BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

APPLICANTS MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANALYST CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OR BE PERMANENT IN A COMPARABLE TITLE ELIGIBLE FOR 6.1.9 TITLE CHANGE

PLEASE NOTE PROPOSED SALARY RANGE FOR THIS POSITION: $120000 $128000

The Office of Budget Administration (OBA) is responsible for the planning developing and coordination the Agencys budget and for monitoring Agencys revenues expenditures and staffing for all DSS/HRA/DHS programs. The primary responsibility encompasses all social service and administrative programs directly operated and contracted by the Agency. The Budget Director provides technical support to HRA program areas.

The Budget Director for Affordable and Supportive Housing Services encompasses managing the budget for the Homelessness Prevention Administration (HPA) and Office of Affordable/Supportive Housing & Services (OASHS) which includes the Housing and Homeless Services/Initiatives Division the Rental Assistance Program the Affordable Housing Services program senior and veterans housing services Homebase homeless prevention contracts all of which are vital programs in assisting New Yorkers in need. These programs are designed to prevent homelessness and help our clients move into secure permanent and affordable housing. The Budget Director will report to and work closely with the Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Budget to oversee and manage the Affordable/Supportive Housing Services programs budget.

The Office of Budget Administration (OBA) is recruiting for one (1) Administrative Staff Analyst NM II to function as a Budget Director for Affordable and Supportive Housing Services who will:

Oversee and monitor all budgetary and programmatic issues affecting Affordable/Supportive Housing and Homeless Prevention programs.
Manage team of analysts who are responsible for tracking and reviewing spending in assigned program portfolios; conduct ongoing spending projections and work with program areas other DSS Finance units and OMB to ensure sufficient funding in program budget codes.
Provide summaries for Finance and OBA Executive Staff of major budgetary issues in the Affordable/Supportive Housing program area. These summaries play a key role in the agencywide formulation of policies procedures and priorities regarding implementation of budgets and expediting fiscal matters for programmatic and administrative Responsibility Areas (RAs).
Inform the executive staff and program areas of ongoing changes promptly and provide the City Council with information for budget hearings as appropriate.
Oversee the interfacing with program areas to obtain statistics/data and developing reference materials to be utilized for internal meetings and City Council hearings.
Work with team to conduct Financial Plan exercises for program area and prepare summaries for Agency Leadership explaining Financial Plan budget changes impacting the Affordable/Supportive Housing program area.
Interface with OMB regularly on all budget issues in the Affordable and Supportive Housing program area.
Work with staff in unit to review and approve certification of funds for Affordable/Supportive Housing and Homeless Prevention contracts; maintain regular tracking of contract budget constructs of these programs to ensure that spending projections are uptodate.
Direct the ongoing analysis of expenditures to identify areas where under spending or accruals are occurring; flag problem areas and alert Executive staff to areas needing corrective action to bring spending more in line with budget.
Other special projects in this program area as needed.

Work Location: 4 World Trade Center New York NY
Hours/Schedule: 9 to 5

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