Analyst - INTERFUND AGREEMENTS

City of New York•New York, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the City government's chief financial agency. OMB's staff of analysts and experts assembles and oversees the Mayor’s expense and capital budgets, which fund the services and activities of approximately 90 City agencies and entities. The Interfund Agreements (IFA) Unit is responsible for the management and oversight of an annual budget in excess of $700 million across ten City agencies. The Unit monitors IFA agencies’ spending and the recoupment of revenue generated through timesheet billings by city staff responsible for designing and / or managing capital project work. Oversight responsibilities include the ongoing evaluation of IFA funding requests, ensuring that IFA spending is not excessive relative to a capital project’s overall budget and expenses, the review and approval of personnel actions, and ensuring that agencies’ employee rosters are properly maintained and are up-to-date. The candidate must be a self-starter with the ability to accomplish tasks with limited supervision. Responsibilities include Interfund Agreement timesheet and roster functions, Personnel Action Request (PAR) processing and agency performance monitoring. The individual must possess excellent interpersonal skills to successfully work independently and as a member of a team. Capital budgeting experience is preferred. Familiarity with databases, the development of ad hoc queries through MS Access and the SAP Crystal Designer reporting tool. The duties of this position require specific skills and encompass the following activities:

Requirements

A cover letter is required to be considered for this position. Applications submitted without a cover letter will not be considered.
Senior Analyst ($86,995+): Bachelor's degree and a minimum of three years of full-time experience in budgetary planning/management, financial analysis, public policy analysis or a related field; or an awarded Master's degree in Business, Public Policy Administration, Finance, Economics or a field related to the specific assignment.
Supervising Analyst ($98,302): Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of four years of full-time experience in accounting or auditing, or a Master’s degree in Business with a concentration in Accounting or Master’s degree in Accounting and a minimum of two years of full-time experience.
You must be a City resident within 90 days of the date of appointment and you must be legally eligible to work in the United States.
SUBMISSION OF A RESUME IS NOT A GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE AN INTERVIEW; ONLY THOSE CANDIDATES UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED.

Nice To Haves

Capital budgeting experience is preferred.
Familiarity with databases, the development of ad hoc queries through MS Access and the SAP Crystal Designer reporting tool.

Responsibilities

Assist in the management of Inter-Fund Agreements (IFA) revenues for a group of City agencies and/or IFA critical processing duties across all agencies, with nominal supervision.
Coordinating CityTime and IFA processing enhancements with OPA, FISA and other agencies.
Direct and/or initiate the processing of IFA input documents and also monitoring those documents using CityTime, FMS, NYCAPS, the IFA System and other automated systems.
Monitoring and ongoing administration of agency capital budgets (forecast, plans and spending) to ensure IFA resources are utilized in accordance with established policies and priorities.
Evaluating capital projects with embedded Interfund Agreement components for reasonableness of costs and effectiveness of assigned resources.
Support the IFA unit’s management of Expense, Revenue, and Capital budgets, overseeing financial reconciliations, compliance with Directive 10 and GAAP regulations,
The ability to handle a heavy flow of data necessary for in-depth analyses and spending projections.
Evaluate agencies’ IFA funding requests and formulate recommendations for the Unit’s managers.
Responsible for maintaining and updating IFA Plans in the Financial Management System
Perform technical budget functions, including the review and approval of budget modifications, agency forecasts and OMB-approved plans. Develop Run ad-hoc queries, InfoAdvantage reports and SAP Crystal downloads as needed.
Design, develop, and maintain Crystal Reports and ODBC queries/databases, implementing SQL queries, stored procedures, and automation scripts to enhance financial reporting accuracy, efficiency, and data integrity.
Provide analyses and guidance via reporting to the Unit’s managers and analysts.