Senior Analyst

About the role

The NYC Department for the Aging seeks a Senior Budget Analyst to directly impact the delivery of essential services to older New Yorkers. This role involves reviewing, approving, and monitoring tasks performed by Budget Analysts, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and adherence to established policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Configure and review contract provider budgets, modifications, amendments, and related financial tasks within the City’s financial workflow system (PASSPort Financials).
• Ensure all financial activities align with NYC Aging requirements and overarching New York City financial policies and procedures.
• Review, approve and/or monitor budget tasks performed by budget analysts to ensure quality control and adherence to established standards and timelines.
• Serve as the agency subject matter expert on discretionary funding, providing counsel, support, and compliance guidance to budget staff and stakeholders on all related processes and requirements.
• Maintain, update, and verify accuracy of tracking mechanisms in a timely manner to ensure appropriate record keeping.
• Design, produce, and maintain monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc financial reports for review by Senior Leadership, ensuring accuracy and clarity in financial data presentation.
• Coordinate with units across the Bureau of Financial Services to ensure alignment on initiatives and the accurate, timely processing of financial transactions.
• Serve as a liaison to City Government entities including the Mayor’s Office of Contracts, City Agencies, City Council Finance, and elected officials regarding discretionary funding matters.
• Communicate project goals, deliverables, timelines, and budget-related matters clearly and professionally to ensure stakeholder alignment and effective management of recurring and one-time funding initiatives.
• Execute additional assignments as directed by the Supervisor and support Bureau-wide efforts by participating in special projects and offering assistance to other units, as needed.

Requirements

• 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: budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; 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.

Qualifications

• Advanced skills in Excel such as the ability to use Pivot tables, V-look-ups, X-look-ups, IF functions and to create transparent spreadsheets.
• Knowledge of the PassPort (NYC's Procurement and Sourcing Solutions Portal).
• Experience working with other Microsoft applications such as PowerPoint, Word, Teams.
• Strong analytical background that can use data to produce models, summary statistics and reports.
• Superior organizational skills with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Takes initiative to identify ways in which processes can be improved.
• Experience working with budgets, discretionary funding, City government (e.g., budget and contracting) and non-profit.

Skills

• Advanced skills in Excel such as the ability to use Pivot tables, V-look-ups, X-look-ups, IF functions and to create transparent spreadsheets.
• Knowledge of the PassPort (NYC's Procurement and Sourcing Solutions Portal).
• Experience working with other Microsoft applications such as PowerPoint, Word, Teams.
• Strong analytical background that can use data to produce models, summary statistics and reports.
• Superior organizational skills with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Takes initiative to identify ways in which processes can be improved.
• Experience working with budgets, discretionary funding, City government (e.g., budget and contracting) and non-profit.

Pay

$82,056.00 – $94,364.00

Schedule

Negotiable