Entrylevel Fixed Income Analyst Jobs in Virginia

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Position Overview:

Freddie Mac's Finance division is seeking a Risk & Performance Analytics Analyst to be part of the Investments and Capital Markets Finance department! The candidate will be responsible for supporting retained portfolio analytics functions within the Capital Markets business. Our team is responsible for valuation of the firm's retained portfolio and producing performance analytics to support the mortgage desks. This role will support valuation, pricing, profitability analysis, and financial reporting activities across Freddie Mac's Capital Markets business.

The Asset Valuation team plays an important role in helping explain the financial performance of Freddie Mac's mortgage-related assets and Capital Markets activities. The team partners closely with Capital Markets, Risk, Accounting, and Technology to analyze portfolio performance, evaluate valuation impacts, and provide insights that support business decision-making, senior management reporting, and regulatory engagement.

Our Impact:

The Investments and Capital Markets Finance department is responsible for financial accounting and reporting, portfolio risk and profitability analysis, pricing and valuation activities, and financial planning and analysis for Freddie Mac's Capital Markets activities
Our team supports the valuation and financial analysis of mortgage-related assets, including activity across retained portfolio, securitization, and capital markets products
We help explain key drivers of financial results, including changes in market prices, interest rates, spreads, portfolio composition, and business activity
We provide analytical support for economic and regulatory capital-related performance measures, helping stakeholders understand how valuation and profitability are affected by market and portfolio dynamics
We partner with trading desks, risk, accounting, and technology teams to improve transparency, strengthen reporting, and support informed business decisions
The team develops recurring and ad hoc analytics used by trading desks, senior management, governance forums, and regulatory stakeholders
We support process improvement and reporting enhancements by translating business questions into clear, scalable analytics

Your Impact:

In this role, you will be an integral member of the Asset Valuation team and will help produce analysis that explains valuation, profitability, and financial performance across Freddie Mac's Capital Markets activities:

Analyze valuation and economic P&L results for mortgage-related assets and capital markets products
Evaluate drivers of financial performance, including market movements, interest rates, spreads, pricing assumptions, portfolio activity, and product-level trends
Support recurring financial analysis and reporting used by Finance leadership, business partners, senior management, and regulatory stakeholders
Collaborate with capital markets, risk, accounting, and technology partners to understand business activity, explain financial results, and identify opportunities to enhance reporting and analytics
Assist with ad hoc analysis related to market conditions, business strategy, valuation methodology, capital considerations, regulatory requests, and portfolio performance
Help develop analytical frameworks to explain and forecast product-level P&L, valuation impacts, and sensitivity to key market factors
Work with large datasets involving positions, pricing, market data, portfolio attributes, and financial results
Prepare clear, concise analysis and presentation materials that communicate key takeaways to both technical and non-technical audiences
Support ongoing efforts to improve reporting efficiency, analytical transparency, data quality, and process scalability

Qualifications:

Minimum of 2 years of experience in fixed income, mortgage finance, capital markets, or investment analysis
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Data Analytics, or a related field
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate financial results and explain key drivers
Strong Microsoft Excel skills and aptitude to learn analytical tools such as SQL, Python, Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, or similar platforms
Ability to work with large datasets, identify trends, investigate variances, and summarize findings clearly
Ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present analysis to business partners and management
Familiarity with fixed income products, mortgage-backed securities, agency MBS, TBA, CMO, derivatives, valuation concepts, or interest-rate risk is preferred

Keys to Success in this Role:

This role requires strong analytical judgment, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to connect financial results to underlying business and market drivers. A successful candidate will be comfortable working with detailed financial, market, and portfolio data, and will be able to translate that information into clear insights for stakeholders.

The Asset Valuation team operates in a fast-paced environment where recurring deliverables, ad hoc requests, and process improvement efforts must be balanced effectively. The ideal candidate can take a high-level business question, determine the relevant data and analysis needed, and communicate the answer in a clear and actionable way.

A strong candidate will have a foundational understanding of fixed income markets and mortgage products, along with an interest in valuation, profitability analysis, and financial reporting. The role is well-suited for someone who enjoys solving analytical problems, improving processes, and developing insights that support business decision-making.

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.

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 $88,000 - $132,000 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.Employment Type: FULL_TIME