Senior Financial Analyst - Single Family Finance

Description FANNIE MAE THE COMPANY Fannie Mae exists to expand affordable housing and bring global capital to local communities in order to serve the U.S. housing market. Today, our focus is on preventing foreclosures, making mortgages and rental housing as affordable as possible, and supporting the housing recovery. We are rapidly building and realigning our company to better serve the market as we support the Administration's Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan. Join our dedicated, diverse, high-performing workforce and put your unique talents to good use as we work with our partners to advance our nation's housing recovery. For more information about Fannie Mae and our career opportunities, please visit www.fanniemae.com JOB INFORMATION This individual will be responsible for supporting the on-going preparation and analysis of Single Family financial and business reporting.  Included in these responsibilities, is the need to identify key drivers and trends that have or may influence changes - not only to Fannie Mae's Single Family business - but Fannie Mae's overall financial projections, including changes in broader market conditions, accounting policy, pricing, and any new strategies the company may have or be considering initiating.
KEY JOB FUNCTIONS

• Lead, design, contribute to and/or consult on standard and ad hoc reports/analyses to summarize, reconcile and disseminate actual and forecasted financial, accounting, and business information in order to identify root causes and trends - based on varying assumptions, inputs and projected market or economic conditions - to aid in making critical business decisions
• Engage with key stakeholders to acquire business or financial data for analysis and delivery of financial reports and related information; ensure accurate and timely financial analysis and reporting for critical business advisory purposes
• Proactively develop, prepare, and continually improve information for key stakeholders in alignment with their needs and requirements; conduct timely, reliable and high-quality reporting of monthly performance and develop analysis to explain variances
• Ensure the effective communication around and management of reporting functions, as well as effective support of audit or regulatory inquiries 

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree or Equivalent                                       
• Master or Other Advanced Degree Preferred (CPA or MBA a plus)
• Area of study:  Finance, Math, or Accounting

 
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

• 5 years of related experience

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS   

• Strong expertise in Excel and PowerPoint; as well as functional experience with Access, PeopleSoft, Hyperion, Essbase, SQL, SAS, or Business Objects
• Exceptional analytical skills and ability to interpret financial reports and identify how such information will impact future business results and strategies.
• Ability to team effectively - encourage and participate in open dialogue, listen to team members, recognize, seek and value the expertise of others
• Can gather information about business processes; extract key themes from reports and translate them to data points for stakeholders; use strong presentation skills to effectively present and make recommendations based on financial data to in a variety of formal and informal settings to senior management; understand and discuss larger business/how the business works
• Able to set and achieve high standards in completing assignments and tasks; determine length and difficulty of tasks and projects, defining work product, scope, setting clear objectives and measures; maintain focus on critical projects/objectives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and manage well through ambiguity and complexity

 
EMPLOYMENT
 
As a condition of employment with Fannie Mae, any successful job applicant will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen and to successfully complete a background investigation, which may also include a credit check for positions in some areas of our business.
 
Fannie Mae is an Equal Opportunity Employer.