LIHTC Compliance Specialist 2 (On-Site)

L+M Development Partners; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

L+M Development Partners is seeking a detail‑oriented Affordable Housing Compliance Specialist in New Jersey. You will manage LIHTC and HOME recertifications, ensuring accuracy and timely filing across a portfolio of properties.

Responsibilities include maintaining Yardi Affordable records, preparing notices, supporting audits, and generating periodic reports. Strong Excel skills, Tax Credit certification, and bilingual ability (Spanish) are valued.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in affordable housing.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Yardi Affordable.
• Tax Credit Certification required.
• Strong organizational skills and high attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills; bilingual in Spanish a plus.

Responsibilities

• Complete full annual LIHTC recertifications for properties.
• Complete full annual HOME recertifications for properties with wiavers within their portfolio.
• Prepare and send reminder notices at 120, 90, 60, and 30 days.
• Commence holdover for Failure to Recertify by 2nd day of effective month.
• Enter all recertifications into Yardi and date completed.
• Prepare for tenant file reviews with investors, syndicators, and monitoring agencies.
• Assist in response to investor, syndicator, and monitoring agency audits.
• Complete monthly, quarterly, and/or annual reporting.
• Track audits, reporting, and recertifications.
• Meet with residents as needed.
• Perform additional duties as assigned/needed.

Skills

MS Excel

Yardi Affordable

Tax Credit Certification

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Bilingual Spanish

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Yardi

Microsoft Office

Job description

Areas of Responsibility and Job Requirements:

Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements for a mix of sites that include both full recertifications and recertification waivers.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Complete full annual LIHTC recertifications for properties within their portfolio.
• Complete full annual HOME recertifications for properties with HOME and LIHTC recert waivers within their portfolio
• Prepare and send reminder notices to the residents at 120, 90, 60, and 30 days
• Commence holdover for Failure to Recertify by 2nd day of effective month
• Each completed annual recertification has TIC and all forms are completed in its entirety before filed away in folder
• All recertifications are entered into Yardi and date completed once complete
• Prepare for tenant file reviews with investors, syndicators, and monitoring agencies
• Assist in response to investor, syndicator, and monitoring agency audits
• Complete monthly, quarterly, and/or annual reporting.
• Track audits, reporting, and recertifications, etc.
• Meet with residents as needed
• Perform additional duties as assigned/needed

Minimum Education Requirements:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent is required.

Minimum Years of Experience Required:

• 3+ years’ experience in affordable housing needed

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Proficiency in computer applications including Microsoft Office MS Excel, required
• Proficiency in Yardi Affordable is required
• Tax Credit Certification is required
• Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail
• Must have excellent communication skills
• Bilingual is a plus (Spanish)

Competencies/Essential Job Functions:

This position consists mainly of sedentary work. The position may require exertion of up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. The role involves sitting most of the time.

The incumbent is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: viewing a computer; extensive reading and visual inspection involving small defects. The incumbent is also required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.

• This role frequently requires incumbent to talk and hear, expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken work and the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make distinctions in sound.

• This role occasionally requires incumbent to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawling, reach, stand for long periods of time, walk, push, pull, feel and touch objects with fingers, palm, and hands and to lift up to 10 pounds.

Work Environment:

The incumbent may occasionally be subject to environmental conditions (protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes.

The incumbent may occasionally be subject to noise sufficient to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the noise or vibration.

Other Duties:

Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of this position. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this position at any time with or without notice.