Unit Head - DCAS
About The Position
The Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the City government's chief financial agency. OMB's staff of analysts and experts assembles and oversees the Mayor’s expense and capital budgets, which fund the services and activities of approximately 90 City agencies and entities. This Task Force oversees and prepares the expense and capital budgets of administrative agencies and offices of elected officials of the City of New York. The focus of this Task Force is on the coordination of government operations and citywide policies. There are over 30 agencies, offices, boards, and commissions monitored by this Task Force. They can be categorized as the offices of elected officials, administrative agencies, or technology agencies. Administrative agencies, such as the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, provide centralized services and various support functions to City agencies. The selected candidate will oversee the DCAS Unit, one fourth of the Task Force. The duties of this position encompass supervising junior staff and directing the unit in performing the following activities: - Evaluating programs and budgetary matters pertaining to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, the Board of Elections, the Department of Records and Information Services, and other agencies as required. - Reviewing and evaluating on-going agency fiscal requests and personnel requests and formulating appropriate recommendations in order to ensure a sufficient allocation of resources for agencies to meet mandated responsibilities and programmatic requirements. - Monitoring and reviewing agency expense budgets, including conducting expenditure analyses, determining validity, feasibility and cost-effectiveness of projects in the budget and preparing analytical reports and briefings. - Monitoring and reviewing the capital budgets and preparing and updating capital plans. - Reviewing and developing recommendations for fiscal and operational efficiencies. - Acquiring and maintaining detailed knowledge of agency programs and operations. - Overseeing special projects relating to agency programs and operations. - Analyzing legislative proposals and estimating their fiscal impact on operational policies. - Providing written and verbal responses to requests for information from OMB supervisory staff, agencies, the Mayor's Office, and City and State auditors.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of four years of experience in budgetary planning/management, financial analysis, public policy analysis or a related field; or an awarded Master's degree in Public Finance, Public Administration, Policy Analysis, Business, Economics or a related field and two years of experience.
- Strong analytic and quantitative skills
- Demonstrated problem solving experience
- Ability to meet tight deadlines, both in and out of financial plan preparation
- Ability to effectively manage multiple, often-competing priorities to ensure properly skilled individuals are assigned to and satisfy specific needs.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- A cover letter is required to be considered for this position.
- You must be a City resident within 90 days of the date of appointment and you must be legally eligible to work in the United States.
Responsibilities
- Evaluating programs and budgetary matters pertaining to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, the Board of Elections, the Department of Records and Information Services, and other agencies as required.
- Reviewing and evaluating on-going agency fiscal requests and personnel requests and formulating appropriate recommendations in order to ensure a sufficient allocation of resources for agencies to meet mandated responsibilities and programmatic requirements.
- Monitoring and reviewing agency expense budgets, including conducting expenditure analyses, determining validity, feasibility and cost-effectiveness of projects in the budget and preparing analytical reports and briefings.
- Monitoring and reviewing the capital budgets and preparing and updating capital plans.
- Reviewing and developing recommendations for fiscal and operational efficiencies.
- Acquiring and maintaining detailed knowledge of agency programs and operations.
- Overseeing special projects relating to agency programs and operations.
- Analyzing legislative proposals and estimating their fiscal impact on operational policies.
- Providing written and verbal responses to requests for information from OMB supervisory staff, agencies, the Mayor's Office, and City and State auditors.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
