Enterprise Operations & Risk - Risk & Control Assurance Advisor (“Change Maker”)

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Job Description

As a valued contributor to our team, you will advise the team on methods, models, and analytical templates used for assessing and identifying potential risks that may threaten our reputation, safety, security, and/or financial success, as well as work with management and team members in communicating and collaborating with key stakeholders across the enterprise, and understand business objectives.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE
As an Advisor within the Chief Controls Office (CCO), you will lead cross‑enterprise initiatives that strengthen Fannie Mae's control assurance, risk transparency, and operational capacity. You'll influence without formal authority, drive consensus in ambiguous environments, and convert complex risk and control objectives into clear, measurable outcomes-spanning audit remediation, governance integration (FLR/CRCD), and tool-enabled capacity tracking.

• Collaborate with team to evaluate and advise on the impact of proposed risks to the enterprise.
• Review processes to reduce risk using rigorous analysis.
• Partner with team to review and provide feedback to management on resolutions and control guidelines.
• Partner with the team to review, develop business strategies, and make decisions that will drive success in the face of shifting consumer behaviors and regulations.
• Advise team on the application of methods, models, and analytical templates used to determine business areas that pose potential risks to the enterprise.

• 6 years

• Experience gathering accurate information independently from a variety of sources to explain concepts and answer critical questions
• Relationship Management including managing and engaging stakeholders, customers, and vendors, building relationship networks, contracting, etc.
• Skilled in presenting information and/or ideas to an audience in a way that is engaging and easy to understand
• Experience identifying, selecting and driving implementation of strategic options, and identifying resources to meet the defined objectives
• Influencing including negotiating, persuading others, facilitating meetings, and resolving conflict
• Working with people with different functional expertise respectfully and cooperatively to work toward a common goal
• Experience helping an organization to plan and manage change in effort to meet strategic objectives

• Bachelor degree or equivalent

• Led an implementation of a process or made an enterprise wide change
• Ownership & Execution: Demonstrated ability to lead risk and control initiatives end-to-end-turning frameworks into operational reality without over-reliance on consensus.
• Governance & Assurance Expertise: Understanding of Lines of Defense and governance models; skilled at embedding clarity through standards, QA protocols, and evidence requirements.
• Data-Driven Decision Enablement: Proficient in leveraging tools and analytics (e.g., Apptio, dashboards) to create transparency on capacity, cost drivers, and risk prioritization.
• Risk Intelligence & Advisory: Strong grasp of RCSA, KRIs, automation, and continuous monitoring-able to communicate trade-offs and cost-benefit insights to influence business decisions.
• Executive-Level Communication: Frames complex risk topics into concise, actionable narratives for senior leaders; drives alignment while maintaining accountability for outcomes.

• Experience with eGRC tools

• Accountability for Risk & Control Integrity: Ensure remediation, testing, and assurance processes are executed with clear standards and closure criteria.
• Governance Clarity: Integrate frameworks and decision rights to eliminate ambiguity and strengthen oversight.
• Transparency & Insight: Deliver reporting and analytics that provide executives with a clear, actionable view of control effectiveness, capacity, and risk trends.
• Operational Efficiency: Transition programs from one-off efforts to sustainable BAU processes-streamline controls, embed automation, and prevent complexity creep.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive adoption of QA, KRIs, and automation to enhance reliability, reduce cost, and improve decision usefulness.

• Influence & reasoned persuasion. Consistently moves complex programs forward through logic, facts, and stakeholder engagement-re‑aligns targets/timing as enterprise priorities evolve.
• Hypothesis‑driven problem solving. Frames working hypotheses in ambiguous contexts; secures consensus or pivots quickly to stronger hypotheses while maintaining momentum toward the broader objective.
• Systems‑level focus & organization. Stays organized at scale; keeps teams focused on higher‑order outcomes across multiple workstreams and time horizons.
• Network building. Cultivates cross‑functional influence networks (1LoD/2LoD/IA, FLR/CRCD, tech/data teams) to unblock decisions and sustain program velocity.