Director of Expense Budget
Director of Expense Budget
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***PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY EMPLOYEES PERMANENT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANALYST (NM) TITLE WILL BE CONSIDERED**
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is seeking a dynamic finance professional to serve as the Director of Expense Budget a position reporting directly to the Senior Director for Expense Miscellaneous Revenues and Federal and State Grants.
As the largest water and wastewater utility in the nation DEPs nearly 6000 employees provide critical services to 8.5 million residents of New York City and more than one million residents in upstate New York. DEP is also responsible for improving quality of life in New York City by reducing air noise and hazardous materials pollution.
New York Citys water and wastewater system is funded through the collection of water and sewer charges which are established and revised as needed by the independent Water Board. Each year DEP collects on behalf of the Board nearly $4.0 billion in revenue from 836000 ratepayers. These funds support DEPs operations and debt service. The debt service supports DEPs robust capital program to ensure the longterm reliability of the system. Over the next ten years DEP plans to spend $29 billion across the system to upgrade wastewater treatment plants; reservoirs dams and other upstate assets; and inCity water mains and sewers including green infrastructure. DEP is also in the process of standing up a new Bureau of Coastal Resilience to plan and implement infrastructure that protects the City from the impacts of climate change and storm surge. The Budget Office plays a central role in ensuring adequate funds are available to meet our broad and critical mandate.
The agencys Budget Office manages DEPs capital expense grant and miscellaneous revenue budgets; prepares budget and financial analyses and reports; and coordinates the Agencys budget and financial matters with the Mayors Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other oversight agencies.
With broad latitude for the exercise of independent judgement and decision making the 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 Departments Personal Services (PS) and Other Than Personal Services (OTPS) budgets.
Specific tasks will include but not be limited to:
Supervise teams responsible for the agencys expense budget. Leading and building a robust team to ensure sound budget management and distribution of related data analytics.
Oversight of agencys PS and OTPS budgets to advance the Departments primary initiatives and overall priorities taking steps to reprioritize needs.
Maintain the Departments position schedule along with reviewing/approving all agency personnel actions for sufficient vacancy and funding availability.
Prepare frequent surplus/(needs) analysis to ensure sound management and utilization of agencys personal services and other than personal service budgets.
Direct and coordinate the preparation maintenance and modification of the Other than Personal Services (OTPS) budget. Compare actual expenditures to planned expenditures and prepare monthly variance reports distribution.
Monitor agencys overtime budget and expenditures to ensure appropriate internal controls are in place for the management of overtime as well as compliance with any existing Citywide policies.
Advising the Deputy Commissioner and senior level management on resource allocation and funding prioritization decisions ensuring that funds are appropriated to fulfill the agencys core mission and competing priorities.
Coordinate prepare and finalize expense budget financial plan submissions to the Mayors Office of Management and Budget.
Maintain collaborative relationships with DEPs operating and programmatic bureaus partner agencies such as New York City Department of Transportation Department of Design and Construction Department of City Planning along with oversight agencies such as OMB NYC Comptroller NYC Law Department Mayors Office of Contract Services (MOCS) City Council Finance etc. Ensure that all documents required by oversight agencies are submitted in a timely and accurate manner.
Assist in the development and preparation of City Council hearing testimonies and briefing materials.
Coordinate data analysis as needed for the water systems operations and maintenance (O&M) costs for the NYC Water Board and rate consultants. Facilitate needed analysis for the annual O&M close.
Continue development of Standard Operating Procedures for all core PS and OTPS processes.
Prepare ad hoc analyses as required by DEP Leadership.
Qualifications :
1. A masters 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 fulltime 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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
