Multifamily Appraisal Advisor

Playing an essential role in the U.S. economy, Fannie Mae is foundational to housing finance. Here, your expertise can help fuel purpose-driven innovation that expands access to homeownership and affordable rental housing across the country. Join Fannie Mae to grow your career and help people find a place to call home.

Job Description

As a valued colleague on our team, you will provide expert advice on, and guide team in, assessing and identifying potential risks that may threaten our reputation, safety, security, and/or financial success, as well as participate with key stakeholders across the enterprise and guide team in understanding business objectives leveraging conclusive appraisal analysis.

Key Responsibilities

The Multifamily Appraisal Advisor role will support oversight activities of the Multifamily business. This role will leverage your expertise in a collaborative working environment alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:

• Advise on the application of appraisal review methods, valuation analyses, and analytical frameworks to identify transactions, conclusions, and process areas that may pose potential enterprise risk.
• Perform independent reviews of multifamily appraisal reports and third-party review reports, evaluating assumptions, methodology, market support, property analysis, current market conditions, and the overall reasonableness of value conclusions.
• Produce clear, timely, and well-supported review conclusions that identify material issues, recommend practical resolutions, and strengthen the quality and consistency of appraisal-related decision-making.
• Manage appraisal review workflows, including ordering and tracking third-party appraisal reports and reviews, coordinating issue resolution, and maintaining disciplined documentation throughout the review process.
• Partner with Multifamily business to carry out business strategies leveraging appraisal subject matter expertise, train and support valuation reasonableness assessments that inform business decisions that will drive success and ensure safety and soundness amid changing market conditions and regulatory expectations.
• Manage and monitor the approved appraisal vendor panel and related controls to support strong third-party oversight, vendor performance, and high-quality appraisal delivery.
• Present findings and/or appraisal risk insights and recommendations clearly and persuasively to management and enterprise partners.
• Maintain current knowledge of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), Appraiser Independence Requirements, and relevant company valuation guidelines.

The position can be based out of Plano, TX, Washington DC, or Reston, VA

Qualifications & Experience

Minimum Required Experience

• 6 years of related experience.
• Current General Appraisal Certification.
• Shows curiosity and adaptability in learning and responsibly applying new technologies, including artificial intelligence, to reimagine how we work.

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Desired Experience & Education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Professional Appraisal Designation.

• Advanced Excel skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience performing or overseeing multifamily appraisal reviews and interacting effectively with third-party appraisers, lender counterparties, or cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• AI-literacy and comfortable leveraging AI tools in their day-to-day work, as integrating AI into how we operate is a core expectation across all roles at Fannie Mae.

Qualifications

Active Directory (AD), Active Directory (AD), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Atlassian JIRA, Authentication Management, Backup and Recovery (Software), Business Insight Skills, Business Process Management Skills, Calendar and Scheduling Tools, Cleaning and Transforming Data, Cloud Technology, Collaborating Cross-Functionally, Communicating in Technical Writing, Communicating Technical Information, Communication, Configuration Management (CM), Conflict Resolution, Coordination, Customer and Market Insights, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), CyberArk, Cybersecurity Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Analysis Interpretation {+ 60 more}

Education:

Bachelor's Level Degree (Required)

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For most roles, employees are expected to work onsite on a regular basis at their designated office location. In-office work cadence is determined by your manager. Proximity within a reasonable commute to your designated office location is preferred unless the job is noted as open to remote.

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The hiring range for this role is set forth below. Final salaries will generally vary within that range based on factors that include but are not limited to, skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and other relevant qualifications. This position is eligible to participate in a Fannie Mae incentive program (subject to the terms of the program). As part of our comprehensive benefits package, Fannie Mae offers a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle, and other benefits and perks that enhance an employee's physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being. See more here.

Requisition compensation:

141000

to

184000