I&CM Risk Governance Lead

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Position Overview:

The Investments & Capital Markets (I&CM) Division at Freddie Mac provides liquidity to the U.S. Mortgage Markets and makes funding more available by purchasing mortgage-related securities guaranteed by Freddie Mac and other financial institutions by issuing corporate debt. The I&CM Risk & Governance team supports the division on all matters related to operational risk management. Apply now and learn why there’s #MoreAtFreddieMac!

Our Impact:

I&CM Risk & Governance is a first line of defense risk governance team. We act as trusted advisors for our business partners as we proactively support in, assessing and identifying potential risks that may impede our division from meeting its business objectives.

Your Impact:

As an individual contributor, you will proactively and independently work to manage operational risks. Your work will help us improve our risk management process and make our control environment even stronger. This role will give you opportunities to broaden your business knowledge of capital markets specifically in Counterparty Credit Risk Management (CCRM) processes and build on your risk competence while being part of an inclusive team targeting to deliver the following:

• Identify and assess relevant risks in CCRM and design appropriate controls to mitigate the risks

• Prepare, conduct, and document quarterly Risk Control Self-Assessments for relevant business areas.

• Support the business during the life cycle of an issue i.e., identify, assess, develop, and track remediation action plans.

• Investigate operational risk events, produce concise summaries, and identify remediation activities.

• Maintain accuracy of risk related data stored in GRC tool (operational risk database)

• Provide support for oversight activities performed by ERM and Internal Audit

• Assist in completing gap assessments against applicable obligations, corporate policies, and standards

• Identify opportunities to streamline governance activities 

• Undertake ad-hoc projects, as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

• 5-7+ years of overall relevant experience

• 2-5 years of experience in Capital Markets and/or CCRM

• Strong at critical thinking and problem-solving skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, Visio, and PowerPoint

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Proactive thinker and can think holistically and creatively.

• Produce concise, detailed, and insightful documents.

• Believes in continuous learning, embraces change and innovation.

• Team player with a positive attitude

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

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Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $132,000 - $198,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.