Grants Compliance Officer

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

As part of the wider L&G Group, our heritage goes back over 180 years, with a solid reputation as one of the leading financial services groups. We are pioneering institutional investment into the housing sector, whilst providing excellent service and quality homes.

Focusing primarily on the Shared Ownership and affordable rent markets, we strive to be the UK’s leading private affordable housing provider, known for excellent service and quality homes.

We’re recruiting for a Grants Compliance Officer to join us. In this role, you will assist in managing the grant programmes of the business's strategic partnerships with the Greater London Authority (GLA) and Homes England (HE) and any other applicable body. This role ensures the successful documentation and delivery of affordable housing projects in compliance with public funding agreements and regulatory standards.

What you’ll be doing:

• Assisting the Grant Compliance Manager in recording and delivering affordable housing development schemes in accordance with public funding agreements and regulatory requirements
• Liaising with Development and Delivery Managers to ensure accurate recording of all grant-funded schemes in the IMS and OPS systems
• Ensuring milestone claims are completed diligently and timely in compliance with grant funding requirements
• Maintaining up-to-date and accurate management and financial information related to schemes in the appropriate master schedule and systems
• Monthly monitoring and recording the relevant development expenses for each grant funded scheme in readiness for the QDE
• Enhancing existing process in accordance with any changes in regulation and the Capital Funding Guide
• Collaborating with key business stakeholders, including Development Managers, Delivery Managers, Sales agents, and Finance, to ensure compliance with affordable housing regulations and the Capital Funding Guide
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all colleagues

Who we’re looking for:

• Knowledge of social housing and the wider residential sectors
• Understanding of social housing development, housing management, and regulatory requirements
• Experience operating the IMS and OPS systems
• Effective project management and risk management skills
• Good experience in contract management and compliance
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• A self-driven, innovative spirit that embraces change and opportunity
• Commercially astute and able to work collaboratively with colleagues and external stakeholders

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. 

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can. 

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.