Budget Manager

City of New York•New York City, NY

5d•$98,140 - $131,956

About The Position

The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and well-being of children and families through child welfare and juvenile justice services and community supports. ACS manages community-based supports and foster care services and provides subsidized childcare vouchers. ACS child protection staff respond to allegations of child maltreatment. In juvenile justice, ACS oversees detention, placement, and programs for youth in the community. The Office of Training and Workforce Development with the Division of Policy, Planning, and Measurement at ACS provides foundational and continuous learning opportunities for child welfare and juvenile justice direct service staff, supervisors, and leaders. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Budget Manager will be devoted to monitoring the Office of Training and Workforce Development’s overall budget, including ACS’ Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City University of New York (School of Professional Studies and the Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work) and the ACS and Provider Agency Scholarship Programs The position will provide monthly reports on spending needs, trends, and planning, as well as budgetary support and coordination for the Office of Training and Workforce Development. The position will provide budgetary support to the Office of Training and Workforce Development leadership, ACS stakeholders, CUNY consultants, and stakeholders to assure fiscal responsibility and communication.

Requirements

A master's 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 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, 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
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.

Responsibilities

Manage all budgetary activities being done on behalf of the Office of Training and Workforce Development in partnership with leadership and ACS Finance.
Support the budgeting and spending of all resources toward the visioning, planning, realization, feedback, and buy-in activities of the department from work plan development through complete implementation of deliverables for the training community.
Provide hands-on budgetary support to the Office of Training and Workforce Development leadership team.
Oversee the budgeting and spending of funds through the ACS MOU with CUNY, working directly with fiscal departments at ACS and CUNY.
Monitor the budgeting and spending of funds for the ACS and Provider Agency Scholarship Programs.
Prepare monthly reports on OTPS and Personnel spending to date, including updating all agency-required spreadsheets.
Liaise as the primary contact between ACS program divisions and CUNY to ensure ongoing oversight and management of consultant contracts.
Manage the spending activities of the department’s physical space needs and handling facility-related requests, including furniture, equipment, IT needs and any facility-related costs.
Manage the Chief Operating Officer’s P-Card, assuring compliance with all regulations and tracking records.
Attend meetings with leadership in the Office of Training and Workforce Development, at ACS, and at CUNY as required and necessary to fulfill the financial needs and requirements of the department and to support the timely meeting of deliverables, as well as any additional meetings and trainings as indicated.
Provide broader support to the Office of Training and Workforce Development as needed.