Unit Head - Law, Elected Officials, Administration, and Finance (LEAF)

City of New York; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of New York, Office of Management and Budget, is seeking a Unit Head to oversee the LEAF (Law, Elected Officials, Administrative, and Finance) unit. The role reports to the Mayor’s budget office and supervises a five-person staff in budgeting for law, finance, and related agencies.

Hybrid work with in-person days at 255 Greenwich Street. Responsibilities include evaluating programs, reviewing agency requests, and ensuring resources meet mandated responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 4 years in budget planning/management or related field; or Master's with 2 years of experience.
• Strong analytic and quantitative skills; ability to meet tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate programs and budgets across all agencies in the portfolio.
• Review agency fiscal requests and make recommendations for resource allocation.
• Monitor and analyze agency expense budgets; prepare reports and briefings.
• Develop recommendations for fiscal and operational efficiencies.
• Acquire knowledge of agency programs and operations; oversee special projects.

Skills

Budgeting

Financial analysis

Policy analysis

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Unit Head - Law, Elected Officials, Administration, and Finance (LEAF)

• Full-time
• Agency: OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET
• Job Category: Finance, Accounting, & Procurement
• Salary Band: $100,000 to $125,000
• Compensation: USD 121,768 - USD 121,768

TASK FORCE: Citywide Government Operations

UNIT: LEAF

JOB TITLE: One (1) Unit Head

CONTROL CODE: AA-27-03

SUMMARY

The Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the City government's chief financial agency. OMB's staff of analysts and experts assembles and oversees the Mayor’s expense and capital budgets, which fund the services and activities of approximately 90 City agencies and entities.

This Task Force oversees and prepares the expense and capital budgets of administrative agencies and offices of elected officials of the City of New York. The focus of this Task Force is on the coordination of government operations and citywide policies.

There are over 25 agencies, offices, boards, and commissions monitored by this Task Force. The selected candidate for this position will oversee the expense budgets for the Law, Electeds, Administrative, and Finance Unit (LEAF). This unit includes, among others, the Law Department, the Department of Finance, the Financial Information Services Agency, and Office of Payroll Administration.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Evaluating programs and budgetary matters across all agencies in the portfolio.
• Reviewing and evaluating on-going agency fiscal requests and personnel requests and formulating appropriate recommendations in order to ensure a sufficient allocation of resources for agencies to meet mandated responsibilities and programmatic requirements.
• Monitoring and reviewing agency expense budgets, including conducting expenditure analyses, determining validity, feasibility and cost-effectiveness of projects in the budget and preparing analytical reports and briefings.
• Reviewing and developing recommendations for fiscal and operational efficiencies.
• Acquiring and maintaining detailed knowledge of agency programs and operations.
• Overseeing special projects relating to agency programs and operations.
• Analyzing legislative proposals and estimating their fiscal impact on operational policies.
• Providing written and verbal responses to requests for information from OMB supervisory staff, agencies, the Mayor's Office, and City and State auditors.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are seeking an individual with strong analytic and quantitative skills, who has demonstrated experience problem solving. A premium is placed on critical thinking. The ideal candidate is someone who is able to meet tight deadlines, both in and out of financial plan preparation. The candidate should also possess the ability to effectively manage multiple, often-competing priorities, as well as a five person staff, to ensure properly skilled individuals are assigned to and satisfy specific needs. The candidate should have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and possess strong interpersonal skills.

REQUIREMENTS

A cover letter is required to be considered for this position. Applications submitted without a cover letter will not be considered.

• Unit Head ($121,768): Bachelor's degree and a minimum of four years of experience in budgetary planning/management, financial analysis, public policy analysis or a related field; or an awarded Master's degree in Public Finance, Public Administration, Policy Analysis, Business, Economics or a related field and two years of experience.
• 1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college.

Studies have shown that women, people of color, and other under-represented groups are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they are able to perform every task in the job description. We are interested in finding the best candidate for the job and will consider any equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education, and experience to meet the qualifications.

THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND THE CITY OF NEW YORK ARE INCLUSIVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYERS 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.

You must be a City resident within 90 days of the date of appointment and you must be legally eligible to work in the United States.

SUBMISSION OF A RESUME IS NOT A GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE AN INTERVIEW; ONLY THOSE CANDIDATES UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED.

This is a hybrid position with in-person days located at OMB’s offices at 255 Greenwich Street

BUDGET ANALYST (OMB) - 06088