Senior Budget Analyst, Bureau of Budget Administration

City of New York • New York, NY

13h • $52,791 - $79,882

About The Position

The Finance Division at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has central responsibility and authority for the department’s finance, contracting, procurement, payroll, and revenue functions. The department has approximately 7,000 employees and serves New York City’s 8.8 million residents.

Despite the title and bureau named in the posting, the position summary identifies the role as Research Assistant. The Research Assistant reports to Assistant Directors and other staff and is responsible for monitoring, tracking, and financial management. Duties include supporting personnel and non-personnel budgets, monitoring spending, reviewing budgets and grant materials, preparing fiscal reports and analyses, researching policy implications, identifying contract impacts, and helping develop and implement policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Meet one of the listed education and research-experience combinations: a bachelor's degree and six months of satisfactory full-time research experience; an associate degree or 60 college credits and two years and six months of such experience; a high school diploma or equivalent and four years and six months of such experience; or equivalent education and experience.
• Research experience must involve gathering, organizing, and analyzing data, and report writing.
• All candidates must have a four-year high school diploma or equivalent and at least six months of required experience or nine specialized credits in statistics, quantitative methods, mathematics, or research.
• Undergraduate college credit may substitute for experience at 30 semester credits per year of full-time experience.
• Nine credits in statistics, quantitative methods, mathematics, or research at the college or graduate-school level may substitute for six months of required experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist in maintaining the Division's Personnel Services and Other than Personnel Services budgets.
• Update internal budgeting systems and monitor spending.
• Assist in preparing and reviewing grant application submissions.
• Review budgets and budget modifications submitted by programs.
• Recommend changes and corrections of errors to program representatives.
• Review statistical budgetary data submitted by contract agencies.
• Prepare fiscal summary reports and analyses.
• Research the programmatic implications of proposed policies.
• Identify the impact of contracts.
• Assist in developing and implementing new policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Potential eligibility for federal or state loan forgiveness and repayment assistance programs.
• A premium-free health insurance plan.
• Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available depending on the position's associated union or benefit fund.
• A public-sector defined-benefit pension plan.
• A tax-deferred savings program.
• A Worksite Wellness Program.
• Depending on the position, the possibility of working from home up to two days during the week.
• Potentially greater job security compared to private-sector employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level