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 it?s 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.

What?s 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 other?s wellbeing.

We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we?re 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