Single Family - Internal Audit - Lead Associate

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 Single-Family Internal Audit team, you will provide expert advice on, and guide the team in, assessing the design adequacy and operating effectiveness of controls within the Single-Family business. Your work will help strengthen and improve the risk and control environment of the business. Specifically, this role will provide leadership over a portfolio of Single-Family audits, including key operational processes, such as servicing, cash management, acquisitions, and credit operations. THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE The Single Family – Internal Audit – Lead Associate 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: Gather and evaluate operational information from various sources. Lead analysis of records. Guide team in identifying errors or possible improvements. Develop reports documenting identified errors or improvements. Support customers in proactively maintaining appropriate procedures. Apply technical knowledge and expertise to lead internal audits and reviews across Fannie Mae’s Single-Family business. Use a risk-based approach to develop and adjust audit plans as appropriate and determine areas requiring additional analysis. Provide day-to-day project leadership ensuring projects are completed on-time and within scope and budget. Monitor team progress, manage project budgets, and provide technical guidance and informal coaching to other Auditors. Conduct first-level review of work and documentation; leverage Audit Manager guidance as needed. Review and finalize staff work papers and deliverables with Audit Manager. Develop audit reports with Audit Manager. Inspire and motivate team members to achieve results. Engage in continuous risk assessments and monitoring of emerging and existing risks confronting Fannie Mae’s Single-Family business. Track audit issue and regulatory issue remediation actions and assess the design adequacy and sustainability of remediation actions. Build and maintain relationships with business partners. Provide advice and share Internal Audit knowledge with business partner managers and staff to strengthen governance, risk and control environments, as appropriate. Responsibilities • Gather and evaluate operational information from various sources. • Lead analysis of records. • Guide team in identifying errors or possible improvements. • Develop reports documenting identified errors or improvements. • Support customers in proactively maintaining appropriate procedures. • Apply technical knowledge and expertise to lead internal audits and reviews across Fannie Mae’s Single-Family business. • Use a risk-based approach to develop and adjust audit plans as appropriate and determine areas requiring additional analysis. • Provide day-to-day project leadership ensuring projects are completed on-time and within scope and budget. • Monitor team progress, manage project budgets, and provide technical guidance and informal coaching to other Auditors. • Conduct first-level review of work and documentation; leverage Audit Manager guidance as needed. • Review and finalize staff work papers and deliverables with Audit Manager. • Develop audit reports with Audit Manager. • Inspire and motivate team members to achieve results. • Engage in continuous risk assessments and monitoring of emerging and existing risks confronting Fannie Mae’s Single-Family business. • Track audit issue and regulatory issue remediation actions and assess the design adequacy and sustainability of remediation actions. • Build and maintain relationships with business partners. • Provide advice and share Internal Audit knowledge with business partner managers and staff to strengthen governance, risk and control environments, as appropriate. Requirements • 4 years of audit, risk management, or regulatory experience in a large and complex organization. • Experienced in assessing processes, risks, and controls - including evaluating control design and effectiveness, and identifying and assessing the risk impact of control gaps. • Experience communicating audit or risk assessment results, both written and verbal, to management and stakeholder/customers. • Experience providing credible challenge, both written and verbal, to management and stakeholders/customers. • Strong project management skills and proven ability to manage relationships with stakeholders. • Experience supervising and coordinating the work of others. • Skilled in presenting information and/or ideas to an audience in a way that is engaging and easy to understand. • Superior problem solving, critical thinking, and data analysis skills. • Strong influencing skills: able to negotiate, persuade, facilitate meetings, and resolve conflicts. • Relevant professional certification (preferably CPA, CISA or CIA) or master’s degree required. Nice-to-haves • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. • Effective at gathering information through fact-finding, interviews, and survey design. • Experienced in analyzing data to identify trends and draw conclusions. • Proficient in creating charts, diagrams, and dashboards using tools like Excel, Tableau, and Power BI. 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.