Risk Management - Advisor

The Fannie Mae; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

The Fannie Mae in Washington, DC seeks an experienced Operations Risk - Risk Management Advisor to guide strategic risk plans for reputation, safety, security, and financial success. You will collaborate with leadership to integrate risk with business objectives and drive governance across the enterprise.

You will oversee payments-focused risk activities, mentor staff, and partner with business units to translate complex risk concepts into actionable recommendations while maintaining strong

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant experience in financial services risk management.
• Deep knowledge of payments, payment flows, and operational risks.
• Experience assessing business processes, identifying risks, and recommending solutions.
• Ability to influence senior leaders and communicate complex risk topics clearly.
• Experience leading teams and mentoring others.

Responsibilities

• Provide risk guidance to leadership and teams on capital markets operations, with emphasis on payment operations.
• Lead core risk management activities: risk and control assessments, control reviews, issue support, and risk reporting.
• Partner with business leaders to assess risk implications of new products, processes, and regulatory changes.
• Challenge business decisions when warranted using data-driven judgment and collaborative relationships.
• Lead cross-functional risk initiatives to strengthen controls and promote risk awareness across operations.

Skills

Risk management

Payments operations

Regulatory knowledge

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

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 leader on our team, you will collaborate with leadership in the development and implementation of strategic plans for assessing and identifying potential risks that may threaten our reputation, safety, security, and/or financial success, as well as work with team members and leadership to communicate and collaborate with key stakeholders across the enterprise, and understand business objectives.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

The Risk Management - Advisor 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:

• Primary Risk Advisor supporting Capital Markets Operations, with a particular emphasis on Payment Operations.
• Apply deep knowledge of payment processes, industry practices, and the evolving payments landscape to provide credible, practical risk guidance to business leadership and teams.
• Lead and develop team members in executing risk management activities, providing day-to-day direction, coaching, and subject-matter guidance while serving as a senior point of escalation for complex risks and business questions.
• Execute core risk management activities, including risk and control assessments, control reviews, issue support, and risk reporting.
• Partner with business leaders to assess the risk implications of new products, processes, technologies, regulatory changes, and strategic initiatives, translating industry knowledge and risk considerations into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Effectively challenge business decisions, processes, and controls when warranted, using sound risk judgment, data, and subject-matter expertise to influence outcomes while maintaining strong, collaborative relationships with leadership and key stakeholders.
• Lead or contribute to cross-functional risk initiatives and improvements, helping strengthen the control environment, enhance risk awareness, and promote consistent risk management practices across Capital Markets Operations.

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Minimum Required Experiences

• 6+ years of relevant experience in financial services, risk management, operations, payments, or a related field, with meaningful experience in payment operations or payment-related processes.
• Demonstrated knowledge of payments, including payment flows and processes, operational risks, key controls, regulatory expectations, and industry practices, with the ability to apply that knowledge to a financial-services operating environment.
• Experience independently assessing business processes and controls, identifying risk implications, and developing practical recommendations to address gaps, emerging risks, and control weaknesses.
• Ability to influence and effectively challenge business partners and senior leaders, communicate complex risk topics clearly, and use sound judgment to escal…
• Experience leading work, providing direction or coaching to others, and serving as a subject-matter resource within a team or across multiple stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and operate effectively in a changing environment.
• Shows curiosity and adaptability in learning and responsibly applying new technologies, including artificial intelligence, to reimagine how we work.

Desired Experience s

• Experience supporting payments within a bank, financial institution, mortgage or capital markets organization, fintech, payment processor, or related industry.
• Experience with payment-related regulatory requirements, industry standards, or control frameworks, and the ability to translate those requirements into practical business guidance.
• Experience identifying and leading proactive risk engagements, process improvements, or strategic initiatives that strengthen controls, reduce operational risk, or improve business outcomes.
• Professional risk, audit, compliance, or payments-related certification or training.

Target Salary Range: $141,000 to $184,000 a year

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Qualifications

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:

141000

to

184000