Operations Internal Audit Senior Associate

The job

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Job description

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 Internal Audit Operations audit team, you will collaborate with business partners to perform design and operating effectiveness testing of controls and help assess the processes that support first-line business activities.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

The Operations Internal Audit Senior Associate role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:

• Gather and evaluate Operations processes and controls that support first-line business activities.
• Perform assessments and testing to determine whether controls are appropriately designed and operating effectively.
• Identify control gaps, risks, and opportunities to strengthen processes.
• Develop clear documentation of testing results, findings, and recommended improvements.
• Collaborate with business partners during audits and continuous risk assessment activities and work with management to agree on appropriate remediation actions.

• 2 years of public accounting or internal audit experience.
• Knowledge of the audit life cycle, including planning, design assessment, operating effectiveness testing, reporting, and issue monitoring.
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills to evaluate risks, controls, and business processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly document and share audit results.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with business partners, audit team members, and management.
• Shows curiosity and adaptability in learning and responsibly applying new technologies, including artificial intelligence, to reimagine how we work.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• CIA, CPA, CISA certification preferred or in the processes of obtaining.

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About the role

This is a Senior Level role in the Finance and Insurance field (Accounting, audit and tax) at Fannie Mae. Senior roles usually expect substantial experience, ownership of results and often the ability to guide others.

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The city

The job is in Plano, TX. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.

How Plano compares. Among the 120 largest places in Texas, Plano is #9 by population, #11 for college degrees (#1 = most), #11 for remote work (#1 = most), #30 for household income (#1 = highest). Its county, Collin County, is #10 of 254 counties for average pay ($88,091).

The place in numbers

Plano has 290,594 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 1.0% of the population of Texas. It covers 72 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 4,053 people per square mile. The median age is 39.6, 11% older than the state median (39.6 against 35.6).

Housing

The median gross rent is $1,841 a month (rent plus utilities), 31% above the state median ($1,841 against $1,403). Over a year that is 19.7% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $465,900, which is 4.2 times the median household income ($112,253). 56.9% of households own their home, 9% below the state average (56.9% against 62.6%).

Work and pay

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metropolitan area has 4,049,800 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $51,440 a year, about the same as the national median ($51,440 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (490,190 jobs, median $47,080); transportation and material moving (423,430 jobs, median $44,570); management (379,320 jobs, median $128,140). The area is most specialised in computer and mathematical (1.4 times) and management (1.3 times), where the share of workers is above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($128,140) and computer and mathematical ($121,440). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Collin County was 4.1%. 69.0% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Collin County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 61.5% drive alone, 0.7% use public transit, 1.8% walk, 27.5% work from home. 13.4% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 20% below the state average (13.4% against 16.9%). Remote work is more common than in the state as a whole, which widens the set of employers a resident can work for without moving.

People and education

60.5% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 79% above the state share (60.5% against 33.8%). 29.3% of residents were born outside the United States, 67% above the state share (29.3% against 17.6%). The poverty rate is 6.8%, 51% below the state rate (6.8% against 13.8%).

Climate

The warmest month is Aug, averaging 86°F (30.1°C), and the coolest is Jan at 44°F (6.4°C). About 921 mm (36 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; May is the wettest month (116 mm) and Jul the driest (55 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

Nearby cities to compare

Closest cities in this guide: Richardson (6 miles, similar rent); Allen (6 miles, rent 5% higher); Frisco (8 miles, rent 9% higher); The Colony (9 miles, rent 6% higher). Rent differences are against Plano; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.

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Official links for Plano

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FAQ

What is the Operations Internal Audit Senior Associate job at Fannie Mae?

A senior level role in finance and insurance (accounting, audit and tax) listed 82 days ago. The full description is on this page and on The Muse.

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Plano, TX.

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How much does it pay?

The listing does not publish pay, and we could not match the title to one official occupation.

What is the cost of living there?

Median rent in Plano is $1,841 a month and median household income $112,253 (ACS 2020–2024).

How old is this listing?

It was posted on 2026-08-19 (82 days ago). Jobs older than 90 days are not shown.

Are there similar jobs?

Yes: browse accounting, audit and tax jobs in Texas.

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• Job data: The Muse public API (listing dated 2026-08-19). The job disappears from this site when it disappears from the source.
• Wages and projections: BLS OEWS (May 2025) and Employment Projections 2025–35.
• City and county figures: Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024, BEA, BLS QCEW and LAUS, NASA POWER climatology; distances from Census Gazetteer coordinates.

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• BLS State and Metro Area Employment
• Census Bureau American Community Survey (via Census Reporter)
• BEA GDP by state and Regional Price Parities
• IRS 2026 tax adjustments
• U.S. Department of Labor, minimum wage by state
• Tax Foundation state income tax rates 2026
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