Accounting Associate II

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. Join an organization where your work contributes to a greater purpose.

Position Overview:

Join Freddie Mac’s collaborative Single-Family division as an Accounting Associate, where you’ll support accounts receivable and corporate payment processing for multiple business lines—including check processing for the entire corporation. You’ll ensure timely and accurate payment instructions in accordance with corporate guidelines, helping to mitigate fraud and maintain financial integrity. Make a meaningful impact while driving excellence in financial operations and supporting Freddie Mac’s mission.

Our Impact:

Our team’s main responsibility is posting cash receipts for several Single-Family and one Multifamily business lines.  In addition, the team is responsible for setting up payment instructions for ACH and wire transactions following  prescribed corporate procedures.

Other work includes:

• Researching external and internal customer payment questions and ensuring compliance with the Guide and ACH compliance. 
• Helping to strengthen working relationships between internal and external partners.
• Reviewing and recommending solutions to support workflow improvement and process inefficiencies
• Providing continuous oversight of internal/external workflows and systems to support operational efficiency

Your Impact:

In this role, you will be the responsible for processing of accounts receivable, corporate payment instructions for our customers and business to business collection activities. You will collaborate with internal and external business partners to address/resolve issues and escalations.  This role will give you opportunities to broaden your business competence while being part of an inclusive team targeting to deliver the following:

• Post customer payments to the appropriate accounts and reconcile transactions
• Process daily ACH files ensuring accurate and timely processing
• Assist internal and external customers with issues and questions
• Setup and maintain payment instructions for customers by verifying bank account details and validate payment information to ensure accuracy and prevent errors or fraud
• Maintain internal controls and update records as necessary to ensure proper audit trails

Qualifications:

• 1-2 + years related experience
• College degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• Experience with business-to-business collection activities
• Knowledge of Workday accounting activities, preferred
• Salesforce experience is a plus
• Analytical experience – ability to research issues, draw conclusions and provide analysis on trends, etc.
• Process oriented – ability to work with in highly controlled and defined processes to ensure control compliance and execution
• Strong communications – candidate will be working with business partners at Freddie, lenders and customers to resolve issues
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; customer-facing communication experience
• Curiosity and willingness to embrace AI-enabled tools and workflows, preferred

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Be Mission Focused (Make Home Possible)
• Deliver Results
• Be Curious
• Be Customer Focused
• Be Innovative and Courageous
• Be Analytical and Think Critically
• Be Adaptable and Adopt Change

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

We consider all applicants for all positions without regard to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical and mental disability, pregnancy, ethnicity, genetic information or any other protected categories under applicable federal, state or local laws. We will ensure that individuals 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.

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Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Non-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 $62,000 - $92,000 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.