Mortgage Underwriting - Specialty Credit Policy Writing Professional

About the position

At Freddie Mac, our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us, and it’s at the core of everything we do. Since our charter in 1970, we have made home possible for more than 90 million families across the country. Continue your career journey where your work contributes to a greater purpose. Position Overview: Freddie Mac's Quality Control Department is seeking an accomplished professional with technical proficiency and a keen attention to detail to join us as a Quality Control Credit Risk Policy Professional. The ideal candidate will infuse energy and innovative thinking to overcome challenges in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. If you are eager to explore business value through collaborative tools, we encourage you to apply and become part of a team committed to ensuring quality. As a member of the QC Policy team in the Credit Risk Policy Professional role, you will engage in a variety of tasks, such as supporting the review of policies and procedures to ensure their appropriateness and adequacy, assisting in process mapping initiatives, and contributing to the creation of visuals and job aids to simplify complex activities. The preferred candidate should possess a strong aptitude for analyzing data and summarizing intricate information, collaborating effectively with diverse teams, producing clear and user-friendly documentation, and customizing SharePoint pages to optimize user experience. Our Impact: The QC Policy team is responsible for producing policies and procedures, job aids and other resources to teams within Quality Control, such as Underwriting Operations which conducts quality control reviews of loans purchased by Freddie Mac to ensure that the loans purchased by Freddie Mac meet the terms of business under which they were delivered. Your Impact: As part of the QC Policy team, you will create job aids and other written documentation utilized by the QC Underwriting team to ensure resources are accurate, clear, and equip our underwriters to deliver a consistent experience in alignment with the Freddie Mac Selling Guide. You will also develop or update resources for various teams within QC which support the Underwriting team, providing cross-functional direction where roles and responsibilities connect.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in the creation and updating of Quality Control documentation, including job aids, tools, and procedures.
  • Efficiently manage and maintain SharePoint sites for various teams within Quality Control.
  • Work on issues of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends.
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing sessions with subject matter experts and stakeholders across Single Family Quality Control by scheduling sessions, creating agendas, scribing meeting minutes and outlining action items and next steps, and following up to ensure next steps are executed.

Requirements

  • Typically, 2 -4 years of experience in the mortgage industry, with expertise in Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae Selling/Servicer Guides, and/or an understanding of managing credit risk.
  • Expert writing skills.
  • Experience with SharePoint, Power BI or Power Automate creating lists and document/form libraries and utilizing web parts.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects within minimal supervision.
  • Moderate to strong technical proficiency with MS Office, specifically Word and Excel, Adobe Acrobat and other databases.
  • College Degree or equivalent work experience.

Nice-to-haves

  • An extraordinary attention to detail.
  • Quick to learn new technologies and tools, with the ability to provide technical guidance to the team.
  • Strong written communication skills, capable of explaining concepts or new/updated processes clearly in writing.
  • Strong verbal communication and critical thinking skills.
  • Ability to logically organize content.
  • Exceptional reading comprehension with the ability to identify inconsistencies or gaps in documentation.
  • Robust analytical and quantitative skills are essential.
  • Capability to emulate the team's communication style to ensure consistency in terminology, tone, composition, and formatting across documentation.
  • Comfortable interacting with internal management and partners within Freddie Mac.
  • Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
  • Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously and meet timelines, working independently without the need for significant guidance.

Benefits

  • Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs.
  • Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.
  • This position has an annualized market-based salary range of \$80,000 - \$120,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program.
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