Housing Finance Compliance Analyst (Management Analyst III)

Housing Finance Compliance Analyst (Management Analyst III)

Salary

$80,776.80 - $141,359.50 Annually

Location

HOUSING & COMM DEV ADMIN, 3700 PENDER DRIVE, FAIRFAX (FH22), VA

Job Type

FT Salary W BN

Job Number

26-01358

Department

Housing & Community Dev

Opening Date

09/05/2026

Closing Date

9/18/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

Pay Grade

S27

Posting Type

Open to General Public

• Description
• Benefits
• Questions

Job Announcement

Make a difference - join our team to empower communities and build futures!

The Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development works in partnership with the Redevelopment and Housing Authority to serve the people of Fairfax County by creating housing opportunities to promote inclusive and thriving communities. Help make our vision of a community everyone can afford to call home a reality!

This position plays a critical role in ensuring financial and audit compliance across the agencys rental housing, loan, and bond portfolios.

Key responsibilities include the following:

• Manages financial and audit compliance across the entire rental housing property portfolio, loan portfolio, and bond portfolio. This includes identifying compliance issues, coordinating resolutions, and ensuring adherence to federal, state, and local regulations.
• Reviews regular reporting and maintain compliance tracking tools to monitor organizational compliance and support reporting obligations. Coordinates with leadership on recommendations and corrective actions.
• Leads quality assurance activities, including random sample-based reviews of monthly reports, audit files, and corrective action plans. Prepares written and oral presentations summarizing findings and improvements.
• Assists with ongoing audit, financial analysis, and reporting requirements, creating trackers and coordinating with internal staff and third-party partners
• Coordinates with staff in the Real Estate Finance Development, and Rental Housing Divisions, as applicable, for review on rental housing and loan portfolio ongoing activities, construction draws requisitions, loan disbursements, and ongoing financial tracking of ground leases, bond or loan monitoring fees, and audit compliance documents such as grant or loan annual reporting activities.
• Maintains legal entity compliance, including State Corporation Commission filings and trustee account documentation for partnership property entities. Works closely with property management companies to resolve compliance issues.

Read about Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development, click here. Review the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority reports, click here.

We are committed to the One Fairfax Policy by intentionally considering equity when making policies, delivering programs and services, considering diverse ideas and perspectives, and communicating with transparency in the decision-making processes. Click here to learn more about the One Fairfax policy.

Fairfax County Government offers a thriving career and workplace culture. Watch these videos to learn more:

• Fairfax County Careers - Come Make A Difference
• Unique Benefits of Fairfax County Government Employees

This position performs in the assigned functional areas of finance, accounting, public administration, business administration, economics, compliance, law, and/or a related analytical field.

Employment Standards

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following: (Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelors degree in field related to the assigned functional area; plus four years of professional work experience within the functional area.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

The appointee to the position will be required to complete a criminal background check to the satisfaction of the employer.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, public administration, business administration, economics, or a related analytical discipline.
• A master's degree or certification in compliance or public finance is preferred.
• Four to six years of progressive experience in field of public sector or government financial operations, quality assurance or compliance review, or housing program administration.
• Proficient in producing customized financial reports, analyzing data, and utilizing advanced Excel functions and financial management systems to create and present management reports.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to explain complex financial information and build effective working relationships to achieve shared financial and programmatic goals across various stakeholders.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to read information on a computer monitor; effectively communicate; operate keyboard-driven equipment and computer.
• Work is generally sedentary in nature; however, incumbent is required to frequently move about to perform office work such as accessing files, attending meetings, making presentations, operating general office equipment, and performing other essential job duties; may be required to move items up to approximately 15 pounds in weight.
• All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:

Panel interview and may include a practical exercise.

Fairfax County is home to a highly diverse population, with a significant number of residents speaking languages other than English at home (including Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and many others.) We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity.

Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. TTY 703-222-7314. DHREmployment@fairfaxcounty.gov. EEO/AA/TTY.

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Requisition 26-01358

Merit Positions

Fairfax County is proud to offer employees an attractive and comprehensive benefits program, including the following:

• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• LiveWell Program
• Flexible Spending Programs
• Paid Leave (annual, sick, parental, volunteer activity, and more!)
• Paid Holidays
• Contributory Retirement Plan
• Deferred Compensation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employees Child Care Center
• Continuous Learning Opportunities

Please click here for a summary of our benefits.

NOTE: Fairfax County Government is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. For more information about the PSLF program: Public Service Loan Forgiveness | Federal Student Aid

For additional details please visit the Countys benefits webpage.

Non-Merit Positions

• Non-Merit Benefit Eligible: scheduled to work a minimum 1,040 hours and no more than a maximum of 1,560 hours in a calendar year.

• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage

• Flexible Spending Program

• Deferred Compensation

• Temporary: scheduled to work a maximum of 900 hours in a calendar year.

• No benefits

01

What is the highest level of education that you have completed?

• Less than 12th grade
• High school diploma or GED
• Some college
• Associates degree
• Bachelors degree
• Masters degree
• Doctorate degree

02

If you answered "Some college" for the highest level of education completed, please indicate the number of quarter or semester hours you have completed towards a degree.

• Less than 45 quarter hours
• 45 to less than 90 quarter hours
• 90 to less than 135 quarter hours
• 135 to less than 180 quarter hours
• 180 or more quarter hours
• Less than 30 semester hours
• 30 to less than 60 semester hours
• 60 to less than 90 semester hours
• 90 to less than 120 semester hours
• 120 or more semester hours
• Not applicable

03

Please indicate your area(s) of study or major(s)/minor(s) towards a degree. Check all that apply.

• Finance
• Accounting
• Business administration
• Public administration
• Economics
• Law
• Compliance
• Other (related field)
• Other (non-related field)
• Not applicable

04

If you answered "Other (related field)" or "Other (non-related field)" for the previous question, please list all of your majors and minors. If this question does not pertain to you, or you do not have a degree, enter "Not applicable".

05

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have working in the assigned functional area(s) of finance, accounting, public administration, business administration, economics, compliance, law, or a related analytical field?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight or more years

06

Do you currently possess a completed certification in compliance or public finance?

• Yes
• No

07

How many years of full-time equivalent progressively responsible experience do you have working in public sector or government financial operations, quality assurance or compliance review, or housing program administration?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight or more years

08

Please indicate your level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel.

• Beginner (Basic knowledge of creating a worksheet; performing calculations in a worksheet; modifying and formatting a worksheet; printing workbook contents)
• Intermediate (Knowledge of inserting and modifying graphic objects in a worksheet; customizing and enhancing workbooks; analyzing data using Pivot Tables, Slicers, and Pivot Charts)
• Advanced (Extensive knowledge of increasing productivity and improving efficiency by streamlining workflow; collaborating with others using workbooks; auditing worksheets; analyzing data; working with multiple workbooks; importing and exporting data, using Excel with the web)
• No experience

09

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have developing project plans and tracking project performance in Microsoft Project or similar software?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five or more years

10

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have working with affordable housing programs, including transactional, regulatory, and fair housing matters?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight or more years

11

How many years of full-time equivalent experience or training do you have in real estate financing or a related field?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight or more years

12

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have working in complex real estate and affordable housing transactional matters, affordable housing programs, fair housing matters, public financing, and general local government law?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight or more years

Required Question

Employer Fairfax County

Address 12000 Government Center Pkwy. Suite 270

Fairfax, Virginia, 22035

Phone 703-324-3311

Website http://agency.governmentjobs.com/fairfaxcounty/default.cfm