DEPUTY DIRECTOR, EXPENSE BUDGET

Company Description

Job Description

On your cover letter, indicate that you have a permanent Administrative Staff Analyst title or reachable on the Admin. Staff Analyst list. Otherwise, you will not be considered for an interview.

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high-quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the city.

The agency’s Budget Office manages DEP’s capital, expense, grant, and miscellaneous revenue budgets; prepares budget and financial analyses and reports; and coordinates the Agency’s budget and financial matters with the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other oversight agencies.

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is seeking a dynamic finance professional to serve as the Deputy Director of Expense Budget, a position reporting directly to the Director for Expense Budget. With broad latitude for the exercise of independent judgment and decision making, the Deputy Director of Expense Budget will be responsible for performing professional work of varying degrees of difficulty in the direction, preparation, maintenance, and coordination of the Department's Expense Budget. Specific tasks will include, but not be limited to:

- Oversee daily activities of the Expense Budget Office staff, providing supervision to six (6) Budget Analysts who are responsible for managing the agency’s expense budget, including both PS and OTPS components.
- Support the management of the agency's expense budget to further its principal initiatives and overall objectives, proactively re-prioritizing needs as necessary.
- Conduct regular financial analyses to support effective budget oversight and optimize the agency’s expenditure framework.
- Direct and coordinate the preparation, maintenance and modification of the expense budget while demonstrating the ability to make sound budgetary recommendations.
- Monitor agency’s overtime budget and expenditures by enforcing appropriate internal controls and ensure compliance with existing Citywide policies.
- Organize and develop the submission of the expense budget financial plan to the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
- Maintain collaborative relationships with agency’s operating and programmatic bureaus, partner agencies, OMB, NYC Comptroller and City Council Finance.
- Assist in the development and preparation of City Council hearing testimonies and briefing materials.
- Provide support in the creation and refinement of Standard Operating Procedures related to expense budget processes.
- Prepare ad hoc analyses as required by agency Leadership.

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANALYST - 1002E

Qualifications

1. A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field, and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management; or in a related area. 18 months of this experience must have been in an executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of professional experience in the areas described in "1" above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory experience, as described in "1" above.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.