Managing Director, School Budget Transparency and Analytics Group (SBTAG) - 25909

About the role

The School Budget Transparency and Analytics Group (SBTAG), within the Division of School Budget Planning and Operations, is responsible for producing sound and timely analysis to support financial policy decision-making and transparency reporting. Working cross-functionally within the Division of School Budget Planning and Operations (DSBPO), SBTAG develops financial strategies aligned with the New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) educational priorities, addresses specific financial policy and resource allocation questions, and develops data-driven actionable policy recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, direction and management of critical and time-sensitive projects undertaken by the SBTAG in a manner that ensures alignment of objectives between day-to-day activities and the Department's long-range priorities and goals.
  • Supporting projects undertaken by the Executive Director, including handling high-priority and urgent projects from beginning to end, and identifying improvement/change management opportunities.
  • Assisting the Executive Director with information and written proposals that need to obtain the approval of leadership.
  • Managing and leading key inter-office and cross-functional team at the department.
  • Defining and refining project assignments and managing follow-up.
• Quantitatively assess the impact of policy changes in special education and related service delivery by school.
• Compile, analyze, and report quantitative and qualitative information on program effectiveness of all phases of the special education and related services reform implementation.
• Lead, support and work with members of the Finance leadership team to design, conduct, manage and present complex financial and other data analyses in a simple and easy to digest manner in support of the agency-wide and cabinet-level policy decisions.
• Prepare high level policy options, reports and charts for leadership for dissemination to City Hall, City Council, OMB and elected officials in support of policy analysis and development.
• Undertake continuous review and alignment of $4 billion+ school funding formulas to ensure school operational sustainability and financial equity.
• Define and refine project assignments and manage follow-up.
• Work collaboratively with members of the finance team to produce mandated reports required for compliance with school budget and expenditure transparency reporting, as required by Federal, State, and City laws and memoranda of understanding.
• Manage special assignments as needed by Senior leadership for policy decisions or new initiatives; on behalf of the Executive Director, manage special functions and activities; where necessary, assign these projects to appropriate staff for research, analysis, and execution.
• Assume responsibilities of the Executive Director during absences.
• Cook up coordination efforts to compile reports and data in responses to inquiries from City Hall, City Council, elected officials, OMB, and other fiscal monitors.
• Provide guidance based on current research and best practices on school finance and budget administration.
• Provide analytical and project management support to other units within the Division of Finance, other NYCPS departments, and external oversight agencies for key strategic initiatives.
• Develop and deliver training to analysts in other units within the Department to build capacity in sound modeling, analytical practices and presenting results.
• Identify budget issues and trends and make recommendations for strategically addressing situations as needed.
• Manage special assignments that may include analytical support needed to assist in responses to inquiries from OMB and other fiscal monitors.

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 two years 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.
• Eighteen (18) months of this experience must have been in an executive, managerial, administrative, or supervisory capacity.
• Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above;
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas described in “1” above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative, or supervisory 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 two years of experience as described in “1” above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative, or supervisory experience, as 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 eight years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in “1” above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative, or supervisory 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 two years of experience as described in “1” above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative, or supervisory experience, as 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 eight years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in “1” above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative, or supervisory experience, as described in “1” above.
• A master’s degree.
• Knowledge of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) or modern programming languages.
• Knowledge of advanced statistical software such as SAS, SPSS, Stata or R.

Pay

$145,000 - $155,000 (Internal candidates who are selected for this position and who currently hold comparable or less senior positions within the DOE will not earn less than their current salary.)

Schedule

N/A