Single-Family - Risk Management - Lead Associate

Fannie Mae•Plano, TX

5d•$123,000 - $161,000•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 colleague on our Single-Family Non-Financial Risk Management team, you will provide risk-based guidance, analysis, and recommendations that strengthen operational resilience and support informed decision-making across the business. In this role, you will partner with business leaders and stakeholders to identify, assess, monitor, document, and mitigate risks that may impact Fannie Mae’s reputation, operational effectiveness, safety, security, and/or financial success. The role supports Single-Family Market Engagement and partners closely with the Single-Family Non-Financial Risk Business Risk Expert team to help promote sound risk management practices, consistent controls, and a strong risk culture in a dynamic regulatory and business environment. The ideal candidate combines strong risk management expertise, analytical capabilities, sound judgment, and the ability to influence risk management decision-making in a dynamic environment.

Requirements

4 years of related experience in risk management, operational risk, enterprise risk management, compliance, audit, business controls, or a related discipline.
Experience identifying, assessing, monitoring, documenting, and mitigating operational or non-financial risks.
Experience preparing analyses, reports, or recommendations that support risk-based decision-making for business leaders or cross-functional stakeholders.
Ability to evaluate processes, controls, issues, and remediation activities and communicate findings clearly and accurately.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex risk concepts to stakeholders with varied backgrounds.
Demonstrated ability to influence, collaborate, and build relationships across teams while managing competing priorities and deadlines.
Shows 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 supporting first-line risk management, business risk expert, controls, issue management, or operational resilience activities.
Familiarity with governance, risk and control frameworks, regulatory guidance, internal policies, and audit-ready documentation practices.
Experience using data, dashboards, or reporting tools to identify trends, summarize risk insights, and inform conclusions.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, and Teams; experience with risk management or business intelligence tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary risk partner for Single-Family customer engagement business partners, providing effective challenge and risk-based guidance to business leaders and stakeholders.
Guide the team in preparing analyses, assessments, and reports used to identify business areas, processes, or initiatives that may pose risk to the enterprise.
Evaluate the impact of existing, proposed, or emerging risks and provide clear, risk-based recommendations that support business decisions.
Lead monitoring of information, processes, controls, and issue trends to help reduce operational risk through rigorous analysis and documentation.
Lead risk and control self-assessments (RCSAs), issue management activities, control testing coordination, and remediation efforts as needed, in accordance with enterprise standards.
Document risk assessments, resolutions, control guidance, and remediation activities in a clear, consistent, and audit-ready manner.
Monitor risk trends, key risk indicators, internal loss events, audit findings, regulatory matters, and other risk information using rigorous analysis to identify opportunities for risk reduction and process improvement.
Collaborate with the business, risk management teams, and other stakeholders to understand strategic objectives, assess associated risks, address cross-functional impacts, and drive effective risk management practices.
Partner with stakeholders across Single-Family and the broader enterprise to understand business objectives and provide practical risk management guidance.
Support business strategy reviews and help teams make informed decisions in response to evolving consumer behaviors, regulatory expectations, and operational priorities.
Promote a strong risk culture by influencing partners, facilitating discussions, and helping teams understand risk impacts, controls, and mitigation options.