Senior Associate – Strategic Portfolio Management

Fannie Mae; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Fannie Mae is seeking a Senior Associate in Strategic Portfolio Management to drive budgeting, forecasting, and portfolio reporting. You will develop insights by integrating strategy, capacity, and financial data to guide investment and prioritization decisions.

The role partners with CFOs and technology stakeholders across the enterprise and requires strong analytical and communication skills. You will work onsite, leveraging tools like Anaplan, Jira, Power BI, and Tableau to enhance governance

Qualifications

• 2 years experience analyzing financial, operational, or portfolio data to support business decisions.
• Experience working with large datasets and translating analytical findings into actionable business recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across Finance, Technology, and Business organizations to support cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Shows curiosity and adaptability in learning and responsibly applying new technologies, including artificial intelligence, to reimagine how we work.

Responsibilities

• Perform budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial and portfolio reporting.
• Develop portfolio and executive reporting that combines financial, operational, initiative, and delivery data to support Strategic Portfolio Management and enterprise prioritization.
• Analyze portfolio performance, including trends, capacity utilization, Run vs. Change allocations, and initiative performance to identify risks and optimization opportunities.
• Partner with Business Unit CFOs and business and technology stakeholders to develop decision-ready insights supporting enterprise planning, prioritization, and quarterly portfolio reviews.
• Support data governance and reporting improvements by validating data quality across enterprise planning and portfolio management platforms.
• Perform financial data integrity checks and summarize and financial, operational, and portfolio data to support enterprise reporting and decision-making.
• Conduct strategic research, analysis, and benchmarking to identify opportunities to improve enterprise portfolio management, governance, and planning capabilities.
• Source and analyze data for business analytics, including scenario and attribution analysis, what-if analysis, trend analysis, and business driver identification to support executive planning and investment decisions.

Skills

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor degree

Tools

Anaplan

Apptio Targetprocess

Jira

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

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.

As a valued colleague on our Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) Data & Insights team, you will collect, analyze, and interpret financial, operational, portfolio, and delivery information to support enterprise planning and prioritization. You will help develop decision-ready insights by integrating strategy, work, capacity, and financial data, enabling leadership to make informed investment, prioritization, and resource allocation decisions across the enterprise.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

Responsibilities

The Senior Associate – Strategic Portfolio Management 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:

• Perform budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial and portfolio reporting.


• Develop portfolio and executive reporting that combines financial, operational, initiative, and delivery data to support Strategic Portfolio Management and enterprise prioritization.


• Analyze portfolio performance, including trends, capacity utilization, Run vs. Change allocations, and initiative performance to identify risks and optimization opportunities.


• Partner with Business Unit CFOs and business and technology stakeholders to develop decision-ready insights supporting enterprise planning, prioritization, and quarterly portfolio reviews.


• Support data governance and reporting improvements by validating data quality across enterprise planning and portfolio management platforms.


• Perform financial data integrity checks and summarize and financial, operational, and portfolio data to support enterprise reporting and decision-making.


• Conduct strategic research, analysis, and benchmarking to identify opportunities to improve enterprise portfolio management, governance, and planning capabilities.


• Source and analyze data for business analytics, including scenario and attribution analysis, what-if analysis, trend analysis, and business driver identification to support executive planning and investment decisions.

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

• 2 years experience analyzing financial, operational, or portfolio data to support business decisions.


• Experience working with large datasets and translating analytical findings into actionable business recommendations.


• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across Finance, Technology, and Business organizations to support cross-functional initiatives.


• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication and stakeholder management skills.


• Shows curiosity and adaptability in learning and responsibly applying new technologies, including artificial intelligence, to reimagine how we work.

Desired Experiences

• Bachelor degree or equivalent


• Experience supporting strategic planning, portfolio management, PMO, or enterprise transformation initiatives.


• Experience coordinating cross-functional projects or strategic initiatives, including tracking milestones, risks, dependencies, and action items.


• Experience with enterprise planning, portfolio management, or financial management platforms such as Anaplan, Apptio Targetprocess, Jira, or similar tools.


• Experience with business intelligence and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).


• Experience preparing executive presentations, briefing materials, and business recommendations for senior leadership.

Finance - Financial Planning and Analysis - Senior Associate

Target Pay Range: $85,000 - $110,000 a year

Qualifications

Education:

The future is what you make it to be.

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.

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