Finance - Accounting - Lead Associate

Playing an essential role in the U.S. economy, Fannie Mae is foundational to housing finance. Here, your expertise can help fuel purpose-driven innovation that expands access to homeownership and affordable rental housing across the country. Join Fannie Mae to grow your career and help people find a place to call home.

Job Description

As a valued contributor to our team, you will advise on how to use various data sources to design and develop reports that meet required formats or expected standards, and follow a reporting cadence. In this role, you will verify reports to ensure information is accurate and descriptive of the data, and that they fulfill the business need.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

The Finance - Accounting - 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:

• Review financial information from relevant finance and accounting sources.
• Synthesize analysis of business and financial information to determine appropriate accounting treatment and record results with support from team and manager.
• Design reports and implement reporting processes to document financial results.
• Interpret analysis and explanations of financial results to ensure accuracy and support business decisions.
• Design and execute accounting and financial operations processes and related controls.
• Operate in a lead role within the team which may include training and providing leadership to staff. Assist the Accounting Manager and/or Director in team planning, assignments, and other duties as needed.

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Minimum Required Experiences

• 4 years of Relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, or Economics
• Strong proficiency in Excel is required; includes proficiency with vlookup, pivot, sumifs functions as well as ability to import, reconcile, and validate complex data from multiple sources

Desired Experience

• Certified as a public accountant (CPA) or functional equivalent
• 4+ years of experience in public accounting, consulting and/or financial services with previous accounting operations experience is strongly preferred
• Secondary mortgage market experience and strong understanding of the loan life cycle (e.g., acquisition, securitization, liquidation) is strongly preferred
• Strong understanding of the monthly close process
• Ability to resolve issues and exceptions in a timely and professional manner; must be able to identify opportunities to streamline and automate

Finance- Accounting- Lead Associate

Target Salary Range: $109,000 - $142,000 a year

Qualifications
Active Directory (AD), Active Directory (AD), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Atlassian JIRA, Authentication Management, Backup and Recovery (Software), Business Insight Skills, Business Process Management Skills, Calendar and Scheduling Tools, Cleaning and Transforming Data, Cloud Technology, Collaborating Cross-Functionally, Communicating in Technical Writing, Communicating Technical Information, Communication, Configuration Management (CM), Conflict Resolution, Coordination, Customer and Market Insights, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), CyberArk, Cybersecurity Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Analysis Interpretation {+ 60 more}

Education:
Bachelor's Level Degree (Required)

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For most roles, employees are expected to work onsite on a regular basis at their designated office location. In-office work cadence is determined by your manager. Proximity within a reasonable commute to your designated office location is preferred unless the job is noted as open to remote.

Fannie Mae is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, marital or parental status, or any other protected factor. Fannie Mae is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment, unless to do so would cause undue hardship to the company. If you need assistance using our online system and/or you need a reasonable accommodation related to the hiring/application process, please complete this form.

The hiring range for this role is set forth below. Final salaries will generally vary within that range based on factors that include but are not limited to, skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and other relevant qualifications. This position is eligible to participate in a Fannie Mae incentive program (subject to the terms of the program). As part of our comprehensive benefits package, Fannie Mae offers a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle, and other benefits and perks that enhance an employee's physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being. See more here.

Requisition compensation:
109000
to
142000

Client-provided location(s): Washington, DC

Job ID: Fannie-JR2063

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-01-15T19:45:23