Rent Compliance Manager
Location: Ealing – Hybrid working – 1-2 days a week in Ealing
Salary: Circa £55,000
Contract: 12-month secondment, Full time, 35 hours per week
About us
We’re a UK housing association committed to a new vision – providing homes people love to live in.
With over 38,000 homes in management across London and southern England, we provide a wide range of homes for social, affordable and private rent, specialist housing services, as well as homes for sale and shared ownership.
Our 70,000 customers have diverse backgrounds and levels of income and we’re here to provide all of them with homes that are safe, high quality and sustainable. And with social housing roots going back eight decades, we continue to ensure that every penny of profit we make is reinvested into our charitable social purpose – delivering more homes and better services for customers.
We’re also members of the G15, a group of leading housing associations that work together to house one in ten Londoners and tackle the housing crisis.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Rents Compliance Manager to join our fantastic Finance division. This is a new role within A2Dominion and will play a key role in ensuring the organisation complies with the regulatory Rent Standard and other related legislation and contractual arrangements. The successful candidate will carry out a full review of business process improvements to deliver the rent and service charge setting improvement plan and evaluate automated solutions.
More about the role
Responsibilities will also include:
- Working with the wider rents and service charge team to carry out regular self-assessments of each rent review group by business area to ensure full compliance with the Rent Standard and individual rent agreements
- Working in conjunction with the Director of Financial Services and Service Charge Manger, to carry out a full review of business process improvements to deliver the rent and service charge setting improvement plan
- Working with the Director of Financial Services to review the annual development of the A2Dominion Rent Policy to ensure it follows a clear and transparent approach to rent setting for our customers
- Ensure policies and procedures on rent setting are accurate and provide clear responsibilities and financial controls
- Working with the Director of Financial Services, to coordinate work on the risk map outlining the risks associated with rent setting processes and work with the rent and services charges team to mitigate or manage those risks
- Review Section 20 processes across the business to ensure maximum recovery of income
- Design and set up cyclical rent setting compliance training for Finance and the business
- Leverage data analytics to review and identify inconsistencies as part of regular cyclical rent setting performance checks to ensure compliance is monitored
- Provide constructive contribution to the wider finance team, share ideas and best practice
More about you
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in Math’s and English (Grades A*- C)
- Fully qualified accountant – ACA, ACCA, CIMA or educated to degree level
- Comprehensive knowledge and substantial experience of the housing regulatory framework for landlords with a particular focus on knowledge around the Rent Standard as well as up to date knowledge of regulations (Landlord and Tenant Act 1985) and best practice around fixed and variable service charges
- Ability to implement changes in regulations and demonstrate a proactive approach to regulatory adherence
- Comfortable analysing and assessing data to draw insights, assess compliance and identity required interventions
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation
- Demonstrate a confident, solution orientated approach with an ability to challenge assumptions and maintain objectivity
Choosing us is easy
As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include:
- 25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service
- Up to 8% contributory pension
- Flexible working
- Investment in your learning and development.
In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.
We also operate a Cycle to Work Scheme whereby employees have access to cycling equipment throughout the year and can pay via monthly salary deductions.
Whatever the role, we want you to bring your knowledge and experience to play your part in improving people’s lives.
If you require a reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact our Talent Team to request: recruitment@a2dominion.co.uk
A2Dominion Group is a Disability Confident Employer which means that we are committed to employing disabled people and will:
- actively look to attract and recruit disabled people
- provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process
- offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job
- be flexible with assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job
- make reasonable adjustments as required
At A2Dominion Group, we recognise the positive value of diversity, promote equality and inclusivity in our hiring processes. We always aim to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – men and women, people of all ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, religions, and beliefs.
Meeting the role requirements
We recognise that some people will only apply for a role if they meet 100% of role requirements. If this sounds like you, we’d still encourage you to apply and also to arrange a call with one of our recruitment team to discuss your application further at recruitment@a2dominion.co.uk.
A2Dominion is proud to be a family friendly employer
Everyone is welcome at A2Dominion Group. We know that equality, diversity, and inclusivity make us better. We embrace the unique contributions of our people and seek to create a workplace where everyone feels like they belong. Find out why our people love working with us.”
Join us at A2Dominion, where your expertise will be integral to our recovery journey, creating lasting positive changes in the lives of our customers. If you possess the right motivation and drive to contribute to our recovery and change initiatives, we invite you to apply and be a crucial part of our team.
