• IFA Budget Analyst

    City of New York (New York, NY)


    Job Description

    The Budget Analyst will serve in the Expense Budget Unit within the Division of Budget and Capital Program Management. The unit is responsible for managing the agency's $1.5 billion annual operating budget evenly split between Personal Services (PS) and Other Than Personal Services (OTPS). Under the supervision of the Assistant Director, the Analyst should possess excellent analytical, critical thinking skills, be highly motivated and a results-oriented individual. To effectively support the assigned divisions and manage the portfolios, the analyst will perform duties that include but are not limited to monitoring the portfolio s spending plan, and Financial Plan changes as well preparing expenditure reports. Provide programmatic staff with oversight and technical assistance with funding and budgeting. Serve as a key person for the agency's inter-fund agreements (IFA) budget planning and managing the activities of the agency's IFA budget while interacting extensively with the IFA Unit at OMB. Responsibilities will also include developing and evaluating Financial Plan proposals designed to help balance the budget by reducing costs or increasing revenue; reviewing and updating program budgets for assigned divisions; identifying funding for unanticipated needs; and performing critical technical budget exercises related to fiscal year close. The Budget Analyst will also oversee variance explanations of planned versus actual spending; develop estimates of fiscal impact of policies using reports to inform decision-makers; prepare ad hoc budget, spending, and performance reports and analyses as required. As part of this work assignment, the Budget Analyst will work with the Capital and Expense Budget Office as well as division staff in presenting summary briefing materials for Executive and Expense Budget Directors.

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    Qualifications

    1. A master's degree in transportation engineering, mathematics, urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban studies, or

     

    related physical and social science fields; or 2. A baccalaureate degree in engineering from an accredited college and one year of full-time

     

    satisfactory experience performing technical work on roadway transportation and traffic studies and area-wide traffic programs; or 3. A

     

    baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above; or 4. An

     

    associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of full-time satisfactory experience as

     

    described in "2" above; or 5. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of full-time satisfactory

     

    experience as described in "2" above. SPECIAL NOTE: In addition to meeting the minimum Qualification Requirements above: To be

     

    assigned to Assignment Level II, the candidate must have an additional year of experience as described in the "Qualification

     

    Requirements" listed under "2" above. To be assigned to Assignment Level III, the candidate must have an additional two years of

     

    experience as described in the "Qualification Requirements" listed under "2" 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.

     

    Salary Min: $ 84,087.00

     

    Salary Max: $100,000.00