Budget Expense Analyst, Division of Budget

City of New York • New York City, NY

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About The Position

About the Agency: The New York City Department of Housing Preservation (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love. - We maintain building and resident safety and health. - We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability. - We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity. HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness, Mayor Adams’ comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work, the administration has committed over $7 billion in new capital funding and invested approximately $22 billion in housing across the 10-year capital plan the largest in the city’s history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City’s complex housing crisis, by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing homeownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth. Your Team Situated within the Office of Finance & Administration, the Division of Budget manages the agency’s $1.5 billion operating budget, which is comprised of 15 funding sources from city, state, federal, and other categorical sources. The division’s staff advise and support HPD’s program managers and budget liaisons on matters pertaining to funding availability, grant compliance, cost savings initiatives, financial analysis, and program development. Your Impact As a Budget Expense Analyst, you will play a key role in supporting the Division of Budget by collaborating with colleagues and agency stakeholders to ensure efficient planning, analysis and execution of budgetary processes. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills who thrives in a collaborative setting while also working independently.

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of full-time satisfactory professional experience in the development, appraisal, financing, negotiation, or disposition of real estate, or in real estate law, or in urban planning or analytical or coordination work related to housing programs; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and seven years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in “1” above; or
• Education and/or experience which is equivalent to “1” or “2” above.
• Graduate student in the field of urban studies, city planning, business or public administration, finance, architecture, engineering or other related fields may be substituted for up to one year of the required experience on the basis of 30 credits equaling one year of experience.
• Graduation from an accredited law school may be substituted for one year of the required experience.
• However, all candidates must have at least two years of experience as described above.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects with various deadlines.
• Critical thinking and analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both oral and written)
• Strong fluency with Microsoft Office 365 (especially Excel and Word) and willingness to learn new applications
• Interest in affordable housing policy issues
• Knowledge of budgeting practices and the city’s Financial Management System (FMS)

Responsibilities

• Consult and provide technical support to divisions withing the agency on subject matters pertaining to budget proposal, contract preparations, funding allocations and budget modifications.
• Provide oversight of OTPS operational budget to ensure that program budgets are funded adequately and monitor spending against the plan.
• Collaborate with other agencies to facilitate and implement new funding initiatives to support new and existing programs.
• Utilize budget reports to project spending for all OTPS programs.
• Participate in the bi-annual and annual reporting practices: City Council Hearing, OMB’s allocation and appropriation of funds exercises and comptroller year-end closing exercise.
• Utilize historical data and analyze trends to create models to determine funding levels, forecast spending, and identify potential issues that impact the budget.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees