Assistant Commissioner - Expense, Capital and Revenue Budgets

City of New York•New York City, NY

About The Position

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) seeks to hire an Assistant Commissioner who will function as the Assistant Commissioner for Expense, Capital, and Revenue Budgets within the Fiscal and Business Management (FBM) Line of Service. Fiscal and Business Management (FBM) is responsible for providing strategic financial management of the agency’s $2B expense budget and $10B capital budget. FBM units include the Agencywide Expense Budget, Bureau of Audits and Accounts, Capital Budget, Revenue Budget and the Nonpublic Schools Security Reimbursement Program. This position would oversee the Agencywide Expense Budget, Capital Budget, and Revenue Budget units. Reporting Directly to the Deputy Commissioner of the Fiscal and Business Management. The position will be responsible for overseeing preparation and management of the agency’s expense, revenue, and capital budget. This includes overseeing the preparation of the agency’s budget, the tracking and projecting of PS & OTPS expenditures, headcount levels, and reviewing capital project requests.

Requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory, full-time experience of a nature to qualify for the duties of the position, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or supervising personnel performing activities related to the duties of the position
Education and/or experience equivalent to the above
Must have 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience

Responsibilities

Oversee the annual budget review process, analyzing and forecasting revenue collection and agency expenditures, managing agency headcount, and reporting budget information to the Deputy Commissioner.
Coordinate with DCAS Lines of Service (LOS) regularly to project out agency-wide expenses.
Oversee the coordination claiming and tracking of grants.
Develop new needs requests to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) In coordination with DCAS Lines of Service.
Coordinate communication with OMB on finance related matters.
Coordinate responses to internal and external requests for agency and programmatic budgets.
Formulate recommendations and advise the Deputy Commissioner of Finance, and other senior management, flagging issues such as potential budget surplus/deficits and special budget circumstances.
Create review and update finance policies for agency wide implementation.
Develop strategies to improve long term budgetary planning and governance structures.
Coordinate agency-wide finance trainings.