Single Family - Risk Management - Advisor

Job description

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.

Additional Job Description

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: 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.