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 passionate about Freddie Mac’s mission to Make Home Possible? Do you enjoy critical thinking, problem solving, interacting and collaborating with colleagues across departments and divisions? Are you interested in the intersection of consumer rights, fair lending, and business?

The Mission, Enterprise Initiatives and Legislative Affairs Department (MELA) in the Legal Division of Freddie Mac is seeking an experienced attorney to join its fair lending and consumer protection team in addressing complex issues related to fair lending, fair housing, unfair and deceptive practices, consumer protection, multifamily housing, securitization, and applicable laws and regulations. 

Our Impact:

MELA is committed to providing quality, timely and cost-effective legal advice responsive to client needs on a variety of and corporate matters affecting Freddie Mac. This includes partnering with clients, establishing a consistent view of legal exposure across business lines, providing repeatable, measurable, and defensible processes, and improving the delivery and management of legal services. The successful candidate will be a highly organized self-starter with strong communication skills, able to balance responsibility for multiple projects on a wide range of matters simultaneously.

MELA is responsible for providing legal advice to internal clients on a wide range of issues related to Freddie Mac as a business entity, legislative, regulatory, compliance and risk management matters affecting the legal and business environment in which Freddie Mac and other financial institutions operate. We also assist our clients in navigating complex requirements applicable to government-sponsored enterprises. Other responsibilities include providing legal strategic advice to business units on submissions to and appearances before government officials and agencies. 

Your Impact:

• Support clients throughout the Enterprise regarding all aspects of consumer protection and fair lending laws related to single and multifamily housing.
• Work with Legal, Compliance, Fair Lending Analytics, Regulatory Affairs and a variety of incredibly versatile business people on fair lending and consumer law issues, including AI, models and unfair and deceptive practices.
• Work with the team to identify and address complex and unique fair lending and consumer protection issues and conduct fair lending and consumer protection reviews of business lines and products.

Qualifications:

• Generally, 10 or more years of relevant sophisticated legal experience, either with a Government Sponsored Enterprise, a financial institution, a regulator, a law firm, or substantially similar experience
• Juris Doctor (JD) degree; membership in good standing in a state Bar
• Excellent analytical, strategic, legal research, writing and advocacy skills
• Excellent oral and written communications skills; ability to explain complex technical and legal concepts
• Subject matter expertise in consumer protection, fair housing and fair lending laws
• Demonstrated ability to advise on matters related to civil rights law and financial services, including familiarity with the FHA, FTC Act (UDAP), HMDA, ECOA, other consumer protection statutes and state anti-predatory lending laws
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and synthesize novel legal claims, assess how they would apply across a large institution, and make concrete recommendations for how to mitigate legal risk
• Demonstrated ability to effectively handle numerous issues across multiple substantive areas; set priorities independently; and delegate to more junior staff
• Demonstrated capacity to lead projects with little to no supervision
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize and analyze information in a fluid and fast-paced environment with kindness and precision
• Demonstrated ability to fix things and find solutions

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Dedication to civil rights and consumer protection
• Ability to establish credibility at all levels of the organization
• Outstanding communication skills, and an adaptive style across multiple internal and external groups.
• Dedication to collaboration and teamwork
• Mission-first approach that prioritizes outcomes for the client
• Ability to take initiative and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Drive and curiosity
• Kindness

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

A safe and secure environment is critical to Freddie Mac’s business. This includes employee commitment to our acceptable use policy, applying a vigilance-first approach to work, supporting regulatory mandates, and using best practices to protect Freddie Mac from potential threats and risk. Employees exercise this responsibility by executing against policies and procedures and adhering to privacy & security obligations as required via training programs.

CA Applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Notice to External Search Firms: Freddie Mac partners with BountyJobs for contingency search business through outside firms. Resumes received outside the BountyJobs system will be considered unsolicited and Freddie Mac will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. If interested in learning more, please visit www.BountyJobs.com and register with our referral code: MAC.

Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

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 $224,000 – $336,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.

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