Director, Time & Leave Administration

City of New York • New York City, NY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The NYC Department of Finance is seeking a Director of the Time & Leave Administration (TLA) Unit within the Office of Employee Services. Reporting directly to the Assistant Commissioner of OES, the Director leads agencywide timekeeping and leave administration, supervises unit staff, and ensures accurate and timely processing consistent with applicable requirements for approximately 1,800 employees. The role also administers related programs, reviews procedures and workflows, coordinates issue resolution across the agency and with oversight agencies, and prepares unit metrics, reports, presentations, and correspondence.

This role may be eligible for remote work up to two days per week under the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed between the City and the collective bargaining unit representing employees in the civil service title. Candidates must be permanent in the Administrative Staff Analyst civil service title or in a comparable civil service title eligible for a 6.1.9 title change. Applicants must include their employee identification number and state their permanent civil service title in their cover letter. Hires must verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete the required employment eligibility verification document upon hire.

Requirements

• Must be permanent in the Administrative Staff Analyst civil service title or permanent in a comparable civil service title eligible for a 6.1.9 title change.
• Must include employee identification number when applying and indicate permanent civil service title in the cover letter.
• Must meet one of the stated Administrative Staff Analyst qualification pathways: a qualifying master's degree or JD and two years of specified professional experience; a bachelor's degree and four years of specified professional experience; an associate degree or 60 semester credits and six years of specified professional experience; a high school diploma or equivalent and eight years of specified professional experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• All qualification pathways require at least two years of specified professional experience, including 18 months in an executive, managerial, administrative, or supervisory capacity. Supervisory experience must include supervising staff performing professional work in the described areas.
• College education may substitute for professional experience at 30 semester credits for one year of experience; candidates must have a high school diploma.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily unit operations and supervise and train staff.
• Administer time and leave functions, including work schedules, leave usage, Citytime processing, compensatory time, FMLA and other leaves of absence, holiday leave bank, excused leave and advanced leave requests, and lateness and absence monitoring programs.
• Administer remote work and compressed work schedule programs in accordance with the citywide Flexible Work Schedule policy.
• Manage employee separations and final payments, including managerial lump-sum calculations, retirements, exit surveys, and interviews.
• Review and assess TLA unit procedures and workflow; develop and implement best practices and business processes to ensure accuracy and compliance; recommend and implement systems to improve operational efficiency.
• Coordinate with OES units, agency business units, employees, and oversight agencies to resolve or reconcile time, leave, and related issues; respond to requests and inquiries.
• Compile and analyze TLA unit metrics and data, and prepare reports, presentations, and written correspondence.
• Research and respond to TLA inquiries and resolve time and leave administration issues.
• Perform related duties and special projects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed