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.
The Securities Department of the Legal Division of Freddie Mac is seeking a talented and passionate Legal Administrative Professional to support our team. In this role, the successful candidate will be self-motivated, quick-thinking, flexible, and able to anticipate needs and balance multiple and diverse responsibilities with a strong emphasis on organization and an unwavering attention to detail.
This is a demanding and fast-moving position that requires someone who is able to exercise good judgment, can see around the corners and takes initiative.
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The Securities Department serves as the legal advisor to Freddie Mac’s business divisions (SF, MF and I&CM) and its various enterprise functions with respect to securities offerings, disclosure, investment portfolio issues, and other securities law-related matters.
In terms of specific activities, this team provides legal and tax counsel for Freddie Mac’s mortgage-backed securitization programs and other securities-related transactions. Our internal Tax group supports transaction structuring, policy guidance, and corporate tax matters such as state tax exemptions, information reporting, and compliance. In other transactional and advisory work, the Securities Department supports the Investments & Capital Markets (I&CM) division’s funding and liquidity activities, including the issuance of equity and debt securities, portfolio management, derivatives, hedging, and liquidity transactions, Cash Window trading, and related regulatory matters. The department also advises both the Single Family and Multifamily Office of the Trustee and supports various corporate and FHFA initiatives.
Day-to-day responsibilities will include supporting multiple attorneys and legal professionals, calendaring, setting conference calls/booking meeting rooms, preparing agendas, minutes, and materials, booking travel, processing expense reports, redlining documents, digital document organization and tracking, and facilitating communication flow with internal and external attorneys and legal professionals. We also anticipate that the candidate will have the opportunity to perform overflow legal analyst work assisting mortgage securities attorneys in connection with securities transactions, including circulating for comment drafts of offering documents and legal documents, drafting closing documents, managing documents, and assisting in due diligence procedures. Additional duties to include:
Provide administrative support to attorneys and legal professionals, including calendaring, meeting coordination, travel booking, and expense processing.
Prepare, proofread, and organize documents, presentations, and materials using Microsoft Office and iManage.
Assist with legal analyst tasks for mortgage securities transactions, such as document drafting, circulation, management, and due diligence support.
Utilize technology and AI tools (e.g., CoPilot) to improve processes and efficiency; proactively learn new systems.
Compile and present data clearly; create PowerPoint presentations from provided content.
Manage multiple priorities and deadlines; communicate project status and updates to the team.
Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders; draft communications and correspondence.
Apply analytical skills to support business decisions and suggest process improvements.
Interpret complex information and develop solutions independently.
3 years or more of legal administrative experience
Advanced level experience using Microsoft Office Applications – Word, PPT, Outlook and Excel
Experience using AI/Copilot
Values teamwork and a collaborative environment
Willing to work overtime as needed
Deliver timely quality finished products in all aspects of work performed
Demonstrate a professional demeanor and maintain an open mind, interest and passion for culture changes and new initiatives
Able to support multiple attorneys and legal professional
Submits high quality work product
Exercises tact and diplomacy and can relate well to all levels in the organization
Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.
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Time-type:Full timeFLSA Status:Non-ExemptFreddie 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 $69,000 - $103,000 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.