Compliance Manager

The Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS) and its affiliate, Janian Medical Care are nationally-renowned human services organizations.
Together they provide supportive housing, psychiatric care, primary medical care, and related services to thousands of homeless, formerly homeless, and low income individuals in more than 50 settings across New York City.
With over 500 staff and an annual operating budget of over $62 million, CUCS and Janian work to foster a learning culture, continually evaluating our programs to ensure that we deliver the highest quality services to the New Yorkers whom we serve.
For the quality and depth of their work, CUCS received the inaugural New York Times Nonprofit Excellence Award for Sustained Impact, and Janian recently won the American Psychiatric Association Gold Award for innovative service delivery.
The Compliance Manager is responsible for managing a variety of internal and external audit related activities including conducting audits and assisting programs in responding to external audits.
In collaboration with the Director of Quality Assurance and Deputy Director of Quality Assurance, assist in the development of program-based policies and procedures.
Oversee a variety of internal audits aimed at ensuring compliance with funder requirements, CUCS expectations for good care, and agency policy.
Oversee the monitoring and tracking of the implementation for corrective action plans.
Provide targeted training to programs to address issues identified in audits.
Lead the compliance for Low Income Tax Credit Housing (LIHTC) requirements by engaging in activities such as monitoring routine reports generated by partner agencies, chairing Asset Management Compliance Committee, liaising with external entities regarding compliance issues, ensuring partner agencies are compliant with annual reporting.
Complete annual HPD CoC Grant Monitoring for applicable programs.
Assist programs to respond to and prepare for a variety of external audits including ensuring CUCS provides the correct materials and responds to citations appropriately.
Consult with senior agency staff and the Committee for Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, to inform the focus of compliance activities as it relates to programs activities.
Assist in the overall management of the various CUCS Incident Review Committees Use CUCS’s multiple EMRs effectively to generate reports and data for the purpose of supporting compliance, reporting to funders, and high-quality work.
Distribute applicable reports to stakeholders.
Supervises the Compliance Specialist.
Perform other job-related functions as assigned.
• Masters of Social Work or Masters in Mental Health Counseling • LMSW, LCSW or LMHC required • Three years relevant post masters experience • Experience in a Medicaid billing program, preferred • Strong attention to detail • Excellent organizational skills • Strong clinical skills • Strong skills in Excel • Excellent overall computer literacy and desire to continue to develop these skills to meet the needs of the department • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Experience with electronic health records The physical demands described here are representative of those that are to be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
Employee(s) in this position must have the ability to: • Sit and stand for extended periods.
• Speak so that others may understand at normal levels and on the telephone.
• Walk, bend over, reach overhead, grasp, push, pull and move.
• Lift and move items, equipment or otherwise weighing up to 10 lbs • Work indoors in a standard, open space office environment and be in direct contact with other employees, individuals, and the public.
• Enter data in the computer and operate standard office equipment • See and read a computer screen and written documents/correspondence.
Benefits We Offer: Annual Time Off Benefits: 17 days of PTO for new hires, 20 days of PTO after 1 yr of service, 27 days of PTO after 5 yrs of service, 8 Sick days, 2 Mental Health days, 12 paid holidays Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental plans Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 403(b) Retirement Plan, Employer contribution and match contribution after 2 years of service Pre-tax savings plan (including Flexible Spending Accounts and Commuter Benefit Plan) Transit Subsidy Paid Family Leave; Short-Term Disability insurance Health Savings account Life insurance Tuition reimbursement