Single Family - Risk Management - Advisor

Fannie Mae•Reston, DC

9d•$141,000 - $184,000•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. As a valued advisor on our Single-Family Non-Financial Risk Management team, you will advise business leaders and risk partners on methods, models, analytical approaches, and governance practices used to identify, assess, monitor, document, and mitigate risks that may affect Fannie Mae’s reputation, operational effectiveness, safety, security, and/or financial success. You will apply deep risk management expertise and sound judgment to provide effective challenges, connect risk themes across the business, and help leaders make informed decisions. The role serves as a senior individual contributor and trusted risk partner to Single-Family Analytics. The ideal candidate demonstrates advanced technical and functional expertise, strong learning agility, enterprise perspective, and the ability to influence integrated solutions. The advisor will promote balanced risk taking, timely escalation, continuous improvement, and a strong risk and controls culture in a dynamic regulatory and business environment. The Single-Family - Risk Management - Advisor 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

6 years of related experience in risk management, operational risk, enterprise risk management, compliance, audit, business controls, or a related discipline.
Advanced experience identifying, assessing, monitoring, documenting, escalating, and mitigating operational or non-financial risks in a complex business environment.
Experience advising business leaders and cross-functional stakeholders on risk implications, control considerations, governance requirements, and mitigation alternatives.
Experience leading complex analyses, assessments, or reviews and translating findings into clear, actionable recommendations that support strategic and operational decisions.
Demonstrated ability to evaluate processes, controls, issues, remediation activities, and emerging risks while applying balanced judgment and an enterprise perspective.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex risk concepts, address difficult issues, and influence senior stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across teams, mentor colleagues, drive work through influence, and manage competing priorities and deadlines.
Curiosity and adaptability in learning and responsibly applying new technologies, including artificial intelligence, to reimagine how we work.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Experience in financial services, mortgage finance, housing finance, or another regulated environment.
Experience advising first-line risk management, business risk expert, controls, issue management, operational resilience, data, model, or technology activities.
Advanced knowledge of governance, risk and control frameworks, regulatory guidance, internal policies, and audit-ready documentation practices.
Experience using data, dashboards, analytics, or business intelligence tools to identify trends, synthesize risk insights, and inform conclusions.
Experience facilitating senior-level risk discussions and influencing decisions across organizational boundaries.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, and Teams; experience with risk management or business intelligence tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

Advise Single-Family business leaders and stakeholders as a senior risk partner, providing effective challenge and practical, risk-based guidance on strategic priorities, business initiatives, products, processes, and change activities.
Advise the team on methods, models, analytical templates, and governance approaches used to identify business areas, processes, or initiatives that may pose risk to the enterprise.
Evaluate existing, proposed, and emerging risks, determine what could go wrong, and recommend actions that reduce the likelihood of adverse outcomes or increase the probability of successful outcomes.
Provide an enterprise perspective by connecting risk themes across technical and functional areas, identifying cross-functional impacts, and collaborating with partners to achieve integrated solutions.
Lead complex risk assessments and provide oversight and guidance for risk and control self-assessments, issue management, control design and evaluation, testing coordination, remediation, and operational resilience activities in accordance with enterprise standards.
Review processes, controls, risk information, key risk indicators, internal loss events, audit findings, regulatory matters, and issue trends using rigorous analysis to identify opportunities for risk reduction and continuous improvement.
Provide recommendations to management on risk acceptance, mitigation strategies, issue resolution, control guidelines, and escalation decisions, promoting a balanced perspective among risk taking, risk management, and risk avoidance.
Influence leaders and cross-functional stakeholders through clear communication, credible analysis, and sound judgment, including when addressing difficult issues or advancing a path forward.
Mentor and develop colleagues by sharing expertise, strengthening analytical and risk management capabilities, and helping others approach complex problems with broader enterprise context.
Champion continuous improvement and responsible innovation, including the thoughtful application of new technologies and artificial intelligence to improve risk insights, efficiency, and business outcomes.