Data Analytics, Professional - IT Finance

Key Skills

Apache Hadoop, C Programming, C++, Data science techniques, Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, MapReduce, Python Programming, PyTorch, R Programming, Scala Programming, SQL, TensorFlow

Job Description

At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you’ll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation.

Position Overview:

Are you someone who enjoys working with numbers, data, technology every day? Do you have a passion to design intuitive reports and dashboards to support data driven decisions? If you are a Finance, Information Technology, or passionate for analytics professional in the early stages of their career journey then this could be the perfect opportunity for you! Apply to join Freddie Mac’s IT Finance department in this newly created role as a Financial Controller Professional.

*This position can be performed currently from a remote location in the U.S. but will require presence in a Freddie Mac office in the future.*

Our Impact:

Our team creates transparency around planning, budgeting, and expense management for our Information Technology Division.

Your Impact:

• Collaborate on and/or lead strategic efforts to enhance the current TBM cost model by finding opportunities to improve data, allocation, and costing methodologies
• Act as a direct interface between the TBM Office and key Stakeholders within Information Technology, IT-Finance, and Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis
• Support efforts for Model Development, Risks and Controls, Security Access, Tool Maintenance, and Break-fixes
• Import data from various sources to produce meaningful and timely monthly reporting packages of actual versus budget results related to IT consumption and associated costs
• Demonstrate knowledge and fast learning of the underlying data, where it comes from, and the ability to reconcile and check data quality, including financial and consumption records
• Support the Ad-hoc gathering of functional and business requirements and translate that information into a working set of operational and financial models, dashboards, and management reports

Qualifications:

• BSc in Computer Science/Engineering, Management Information Systems (MIS), Accounting Information Systems (AIS), Accounting, Finance, or Data Analytics/Data Science
• 1+ years’ experience in the following:
• Data wrangling, data manipulation, visualizations, dashboarding, and ETL
• Financial systems, management information systems, and/or relational databases to develop business intelligence
• Design/development of management reporting of financials
• Finding opportunities and/or participating in projects related to crafting operational efficiencies, reducing costs and/or functional/technical process improvement
• Financial services experience preferred
• Experience with Apptio, Access Database, Tableau Desktop/Server, AWS, Hyperion, VMware preferred
• Experience with Agile development frameworks and tools preferred
• Demonstrated business acumen, problem solving skills, intellectual maturity, and relationship management skills

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Sense of humor
• Enjoys working with numbers and financial data
• Strong attention to detail
• Personality type that thrives in a team oriented, start-up type environment
• Can easily shift focus between high priority tasks as required
• Intellectually curious
• Actively seeks out opportunities to expand professional knowledge and network
• Leverages acquired knowledge into continuous process improvement activity
• Actively seek opportunities to continuously improve quality of technology solutions
• Willingness to acquire and develop technical skills in System Integrations, Databases, Tableau, Python, etc.