Sr Technical Risk Specialist

FANNIE MAE

THE COMPANY

Fannie Mae is a shareholder-owned company with a public mission: to tear down barriers, lower costs, and increase the opportunities for homeownership and affordable rental housing for all Americans. Over our 65-plus year history, Fannie Mae has worked with housing partners to provide low-cost financing for more than 60 million American families to own or rent a home. For more information about Fannie Mae and our career opportunities, please visit www.fanniemae.com



Operational Risk Compliance within the Enterprise Systems Operations (ESO) Technology Risk Office is responsible for assuring that Fannie Mae policies and procedures applicable to ESO technology are identified and compliance plans are established, executed, and monitored.
A primary responsibility of Operational Risk Compliance is to manage the design, development and implementation of IT procedures aimed at strengthening IT controls and protecting Fannie Mae technology assets, including databases, applications and systems.



The Sr. Technical Risk Specialist will execute such operational risk-management related activities as:


Managing projects related to remediation and developing sustainability models to address IT control deficiencies identified by OFHEO, Fannie Mae management, Internal Auditors and/or External Auditors.


Coordinating with the IT Sarbanes-Oxley (S-Ox) PMO and Enterprise Systems Management Risk Office to ensure all policies and procedures supporting IT controls meet technical remediation and sustainability requirements.


Coordinating with internal groups as needed (Business Units, platform teams, application teams, etc…) to implement sustainable programs (emphasis on logging and monitoring programs) across the Fannie Mae technology landscape.


Supporting the execution and incorporation of corresponding Restatement control remediation efforts.


Helping to design and implement program sustainability initiatives as needed, e.g., management and metrics reports for IT S-Ox and Restatement efforts.


Coordinating and responding to inquiries from external audit, internal audit, OFHEO, or other testing initiatives as needed.


Updating and publishing procedural documentation to reflect current and future sustainability plans.


Providing training and user support (Assisting all staff with executing and understanding roles and responsibilities documented in Fannie Mae technology procedures).


Analyzing and recommending process improvements to support tactical and strategic risk-management approaches.

REQUIREMENTS


Requisite Skills:


MS Office Suite (MS Project, Excel, Access, Visio, Word, PowerPoint).

Problem solver

Logical thinker

Communication and Influencing - Ability to use both oral and written skills to communicate issues in a manner that facilitates expeditious and smooth incident resolution

Communication and Influencing - Ability to translate detailed technical information into understandable business language
Flexible.

Able to work in a dynamic, changing environment

Knowledge:


7+ years of IT audit, IT governance, policy identification and/or risk management experience

Bachelors degree in math, systems engineering or other technology-related field

Masters degree in business, policy or technology-related field

Experience with and knowledge of risk-management, IT compliance, IT internal controls, IT audit and/or IT S-Ox requirements (COBIT understanding a plus).

Knowledge of regulatory policy and IT policy a plus

Project management experience

Experience with metrics reporting a plus

Leadership:


Experience leading teams/managing risk-related projects to completion.

Experience working on cross-functional or enterprise initiatives to identify opportunities for synergy and efficiency.



Experience working closely with business units and technology providers to facilitate the translation of business requirements into technology specifications.

COMPENSATION

Fannie Mae's compensation and benefits package is very competitive. It is designed to help employees meet varying needs throughout their careers and to reward employee's skills, experience, and potential.
Fannie Mae is an equal employment opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected factor.