SNG (Sovereign Network Group)
Finance Compliance Manager - Rent and Service Charges
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
We have an exciting new opportunity to join Sovereign Network Group (SNG) as Finance Compliance Manager in our Rent Setting team. Based from our office in Wembley, you'll combine office and home working in line with our hybrid approach, with occasional travel to other sites as required.
The Role
Reporting to our Head of Rent Setting and Administration, you'll lead a specialist team responsible for ensuring full compliance with rent and service charge legislation, regulatory standards (including the rent standard and the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024), and internal policies across SNG's housing portfolio.
You'll be responsible for overseeing the accurate setting, reviewing, and communication of rents and service charges, ensuring transparency, affordability, and regulatory compliance, while supporting financial viability.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Ensuring compliance with national rent policy frameworks (e.g., Rent Standard 2020, RSH requirements) and relevant legislation (Housing Act 1985, Welfare Reform, etc.)
- Owning the governance of rent and service charge policies, procedures, and controls, ensuring they comply and align with any changes in government regulations, as well as being clearly communicated and embedded in operational practice
- Overseeing the annual rent and service charge setting and annual service charge actuals processes, including reviewing rent and service charge calculations, collating final rent and service charge data, and updating systems with new charges
- Working with teams across Localities, Specialist Housing, Asset Management, and Procurement to ensure accurate and timely setting of service charges and rent for both new and existing schemes and tenants
- Identifying and managing rent and service charge compliance risks, ensuring material errors, regulatory breaches, or weak controls are escalated appropriately, remediation plans are delivered, lessons are learned, and repeat failures are prevented
- Owning the fair rent compliance framework, ensuring all fair rent accounts are maintained and updated, re-registrations are managed to schedule, successions are correctly monitored and recorded, and fair rent properties being re-let are promptly reclassified and charged in line with the Rent Standard and internal policies
- Managing the Finance compliance team with a focus on articulating a clear vision, providing direction, and promoting a culture of accountability, high performance, and continuous improvement
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
What We're Looking For
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
You'll be a Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) or Qualified by Experience, with strong knowledge of rent setting and service charge processes within social housing. You'll also need:
- In-depth knowledge of UK rent legislation, regulatory frameworks, and service charge principles affecting social housing (e.g., Rent Standard, Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024)
- To be an experienced leader, skilled in developing high-performing teams and consistently maintaining high operational standards
- Ability to take ownership and work independently while meeting tight organizational deadlines
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, demonstrating collaborative, cross-functional working relationships, including experience liaising with external stakeholders, e.g., auditors
- Demonstrable experience with solving data quality issues and improving processes, including delivering key change initiatives in an organization
- Experience with NEC/Active H housing management systems, Workday, or similar finance and housing management systems is desirable
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location