critical thinking, and data analysis skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in audit or risk management for a large financial institution or bank and familiarity in treasury and capital markets processes.
• Relevant professional certification (preferably CPA, CISA or CIA).
• Exposure to analytics or programming languages (e.g. SQL, Python, R, JavaScript) at a beginner or foundational level.
• Experience building data visualizations using Tableau or Power BI.
• Hands-on experience applying Generative AI/LLMs in audit procedures.

Responsibilities

• Assess Treasury and Capital Markets processes and transactions to evaluate control design and operating effectiveness.
• Gather, test, and interpret evidence from a variety of business and system sources.
• Identify control gaps, process inefficiencies, or opportunities for improvement.
• Prepare clear, concise, and accurate audit documentation and reporting.
• Provide credible challenge to business partners while maintaining strong working relationships.
• Support deployment of analytics in audit engagements, including automated control testing and risk measurement.
• Contribute to developing new analytic capabilities and innovative approaches to auditing.

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: Mid Level