Recertification Specialist

Overview:
**Responsibilities**:

- Process initial, annual, and interim recertification's and calculate retroactive rent while conforming to HUD regulations and HUD guidelines
- Calculate rents for annual and interim recertification
- Identify households with income reporting discrepanices and make rent adjustments
- Review applicant files and determine Section 8 eligibility
- Follow LIHTC and Section 8 guidelines
- Notify residents of upcoming recertification's
- Schedule initial interviews for recertification's
- Prepare third party verification forms
- Maintaining residents' files and paperwork
- REview tenant ledgers for arrears

Qualifications:

- 4+ years recertification specialist experience
- Knowledge of Section 8, LIHTC and HUD
- Experience with EIV reports
- Must have knowledge of HUD/Public Housing/Tax Credit policies and procedures
- Detail oriented and the ability to operate on a deadline driven schedule
- Possess strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Notary public is preferred
- COS certification
- Experience with MOR
- Yardi experience
- Microsoft Office and Excel Experience
- People skills and superior communication skills

**Working Conditions**:

- Ability to work periodic flexible hours is required. Ability to travel by plane and automobile is required
- Ability to work at property locations within or near transitional neighborhoods
- Ability to climb stairs, take elevators, bend, squat and reach overhead