Tip #1: Build skills and business acumen with new teams
Look for larger companies where employees are able to make moves across divisions. These moves are a great way to expand business knowledge, build a network, and develop an ever-widening skill set.
After 15 years at Fannie Mae, Sharon P., a Financial Engineering Manager on the Multifamily team, says, “My career has always been data and models, but in different spaces of the company — first in finance, then servicing, and now in multifamily credit risk transfer. That’s helped me to be more well-rounded — and enables me to connect the dots across different areas, making me a stronger partner in driving results.”
Vitor N., another Financial Engineering Manager in Multifamily, has been at Fannie Mae for eight years. During that time, he explored operations and analytics before moving to his current role. He explains the value of his latest move: “It was interesting to shift and learn about economics — how the business works, how the market is so important. As I grew into the management position, it led me from coding to tutoring and teaching people to thrive.”
Moving through different business areas has empowered both Sharon and Vitor to develop a personal network of business friends and colleagues — a lifelong asset professionally and personally.
Tip #2: Accelerate your growth with training, mentorship, and continuous learning
Seek out companies with resources dedicated to helping employees learn career-advancing skills. For instance, Fannie Mae University is a robust online learning center where all employees can improve skills, earn certifications, and learn to apply the latest tech to enhance their professional standing.
According to Vitor, “For every new analyst, it’s very important to learn and grow — and we offer a wide array of trainings. You can learn about how the mortgage industry works, the lenders, the processes, the models and analysis. You can also learn how to trade, which is very important.”
Mentorship and training are exceptionally important to people just starting their career or who have recently moved to a new division or role. Ryan T., an Advisor in Multifamily Customer Engagement, says, “There's such deep institutional knowledge at Fannie Mae — so many different people that you can learn from. And people love to help train and mentor others — to help grow the business and grow careers.”
Tip #3: Lean into technology
Find companies where all employees embrace a tech forward approach to problem-solving and advancing business goals. You don’t have to work in the technology department to be a power user of AI.
As an example, Sharon says her team’s adoption of a generative AI tool has significantly improved workflow efficiency, helping them streamline once complicated processes. The tool Copilot retrieves information from lengthy documents, provides programming guidance, and enables quicker responses to internal customers. Users can zoom in on sections of interest in a document within seconds, rather than spending hours analyzing them.
Tech and AI empower you to do more in less time, focus on higher impact work, pursue training and development, and connect with colleagues across the company.
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