Date Posted: 10/19/17

REQUISITION TITLE: Business Unit Controller Senior
CONTACT COMPANY: FREDDIE MAC
CONTACT NAME: Import User
CONTACT TYPE:
CONTACT URL: http://freddiemac.contacthr.com/58301859
PAY TYPE:
LOW BASE PAY: Competitive
HIGH BASE PAY: Competitive
PAID RELOCATION: Not Specified
CITY: McLean
STATE/PROVINCE: VA
POSTAL CODE: 22067
COUNTRY: UNITED STATES
JOB FUNCTION: Operations Manager
JOB TYPE: Not Specified
REQUIRED EDUCATION: Not Specified
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE: Not Specified
TRAVEL: -1
JOB DESCRIPTION:

Position Overview

The Business Unit Controller Senior role will be part of the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP & A) group within Single Family (SF) Finance CFO department that supports the Pricing, Sourcing and CRT areas of the SF Business. The FP&A team is responsible for developing, generating, analyzing reports related to the Single Family business and helping support business decisions across our business partners. Single Family FP&A team engages business areas across the company to track and report on trends that impact overall Single Family business. This team is also responsible for measuring and reporting SF Capital and Profitability (ROE) on a quarterly basis to FHFA.

Responsibilities include:

- Develop, use and/or analyze quantitative models that assess the market, credit and/or operational risks of new and existing financial and mortgage products or portfolios to support business and risk decisions.
- Develop, validate or evaluate model input, methodology, implementation and output of models or analytic applications.
- Plan, execute, and document complex financial models.
- Provide model use risk assessments based on findings.
- Provide modeling and analytical assistance to a line of business or product area, functioning as day-to-day technical expert.
- Evaluate and manage risks associated with the company's models and/or model applications.
- Perform detailed model validation reviews, establishing performance thresholds, researching model approaches, creating alternative models and other means.
- Explain to stakeholders how a model and model process operates, what risks are inherent in the model or model process, and what controls exist to mitigate those risks.
- May interact with senior customer personnel on significant technical matters frequently requiring coordination across organizational lines.
- Work on multi-disciplinary projects with a strong customer focus
- Customer, Segment and total Single Family level reporting and analytics

Qualifications

- 5- 7 years of experience with economic and/or financial modeling
- Bachelor&rsquos degree or foreign equivalent in data science, applied mathematics, economics, physics, econometrics, finance, engineering, statistics, computer science or related quantitative discipline
- Experience with modern econometric/statistics estimation techniques; programming in SAS,R ,MATLAB and/or C++; and, working with large data sets

Preferred Skills

- Master's degree, Ph.D. or foreign equivalent in data science, applied mathematics, economics, physics, econometrics, finance, engineering, statistics, or computer science or related quantitative discipline
- 3 years of experience with economic and/or financial modeling, which includes experience with: modern econometric/statistics estimation techniques; programming in SAS, R, MatLab and/or C++; and, working with large data sets
- 5-7 years of experience in a business analysis role (business process, data, forecasting, research, testing, etc.)
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access
- Experience with mortgage and financial services industries
- Understanding of SFP data and ex ante profitability results
- Proven ability to learn new business concepts and skills quickly
- Self-starter/independent thinker: demonstrated ambition to take on new roles with increasing responsibility with limited guidance and direction
- Proficiency with MicroStrategy
- Analytical thinking; able to amass and analyze large volumes of data

Closing Statement

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. Freddie Mac is an equal opportunity and top diversity employer. EOE, M/F/D/V.

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