Budget Analyst

City of New York•New York, NY

10h•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Social Services (DSS) comprises the administrative units of the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS). HRA focuses on fighting poverty and income inequality by providing essential benefits, while DHS works to address homelessness through innovative strategies. The Office of Budget Administration (OBA) is responsible for the fiscal planning and budget oversight for DSS/HRA and DHS. This includes preparing and negotiating budgets, managing the annual budget cycle, analyzing trends impacting funding needs, and developing strategies to optimize budget resources. OBA also collaborates with program areas on cost reduction initiatives and proposal reviews. The Affordable and Supportive Housing Unit specifically oversees housing programs like Homelessness Prevention Administration (HPA), Affordable Housing Services (AHS), Senior Housing (SARA), Single Room Occupancy’s (SROs), and the Homebase program. The OBA is seeking an Associate Staff Analyst to serve as a Budget Analyst within the Affordable and Supportive Housing Unit.

Requirements

Applicants must be permanent in the Associate Staff Analyst Civil Service title.
A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, public health, 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 Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school, and one year 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, labor 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.
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas described in '1' above.
An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and five years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in “1” above.
A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and seven years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in “1” above.
A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to '1', '2', '3', or '4' above. College education may be substituted for professional experience at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience. However, all candidates must have a high school diploma and at least one year of experience as described in '1' above.

Responsibilities

Assist the Budget Director in overseeing the budgets for one or more program areas.
Assist the Budget Director in monitoring all budgetary, programmatic and staffing issues affecting an assigned program/administrative area.
Assist programs in preparing budget requests including prioritizing program choices for expansion, realignment, or defunding.
Prepare regular expenditure reports, identify, and analyze discrepancies between planned and actual expenses.
Analyze, review, and provide recommendations for requests for new funding and cost reduction initiatives.
Review, coordinate, support, and process contract and procurement actions.
Monitor program spending to ensure that spending does not exceed the approved budget.
Analyze state and federal budgets and legislation to determine impact on the budgets of assigned programs.
Prepare surplus/needs analysis at the end of the fiscal year.
Liaise between OBA and the program area, as well as OMB to discuss budgetary and programmatic impacts.
Other special projects as needed.