Deputy Executive Director

City of New York • Corona, NY

13d

About The Position

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high-quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the city. The Water Board sets water and sewer rates and provides treasury services to the City’s water and sewer system. The selected candidate will serve as Water Board Deputy Executive Director (Deputy ED) reporting to the Water Board Executive Director. Working in collaboration with the Executive Director and a wide set of stakeholders, the Deputy ED will be responsible for research, analysis, formulation and recommendations around the strategic direction for New York City’s water and wastewater rates. This includes leading strategy formulation and policy analysis, operational and implementation analysis, and change management and strategic communications in relation to updates or changes to rate structures or programs, including affordability programs. This will require close work with DEP operations staff, DEP and City oversight bodies, the NYC Water Finance Authority, and other Water Board team members. The Deputy ED will also support communications and reporting to the Water Board, including Board relations and management of Board meetings. The Deputy ED will manage the Water Board team on a daily basis and work closely with the Water Board Treasurer to oversee the Board’s accounting and financial management activities. They will lead initiatives to streamline and improve the performance of Board operations, including working on end-to-end workflows with DEP’s Bureau of Customer Service. The Deputy ED will oversee and may assist with the production of a variety of spreadsheet models, analysis reports and supporting schedules in connection with revenue collections, disbursements, budget performance, appraisal setting, as well as ad hoc financial analysis on other system matters. Other responsibilities may include evaluation of customer billing appeals, create billing rate policy, and liaising on collection enforcement in collaboration with DEP's Bureau of Customer Service. The Deputy ED will lead a variety of other strategic financing or programmatic initiatives for the Board, and depending on assignments, work closely with DEP senior management and DEP’s Bureaus of Customer Services, Sustainability, Budget, Legal, the Water Finance Authority, and the Mayor's Office of Management and Budget.

Requirements

• A Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and three years full-time satisfactory professional experience related to the projects and policies to be studied in the particular position including eighteen months of experience in a managerial, consultative, administrative or supervisory capacity.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for research, analysis, formulation and recommendations around the strategic direction for New York City’s water and wastewater rates.
• Lead strategy formulation and policy analysis, operational and implementation analysis, and change management and strategic communications in relation to updates or changes to rate structures or programs, including affordability programs.
• Support communications and reporting to the Water Board, including Board relations and management of Board meetings.
• Manage the Water Board team on a daily basis and work closely with the Water Board Treasurer to oversee the Board’s accounting and financial management activities.
• Lead initiatives to streamline and improve the performance of Board operations, including working on end-to-end workflows with DEP’s Bureau of Customer Service.
• Oversee and may assist with the production of a variety of spreadsheet models, analysis reports and supporting schedules in connection with revenue collections, disbursements, budget performance, appraisal setting, as well as ad hoc financial analysis on other system matters.
• Evaluation of customer billing appeals, create billing rate policy, and liaising on collection enforcement in collaboration with DEP's Bureau of Customer Service.
• Lead a variety of other strategic financing or programmatic initiatives for the Board, and depending on assignments, work closely with DEP senior management and DEP’s Bureaus of Customer Services, Sustainability, Budget, Legal, the Water Finance Authority, and the Mayor's Office of Management and Budget.

What This Job Offers

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