Contract Manager

Responsibilities

• Ensure the Contractor is in compliance with contractual requirements, as well as applicable and relevant ACS, NYC, NYS rules, laws, regulations, and policies.
• Serve as the primary point of contact to the Contractor for agreed-upon matters per the Contractor Communication Plan and Contract Monitoring Plan and coordinating with other divisions within ACS (e.g., Finance/PPM/Procurement).
• Review and approve annual budgets and subsequent modification requests; communicate with Contractors to clarify budget issues and questions.
• Review invoices and requests for payment and supporting documentation submitted by the provider agency and prepared by the CMU Contract Specialist to verify invoices align with services provided in contract terms.
• Monitor contract budget (including burn rate), analyze projected spending based on expected utilization, and identify and escalate any budget risks; maintain and generate critical information needed to complete budget monitoring reports and tools; escalates concerns about risks to the Executive Director and the Assistant Commissioner of Contract Management.
• Coordinate the Amendment, Renewals, and Budget Modification process by coordinating with internal Supporting Divisions and Contractor.
• Ensure completion of ACS close-out tasks as per contract terms.

Requirements

• Only candidates currently serving in the permanent title of Associate Staff Analyst may apply to this opening.

Qualifications

• A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, public health, 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 Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school, 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; in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; 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
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas described in "1" above.
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and seven years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in “1” above.
• A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2", "3", or "4" above. College education may be substituted for professional experience at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience. However, all candidates must have a high school diploma and at least one year of experience as described in "1" above.

Skills

None specified.

Benefits

None specified.

Pay

$82,056.00 – $122,180.00

Schedule

Not specified.