Housing Finance Specialist 1/2/3 - Compliance 0728

Posting number: 224031

Department: Louisiana Housing Corporation

Job classification: HOUSING FINANCE SPECIALIST 1

Posting type: Open

Categories: Building & Safety, Code Enforcement, Housing, Community Development

Summary

At Louisiana Housing Corporation, our mission is to ensure that every Louisiana resident is granted an opportunity to obtain, safe, affordable, energy-efficient housing. We are transforming communities and changing lives. Each day this ongoing challenge is met by a dedicated staff of professionals who allocate federal and state funds to help low-to-moderate-income citizens to make their housing dreams a reality.

We're seeking qualified Housing Finance Specialists to join our Compliance team. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, analytical, and committed to ensuring regulatory compliance through comprehensive monitoring of regulatory requirements and inspecting property conditions. Successful candidates will possess strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, excellent written and verbal communication skills, analyzing documentation, and interpreting federal and state regulations to monitor and verify compliance of project owners and property managers. This position requires regular overnight travel. Employees must be available to travel overnight, including occasional multi-day trips to conduct in-state site visits.

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL POSSESS THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES:
 
Core Competencies:

• Building and Supporting Teams:  The ability to combine one's actions and efforts with others to work toward achieving a common goal.
• Thinking Critically:  The ability to analyze information objectively, identify connections across sources, and form logical, well-supported conclusions.
• Using Data:  The ability to collect, analyze, and use data to generate insights and inform decisions.

Preferred Competencies:

• Accepting Direction:  The ability to be open and willing to follow guidance or instructions.
• Acting with Ethics and Integrity:  The ability to make choices that reflect ethical standards, integrity and honesty, regardless of circumstances or personal benefit.
• Adapting to Change:  The ability to demonstrate flexibility in thoughts, behaviors, and actions in response to evolving circumstances
   or unexpected change.
• Focusing on Customers:  The ability to understand and meet the needs, preferences, and experiences of internal and external customers.

Examples of duties

Qualifications

Supplemental information

EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE.  NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Job Duties:

• Ensures that funds allocated by the Louisiana Housing Corporation and Office of Community Development are used effectively in accordance with the rules and regulations of programs administered by LHC.
• Conducts random and scheduled field examinations to determine compliance with state and federal laws, policies, rules, and regulations.  These examinations include review of area median income (AMI) limits, rent calculations, physical conditions, operation procedures, and unit inspections to ensure compliance with program regulations.
• Identifies findings, deficiencies, and/or concerns resulting from monitoring tasks by comparing applications, and/or compliance checklist to supporting documents.
• Trains owner/developers/lenders/project management staff in program requirements and provides technical support in all program areas.
• Sends notices for non-compliance stating me