Senior Data Analyst

City of New York; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of New York's Department of Finance (DOF) invites applications for two Tax Policy & Data Analytics roles within the Property Tax Research unit. You will perform quantitative economic and fiscal research, build datasets, and support policy impact analyses related to NYC property taxes.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Property Tax Research & Analytics, you will develop statistical methods, test data integrity, and present findings to senior leadership while contributing to ad-hoc

Qualifications

• Master's degree in social science, economics, statistics, CS, data analysis, geography, STEM, or closely related field with at least 12 credits/5 courses in econometrics, statistics, mathematics, engineering, geography or computer science.
• Bachelor's degree and two years of full-time professional experience performing statistical analysis

Responsibilities

• Maintain integrity of property and owner data in the Department of Finance's Property Tax System (PTS) by ad-hoc testing and reporting; communicate results to the relevant internal Division.
• Independently investigate previously unused database tables to identify new opportunities for property tax analysis and broaden the team's analytical capabilities.
• Select, develop and apply appropriate statistical and research strategies for projects pertaining to real property tax, including development of sales-based market values for NYC properties.
• Assist with the production of impact analysis of proposed changes to property tax laws, valuation methodologies, new benefit programs or modifications to existing ones.
• Assist in the production of other ad-hoc analysis for senior management and other City Agencies.
• Assist with infrastructure development for Property Tax Research's main analytical database.
• Present research findings to Executive Director and Deputy Commissioner on a regular basis.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Data analysis

Economics

Public policy

Econometrics

Statistics

Mathematics

Education

Master's degree in social science / economics / statistics / computer science / data analysis / geography / STEM

Bachelor's degree + 2 years professional statistical analysis experience

Job description

Job Description

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.

Tax Policy's Property Tax Analysis Unit seeks two (2) individuals with strong quantitative economic and fiscal research skills to assist its team with conducting complex policy impact analysis, as well as assisting with report production, internal system data quality control, and a variety of other ad-hoc projects related to New York City properties and owners.

Additionally, the ideal candidates will use data available to the Department of Finance and research skills to identify specific populations to meet desired project goals. For example, to confirm an owner's compliance with the rules of property tax benefits or to determine whether they are subject to certain charges. This will include but be not limited to creating datasets to populate official notices as well as tracking responses received.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Property Tax Research & Analytics, the selected candidates' duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Help maintain the integrity of all property and owner-related data within the Department of Finance's Property Tax System (PTS) by performing regular ad-hoc testing and reporting, followed by communicating results to the relevant internal Division.
• Independently investigate previously unused database tables to identify new opportunities for property tax analysis and broaden the team's analytical capabilities.
• Select, develop and apply appropriate statistical and research strategies for a variety of projects pertaining to the real property tax, including the development of sales-based market values for all property types in New York City.
• Assist with the production of impact analysis of proposed changes to property tax laws, valuation methodologies, new benefit programs or modifications to existing ones.
• Assist in the production of other ad-hoc analysis for senior management and other City Agencies.
• Assist with infrastructure development for Property Tax Research's main analytical database.
• Present research findings to Executive Director and Deputy Commissioner on a regular basis.

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.

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Qualifications

Level I

1. A master's degree from an accredited college or university in social science, economics, statistics, computer science, data analysis, geography, sciences, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), or a closely related field, with at least 12 credits or five courses in economics, public policy, econometrics, statistics, mathematics, engineering, geography or computer science.
2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university as described in "1" above and two years of full-time, professional experience performing statistical analysis