Lead Multifamily Credit Risk Internal Auditor

Job Description

As a valued colleague on our team, you will provide expert advice on examining and analyzing accounting and operational records; determine financial status, efficiency, and effectiveness of operating and reporting procedures.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE
The Multifamily - 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:

• Apply technical knowledge and expertise, including credit risk, commercial mortgage and fraud risk knowledge to lead internal audits and reviews across Fannie Mae’s Multifamily division.
• 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 on-going coaching to other Auditors.
• Collaborate with modeling and technology audit partners to define project scope and develop an integrated testing strategy.
• Identify opportunities to utilize data analytics and emerging technologies to increase efficiency and effectiveness in audits through data driven insights and full population testing.
• Conduct first-level review of work and documentation, leveraging guidance from Audit Management as needed. Review and finalize staff work papers and deliverables with Audit Management. Develop audit reports with Audit Management. 
• Inspire and motivate team members to achieve results.
• Lead meetings with internal and external stakeholders to effectively communicate audit issues, results and project status.
• 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.
• Engage in continuous risk assessments and monitoring of emerging and existing risks confronting Fannie Mae’s Multifamily division.

Qualifications

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Minimum Required Experiences

• 4 years
• CPA, CISA or CIA required
• Experience in risk, audit or control roles and/or public accounting
• Knowledge of credit risk management, commercial real estate and fraud risk
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 

Desired Experiences

• Bachelor degree or equivalent
• 6 years of audit, risk management, or regulatory experience in a large and complex organization desired
• Knowledge of mortgage industry and relevant financial products 
• Experience dealing with time sensitive enterprise-wide remediation projects and providing real time feedback on the remediation actions and progress 
• Must understand how businesses operate in general; must be able to learn new methods and technologies easily.