Deputy Director, Data Intelligence Group

NYC Department of Finance; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Department of Finance seeks an Administrative Staff Analyst to lead a data intelligence unit, overseeing model development and quality assurance. You will prepare reports, address ad hoc requests, and ensure analytical outputs support tax policy and audit activities.

Required advanced degrees or substantial professional experience in economics, finance, or public administration, with strong SAS programming and communication skills. Hybrid work options available.

Qualifications

• Master's or bachelor's degree with extensive public sector experience.
• Strong programming, data analysis and modeling capabilities.
• Experience in budget/financial administration or program evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervisory direction over a unit performing advanced analytics.
• Develop and validate models; ensure alignment with audit needs.
• Prepare model reports and investigate anomalies for adjustments.
• Respond to ad hoc data requests with documented results.
• Supervise review of tax return adjustments triggering QA.
• Perform complex SAS programming and maintain datasets.

Skills

Programming

Data analysis

Statistical methods

Interpersonal skills

Written & verbal communication

Qualitative analysis

Quantitative analysis

Education

Master's degree in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration

Bachelor's degree with 4 years relevant experience

Associate degree with 6 years experience

High school diploma with 8 years experience

Job description

IMPORTANT NOTE: CANDIDATES MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANALYST CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OR ARE PERMANENT IN A COMPARABLE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE ELIGIBLE FOR A 6.1.9 TITLE CHANGE.

NYC Department of Finance (DOF) is responsible for administering the tax revenue laws of the city fairly, efficiently, and transparently to instill public confidence and encourage compliance while providing exceptional customer service.

DOF's Tax Policy & Data Analytics Division reviews, analyzes, and evaluates existing and proposed policies and legislation that affect the Department of Finance and New York City in general. This includes analyzing the revenue and distributional impacts of proposed changes to the tax system, monitoring and reporting on tax and parking revenues, working with local and state public agencies and private sector interests to promote improved tax administration, and advising the commissioner, Executive Office, and the New York City Office of Management and Budget on revenue and budgetary issues. The Tax Policy and Data Analytics Division is also responsible for all modeling and data mining for DOF’s Audit Division. Tax Policy also prepares briefing and position papers on tax policy and issues a variety of public reports and newsletters on tax-related issues.

Responsibilities

Tax Policy seeks a Deputy Director to serve in the Data Intelligence Group. Reporting to the Senior Director, the selected candidate’s duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Assist the Senior Director in providing supervisory direction over a unit engaged in the performance of strong computer and analytics skills with the aim of identifying audit-worthy tax returns and data quality/integrity review.
• Assist the Senior Director with model development and with communication with senior Audit staff to ensure models are developed accurately and in accordance with Audit's requirements.
• Prepare and evaluate model reports for bi-weekly model meetings, research report issues/anomalies to advise adjustments or corrections, and track model results to inform ongoing modeling efforts.
• Respond to ad hoc and special project data requests by producing or overseeing the production of accurate, relevant, well-documented, and properly formatted research or analytic results and providing these to the requesting party.
• Supervise and participate in the ongoing review of tax return adjustments which trigger Quality Assurance and Egregious cases.
• Perform difficult and complex computer applications programming, using SAS, including macros (e.g., subroutines).
• Develop, update, and maintain standardized SAS code and associated datasets for preparing data for use in modeling, recalculation of tax, identification of non-filers, etc.
• Assist with the development and implementation of dozens of models for the corporation tax, the general corporation tax, the unincorporated business tax (proprietorships and partnerships), the commercial rent tax, the real property transfer tax, the hotel tax, and other special projects. This entails understanding complex tax laws and the myriad data sources available to identify taxpayers that may be underreporting, as well as businesses that are not fulfilling their filing requirements.

Additional Information

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

This position may be eligible for remote work up to 2 days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed between the City and the Collective Bargaining Unit representing employees serving in the civil service title.

This position will require employees to have access to Federal Tax Information (FTI) and is subject to an additional background investigation before appointment. The candidate(s) will be required to pass the FTI background investigation as a term and condition of employment.

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANALYST ( - 1002D

Minimum 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; or
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of 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; or
• An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and six years of full-time 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; or
• 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 full-time 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; or
• 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.

Preferred Skills

• Strong programming, data analysis, statistical sampling and/or data mining experience. - Excellent interpersonal skills and written and verbal communication. - Strong qualitative and quantitative analysis skills.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

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.

, $110,067.00 – $135,000.00