Contracts Manager

Title: Contracts Manager Audit & Assurance

Salary: £52,962

Location: Beeston, NG9 1LA

FTC - 18 months

This role

The Audit and Assurance team within Compliance and Technical Services is responsible for providing independent and objective assurance to the Property Senior Leadership team that all activities carried out by the department have adequate internal controls and safeguards to ensure risk is managed effectively. This covers a range of workstreams including heating and water safety, mechanical and electrical safety, and fire and asbestos safety.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Audit and Assurance Manager to lead a newly formed Audit and Assurance Team reporting into the Head of Compliance Audit and Assurance. This role will oversee the internal audit of the Compliance and Technical Services Department and be a key liaison and facilitator for external auditors.

As data plays the most critical part in a social landlord demonstrating our compliance position and ultimately underpinning the assurance of safety to our colleagues, board and most importantly our customers, this role will also be responsible for managing the Performance and Data Analysis Team, who in turn are responsible for the data integrity in the Compliance and Technical Services Department.

Key Responsibilities

Internal Audit

• Ensure a suitably rigorous internal audit programme is in place for the Compliance and Technical Services Department
• Provide feedback from internal audits to relevant teams
• Provide audit reports to Head of Compliance
• Promote the role of the internal audit team throughout the Compliance and Technical Services Department and wider Property Directorate to promote a culture of openness, innovation and performance

Performance & Data Analysis

• Oversee the Performance and Data Analysis Team, ensuring that data is managed and maintained in a consistent and robust manner
• Ensure that data is scrutinised to ensure that key variables are monitored and reported
• Oversee the development and implementation of an effective reporting framework
• Support the Head of Energy, Assurance & Audit to embed a monthly reporting cycle and develop operating rhythm aligned to the statutory, financial and operational reporting needs of key internal and external stakeholders in relation to compliance activities

External Audit

• Be the central point of liaison for Compliance and Technical Services for external auditors, ensuring timely and sufficient supply of data and documentation from the various teams as required
• Ensure recommendations are shared with the relevant teams and provide advice on their implementation
• Ensure policies and procedures are up to date following the implementation of recommendations raised from external audits.

Please see job specification for further details

What you'll need to succeed

• A great communicator
• Strong attention to detail
• Passionate about service improvement
• A natural leader who can harmonise a team of varying disciplines
• Good working knowledge of landlords obligations and compliance regulations
• Must have proven and previous experience in internal audit methodology and quality control
• Experience encouraging a team environment that promotes collaboration and constructive challenge and has demonstrated the ability to act quickly to resolve team issues and questions
• Strong project management skills and experience managing an audit from planning to completion
• Experience of managing large complex data sets and subsequent reporting
• Understanding of continuous improvement methodologies within a Property Services environment would be beneficial

Please see job specification for further details

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, take a look at the attached Job Description for more details and if its the ideal job for you, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.

Interview date

TBC

Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Whats in it for you?

Our benefits include:-

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
• An additional Beliefs day once a year to have an extra a day off
• Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
• Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
• Cycle2work scheme
• Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department
• Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
• Tenancy deposit interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
• Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
• Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation

About us

We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.

Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document

Our promise

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively Serving people better every day to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and others wellbeing.

We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what were doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:-

• Gender
• Ethnicity
• LGBTQ+
• Disability

Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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Posted Date: 9/20/2024