Interim Compliance Lead — Affordable Housing (6–12 mos)

5T Management; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

Five T Management is seeking an experienced Interim Compliance Officer to lead compliance for two portfolios on a fixed-term engagement. You will own the compliance calendar, audits, and agency relationships across 5TM and 5TMSP, market rate and affordable housing.

The role requires deep knowledge of HUD/LIHTC/CHA/IHDA/DOH and strong leadership in audits and regulatory reporting, with the authority to implement policies across sites during the assignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Five or more years of affordable housing compliance experience.
• Expert working knowledge of HUD, LIHTC, CHA, IHDA, DOH, Section 8, and Fair Housing regulations.
• Demonstrated experience leading audits, regulatory reporting, and compliance programs, not just supporting them.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the judgment to make sound calls independently.
• Comfortable stepping into an active, deadline-driven compliance calendar for a fixed-term engagement.
• Preferred: industry certification (HCCP, COS, BOS, LIHTC), experience leading a compliance team, or experience across multi-agency portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Lead the organization's affordable housing compliance framework across HUD, LIHTC, CHA, IHDA, DOH, and other program rules
• Run our file audit program on schedule, keeping resident eligibility and file compliance accurate across every program
• Own regulatory reporting and agency relationships, including MOR, REAC, NSPIRE, AOC, and IHDA submissions and findings
• Interpret new and changing regulations and translate them into policy our site teams can actually follow
• Deliver compliance training and coaching to property and leadership teams, and track whether it's actually reducing repeat findings
• Identify compliance risk early, elevate it with a recommended fix, and follow corrective action plans through to closure
• Keep compliance dashboards, reporting, and documentation audit-ready at all times
• Represent 5T's standards of integrity and professionalism in every regulator and agency conversation

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Audits leadership

Regulatory reporting

Communication

Deadline-driven

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Five T Management is seeking an experienced Interim Compliance Officer to lead compliance for two portfolios on a fixed-term engagement. You will own the compliance calendar, audits, and agency relationships across 5TM and 5TMSP, market rate and affordable housing.

The role requires deep knowledge of HUD/LIHTC/CHA/IHDA/DOH and strong leadership in audits and regulatory reporting, with the authority to implement policies across sites during the assignment.