Compliance Manager

JOB SUMMARY:  Coordinates day-to-day Compliance Specialist tasks to facilitate timely completion of file reviews, reports, and audit responses pertaining to affordable housing program regulatory compliance. Reports to the Compliance Director.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  Below is a brief summary of the essential duties and responsibilities of this position.  Additional duties or job functions may be assigned by supervisory personnel.

• Support the Compliance team to ensure that internal policies and procedures are followed and external program requirements met.
• Ensure timely, organized, and complete responses to agency audits.
• Provide guidance to Compliance Specialists on complex eligibility and program compliance issues.
• Monitor annual certification status across the affordable portfolio to identify where additional support and/or training is needed.
• Meet regularly with the Compliance Director.
• Attend department meetings and industry trainings as assigned.
• Support compliance with fair housing standards.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:  Compliance specialists

QUALIFICATIONS:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Five years combination of HUD and LIHTC experience.  RD and additional affordable programs knowledge and active industry certifications a plus.

OFFICE EXPERIENCE:  Proficient in MS Office, Office 365, Adobe Acrobat, Excel, and Outlook.  Must be well organized, have excellent time management and written communication skills, the ability to multi-task, and to prioritize work.  Strong need for attention to detail and problem-solving skills.  Must be able to effectively organize records / files.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:  Ability to effectively communicate (written and oral) with all levels of employees and outside agencies and to manage large volumes of correspondence; ability to proofread documents; ability to interpret procedural manuals.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:  Ability to calculate figures and annualize income and assets from source documents.  Ability to use basic mathematical and advanced analytical skills.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, talk, hear, use hands to handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and, on rare occasions, move more than 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is rarely exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.