Operational Risk Manager (Hybrid Work Schedule)

At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you’ll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation.

Position Overview:

Are you someone who has experience in conducting supplier risk management? Do you have a detailed understanding of mitigating supplier risks in the information, technology, and regulatory risk domains? If you have these skills as well as knowledge of supplier risk management best practices and are interested in rolling-out outstanding supplier risk management program, then please apply to join Freddie Mac’s growing Enterprise Supply Chain team!

Freddie Mac’s Enterprise Supply Chain (ESC) Supplier Risk Management function is an enterprise shared service relied upon by business partners to provide insights and suggested actions to drive value out of supplier relationships.

Your Impact:

You will be an instrumental member of our team, which is dedicated to delivering actionable insights to our business partners and senior level executives across Freddie Mac!

Project Management Skills

• Lead Supplier Risk Assessor and Supplier Due Diligence Analyst teams while reporting to the Director of Supplier Risk Management

• Implement processes to collect, assess, and validate evidence provided by Suppliers in accordance with established timeframe

• Identify supplier engagements that build the most potential risks to the organization and make recommendations to mitigate these risks

Communication Skills

• Collaborate with business partners and suppliers providing top-notch customer service while implementing supplier risk management activities

• Ability to communicate at all levels of the organization with focus on encouraging, motivating, negotiating, and driving execution of supplier risk management activities

• Excellent soft skills to manage partners’ interactions both written and verbally

Qualifications:

• BA degree in business or information technology; master’s degree, Juris Doctor, or MBA a plus

• 8-10 years of related work experience

• Experience with control directives, inherent risk, residual risk, controls monitoring, supplier risk assessments, and supplier due diligence prior onboarding

• Experience with concepts in the risk management lifecycle covering areas such as cybersecurity, operational resiliency, and regulatory, etc.

• Highly organized with focus on execution, problem solving, automation, and improving processes

• Experience providing detailed analytics and summary reporting of key metrics

• Capabilities in analyzing information and building executive dashboards with visualizations summarizing key metrics and insights

• Ability to collaborate with internal leaders, business partners, and suppliers to achieve desired business outcomes.

• Familiarity with SOC-2 or SOC-1 audit reports along with ability to interpret the reports results for actionable risk mitigation action

• Certifications such as CPA, CIA, CRISC, CISA, CISM is a plus.

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Ability to collaborate across teams to deliver creative ways to improve business risk management outcomes

• Customer service skills that enable successful outcomes from all levels and perspectives

• Continuous improvement demeanor that thrives for best-in-class performance with a multidisciplinary view of process, technology, and data

Apply now and learn why there’s #MoreAtFreddieMac!

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you’ll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

CA Applicants:  Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

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

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $126,000 - $190,000 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.