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

About City of New York The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the largest public housing authority in North America, was created in 1934 to provide decent, affordable housing for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers. NYCHA is home to 1 in 16 New Yorkers, providing affordable housing to 511,384 authorized residents through public housing and Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) programs as well as Section 8 housing. NYCHA has 177,565 apartments in 2,410 buildings across 335 conventional public housing and PACT developments. In addition, NYCHA connects residents to critical programs and services from external and internal partners, with a focus on economic opportunity, youth, seniors, and social services. With a housing stock that spans all five boroughs, NYCHA is a city within a city.

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• 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.
• The duties for this position encompass supervising junior staff and directing the unit in performing the following activities
• 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.

• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• 1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college.