Lead Internal Audit Associate

Fannie Mae • Permanent • Washington DC, United States • $51.44 - $66.83 / * • 2d ago

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, you will provide expert advice on, and guide the team in, assessing the design adequacy and operating effectiveness of controls within the Finance division. Your work will help strengthen and improve the risk and control environment of the Finance division. Specifically, this role will provide day-to-day leadership to Finance audits, including audits of key operational processes such as accounting, treasury and capital management and financial reporting.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

The Lead Internal Audit 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:

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.
Apply technical knowledge and expertise to lead internal audits and reviews across Fannie Mae s Finance division. Use a risk-based approach to develop and adjust audit plans as appropriate and determine areas requiring additional analysis.
Conduct first-level review of work and documentation, leveraging Audit Manager/Director guidance as needed. Review and finalize staff work papers and deliverables with Audit Manager/Director. Develop audit reports with Audit Manager/Director.
Inspire and motivate team members to achieve results.
Engage in continuous risk assessments and monitoring of emerging and existing risks confronting Fannie Mae s Finance division.
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.

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Minimum Required Experiences

4 years of experience in audit, risk management, or regulatory roles within large, complex organizations.
Proven ability to assess processes, risks, and controls - identifying gaps and evaluating control effectiveness across operational and financial reporting.
Strong communicator with experience delivering clear, credible challenges and insights to stakeholders, both verbally and in writing.
Exceptional problem-solving, critical thinking, and data analysis capabilities.
Highly adaptable, able to manage multiple projects independently and drive them to completion.
Skilled in influencing and negotiation, facilitating meetings, and resolving conflicts.
Effective relationship builder with experience engaging stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
Proficient in information gathering through interviews, focus groups, and surveys.
Confident presenter, able to deliver engaging and accessible content to diverse audiences.

Desired Experiences

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Finance, Accounting, and/or Information Systems.
One or more of the following certifications is strongly desired:CPA, CISA, CIA
6 years of audit, risk management, or regulatory experience in a large and complex organization desired.
Skilled in Microsoft Product Suite:MS Teams, Excel, SharePoint, Visio, Word.
Skilled in TeamMate for audit solutions.
Skilled in Alteryx for data analytics applications.
Experience using Archer.
Experience using Adobe Acrobat, SQL.

Finance - Internal Audit - Lead Associate

Target Pay Range: $107,000 - $139,000

Qualifications

Education:
Bachelor's Level Degree (Required)

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For most roles, employees are expected to work onsite on a regular basis at their designated office location. In-office work cadence is determined by your manager. Proximity within a reasonable commute to your designated office location is preferred unless the job is noted as open to remote.

Fannie Mae is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, marital or parental status, or any other protected factor. Fannie Mae is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment, unless to do so would cause undue hardship to the company. If you need assistance using our online system and/or you need a reasonable accommodation related to the hiring/application process, please complete this form .

The hiring range for this role is set forth below. Final salaries will generally vary within that range based on factors that include but are not limited to, skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and other relevant qualifications. This position is eligible to participate in a Fannie Mae incentive program (subject to the terms of the program). 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. See more here .

Requisition compensation:
107000
to
139000

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