BUDGET ANALYST, (AOTPS) CAPITAL - City of New York : Job Details

Job Description

APPLICANTS MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE ASSOCIATE STAFF ANALYST CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OR BE PERMANENT IN A COMPARABLE TITLE ELIGIBLE FOR 6.1.9 TITLE CHANGE.

The Office of Budget Administration (OBA) is responsible for the planning, developing and coordination the Agencys budget and for monitoring Agencys revenues, expenditures and staffing for all HRAs programs. The primary responsibility encompasses all social service and administrative programs directly operated and contracted by the Agency. The Administrative Other Than Personal Services (AOTPS) and Capital Budget, is responsible for the development, organization, and analysis of the Responsibility Area/Centers budgetary needs. The Budget Analyst provides technical support to HRA program areas.

The Office of Budget Administration (OBA) is recruiting for one (1) Associate Staff Analyst to function as a Budget Analyst in the AOTPS/Capital unit overseeing the budget for OCM, PEU, IDNYC, Fair Fares and AOTPS for MOIA, who will:

- Monitor the development, organization and analysis of the Expense Budget of an assigned budget area and advise OBA executive staff on all matters pertaining to this area.

- Conduct extensive research on the budgetary consequences of shifting conditions such as legislative changes, changes in rate structures, and variations in the rate of utilization of services, alterations in eligibility requirements, State administrative policy directives, and changes in caseload trends.

- Analyze, review, and provide recommendations for requests for new funding and cost reduction initiatives.

- Analyze complex budgetary problems and reconcile data provided by the Financial Management System, as well as review needs according to baseline funding and Agency mandates.

- Assist programs in preparing budget requests including prioritizing program choices for expansion, realignment, or defunding.

- Prepare regular expenditure reports, identify, and analyze discrepancies between planned and actual expenses.

- Monitor program spending to ensure that spending does not exceed the approved budget.

- Liaison between OBA and the program area, as well as OMB to discuss budgetary and programmatic impacts.

- Other special projects as needed.

Hours/Schedule: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Work Location: 4 World Trade Center

Qualifications

1. A masters degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field, and one year of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; or in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; or in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, labor relations, employee

benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management; or in a related area; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and three years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas described in 1 above.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.