Description:

At A Public Government-Sponsored Enterprise, 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 a highly motivated team player with financial services safety-and-soundness experience? Does your practice include financial regulatory work, as well as legal support for risk management? The Mission, Equity and Legislative Affairs (MELA) Department is seeking an experienced attorney to join its legal staff as Associate General Counsel.

Your Impact:
Serve as counsel providing legal analysis and advice on some or all of the following:

Safety-and-soundness regulatory issues, including requirements related to resolution planning, capital and liquidity
Enterprise risk management and compliance initiatives
Corporate sustainability (ESG) initiatives
Interpretations of A Public Government-Sponsored Enterprise's statutory and regulatory powers and obligations
Legal implications of business activities
Oversight and operation of A Public Government-Sponsored Enterprise by FHFA as conservator
Strategic decisions related to legislative and regulatory requirements
Responses to regulatory rule-makings
Matters related to representation of A Public Government-Sponsored Enterprise before regulatory agencies and other parties

Qualifications:

A Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited U.S. law school and bar membership in any U.S. jurisdiction
7 or more years of relevant legal experience preferred; experience with law firms, bank regulatory agencies, or financial services entities is desirable
Knowledge of financial regulation, administrative law and legislative and regulatory processes
Experience with resolution planning and risk management is desirable
Superior analytical, strategic, legal research and writing capabilities, as well as excellent verbal/written communications skills
Demonstrated ability to synthesize and analyze information in a very fluid and fast-paced environment
Ability to manage numerous issues across multiple substantive areas and to set priorities independently

Keys to Success in this Role:

Superior oral and written communications skills
Ability to create and maintain strong collaborative relationships with colleagues and clients
Ability to balance workload in a fast-paced environment
Understanding of and ability to address business clients' needs within a highly matrixed organization
Dedication to producing high quality work
Commitment to an accessible, sustainable, and safe-and-sound housing finance system
Ability to self-start and act with limited direction