Enterprise Business Risk and Controls Lead

About the role

At Freddie Mac, our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us, and it's at the core of everything we do. Since our charter in 1970, we have made home possible for more than 90 million families across the country. Join an organization where your work contributes to a greater purpose.

The Enterprise Business Risk & Control Office is a new team at Freddie Mac responsible for facilitating efficient, effective, and consistent management of non-financial risks across Freddie Mac's first line divisions. We are building a highly motivated team that enjoys driving change and identifying improvement opportunities and solutions. The Centralized Testing group within this team is accountable for executing operational control and compliance testing for all businesses and functions across the firm. This role will be largely focused on activities at Freddie Mac and is onsite in McLean, VA.

Responsibilities

• Perform control test of design and test of operating effectiveness, producing thorough, high quality work papers with appropriate evidence to support conclusions
• Review test work paper results including but not limited to control design, attributes and associated test procedures and sampling methodologies, identify gaps and/or recommendations
• Provide guidance to testers to help them develop robust and efficient test procedures
• Perform reviews timely and execute testing in adherence with procedures and documentation requirements
• Manage control test related data in GRC Tool for accuracy and completeness
• Challenge status quo. Identify opportunities to improve and streamline processes, including testing automation
• Drive efficiency and timeliness by actively managing team workload
• Support enterprise self-testing initiatives for consistent reporting, efficiencies, timeliness and process improvements

Qualifications

• 8+ years of overall experience with a minimum of 5 years of control testing and/or audit experience
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• Preferred relevant professional certifications (CIA, CPA, CISA, etc.)
• Previous big four experience is a plus

Skills

• Self-motivated and results-oriented mindset
• Analytical thinker with intellectual curiosity in investigating open-ended questions
• Detail oriented with the ability to think holistically and creatively
• Ability to work in a dynamic, rapidly changing business environment
• Produce high-quality work products
• Passionate about learning
• Team player with excellent work ethics and a positive, can-do attitude

Pay

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $126,000 - $188,000 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.

Benefits

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

Schedule

Full time, Exempt (FLSA).