Executive Director

City of New York•New York City, NY

3d•$120,000 - $145,000

About The Position

THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $120,000 - $145,000.00 THESE POSITIONS ARE ONLY OPEN TO CANDIDATES WHO ARE PERMANENT (NOT PROVISIONAL) IN THE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AUDITOR. 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 ACS Division of Financial Services (DFS) is responsible for supporting, planning, implementing, and monitoring the fiscal functions of the agency in accordance with City, State and Federal guidelines. The work of DFS includes managing the ACS budget; submission of monthly claims for revenue; processing of payments to provider agencies and vendors; monitoring the financial health of provider agencies through financial review and audits; maintenance of the ACS bank accounts; centralized oversight of ACS Child Welfare financial eligibility; and data maintenance for financial systems of record. The Audit and Risk Management unit within DFS is responsible for the monitoring of the financial health of contracted provider agencies and monitoring and identifying areas of financial risk. This includes preparing year-end reconciliations for each provider, reviewing annual provider financial audits, and monitoring provider agency corrective action plans, annual closeout reconciliations/appeals and oversight of the NYC Public Schools audit of CCBG funded Early Learn contractors, Social Security Benefits Unit (SSBU), Banking, Fiscal Field Review (FFR)/Risk Management units, Child Welfare Contract Audits (CWCA), and all ACS Banking and cash transactions. The Executive Director for CWCA and Risk & Monitoring reports directly to the DFS Assistant Commissioner for Audit and Risk Management, with substantial latitude for independent judgment and decision-making. The Executive Director is responsible for ongoing review and quality assurance of internal controls at ACS contract agencies and related entities, and their compliance with Federal, State and local regulations and directives regarding financial management. In coordination with other DFS Departments, the Executive Director will develop and/or enhance methodology and business processes derived from professional auditing standards to evaluate contractor fiscal performance and assess and monitor financial risk for the agency. The Executive Director is responsible for the supervision and coordination of managers who direct the operations and supervise staff of the following units: - Child Welfare Contract Audit - Committee on Special Education (CSE) for care & maintenance and tuition reviews - Monitoring and Risk Management

Requirements

THESE POSITIONS ARE ONLY OPEN TO CANDIDATES WHO ARE PERMANENT (NOT PROVISIONAL) IN THE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AUDITOR.
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 24 credits in accounting, including one course each in advanced accounting, auditing and cost accounting and five years of full-time experience in management auditing, EDP auditing, financial accounting and/or financial auditing, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or in the supervision of several teams of auditors; or
2. A valid Certified Public Accountant License or a certificate as a Certified Internal Auditor and four years of full-time experience as indicated in "1" above, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or in the supervision of several teams of auditors.

Responsibilities

Oversee the Child Welfare Contract Audit (CWCA) and ensure that the fiscal management of foster care and non-foster care closeouts are carried out completely, accurately, and in a timely manner.
Support the team in coordinating and complying with the Citywide Standard Audited Financial Reports (SAFR).
Oversee the review of tuition and care and maintenance payments for children in specialized schools (Committee on Special Education) and ensure that the reviews are carried out completely, accurately, and timely.
Oversee the development and management of Fiscal Monitoring and Risk Protocols, including the annual fiscal health analysis for contract providers, monitor billings and collections, repayment plans, provider’s appeals on contract closeouts.
Oversight and review of the NYCPS CCBG funded Early Learn contractors.
Provide data analysis and reports concerning the review of ACS contract human services agency audits and fiscal performance.
Maintain standardized financial monitoring and audit review processes and procedures, ensuring compliance with regulations, directives and standards from City oversight entities such as the New York City Comptroller’s Office; responsible for reporting any discrepancies and issues to senior DFS managers
Utilize computer systems and programs such as the New York City Financial Management System (FMS), the New York State Benefits Issuance and Control System (BICS), PASSPort and other internal systems to facilitate work assignments, perform quality assurance and conduct work activities.
Responsible for records management, including scanning, acting as liaison with the document warehouse and assisting Administration with document flow, as needed.
Respond to questions and inquiries to assist with all customer service inquiries, including program areas, providers, the community and vendors.
Supervise direct reports’ time and work performance, and
Develop, manage and conduct special projects and related tasks, as necessary.