Director Of Expense Budget

***PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY EMPLOYEES PERMANENT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANALYST (NM) TITLE WILL BE CONSIDERED**

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is seeking a dynamic finance professional to serve as the Director of Expense Budget, a position reporting directly to the Senior Director for Expense, Miscellaneous Revenues and Federal and State Grants.

As the largest water and wastewater utility in the nation, DEP’s nearly 6,000 employees provide critical services to 8.5 million residents of New York City and more than one million residents in upstate New York. DEP is also responsible for improving quality of life in New York City by reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution.

New York City’s water and wastewater system is funded through the collection of water and sewer charges, which are established and revised, as needed, by the independent Water Board. Each year, DEP collects, on behalf of the Board, nearly $4.0 billion in revenue from 836,000 ratepayers. These funds support DEP’s operations and debt service. The debt service supports DEP’s robust capital program to ensure the long-term reliability of the system. Over the next ten years, DEP plans to spend $29 billion across the system to upgrade wastewater treatment plants; reservoirs, dams and other upstate assets; and in-City water mains and sewers, including green infrastructure. DEP is also in the process of standing up a new Bureau of Coastal Resilience to plan and implement infrastructure that protects the City from the impacts of climate change and storm surge. The Budget Office plays a central role in ensuring adequate funds are available to meet our broad and critical mandate.

The agency’s Budget Office manages DEP’s capital, expense, grant, and miscellaneous revenue budgets; prepares budget and financial analyses and reports; and coordinates the Agency’s budget and financial matters with the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other oversight agencies.

With broad latitude for the exercise of independent judgement and decision making, the Director of Expense Budget will be responsible for performing professional work of varying degrees of difficulty in the direction, preparation, maintenance, and coordination of the Department's Personal Services (PS) and Other Than Personal Services (OTPS) budgets.

Specific tasks will include, but not be limited to:

• Supervise teams responsible for the agency’s expense budget. Leading and building a robust team to ensure sound budget management and distribution of related data analytics.
• Oversight of agency’s PS and OTPS budgets to advance the Department’s primary initiatives and overall priorities, taking steps to re-prioritize needs.
• Maintain the Department’s position schedule along with reviewing/approving all agency personnel actions for sufficient vacancy and funding availability.
• Prepare frequent surplus/(needs) analysis to ensure sound management and utilization of agency’s personal services and other than personal service budgets.
• Direct and coordinate the preparation, maintenance, and modification of the Other than Personal Services (OTPS) budget. Compare actual expenditures to planned expenditures and prepare monthly variance reports distribution.
• Monitor agency’s overtime budget and expenditures to ensure appropriate internal controls are in place for the management of overtime as well as compliance with any existing Citywide policies.
• Advising the Deputy Commissioner and senior level management on resource allocation and funding prioritization decisions, ensuring that funds are appropriated to fulfill the agency's core mission and competing priorities.
• Coordinate, prepare and finalize expense budget financial plan submissions to the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with DEP's operating and programmatic bureaus, partner agencies such as New York City Department of Transportation, Department of Design and Construction, Department of City Planning along with oversight agencies such as OMB, NYC Comptroller, NYC Law Department, Mayor’s Office of Contract Services (MOCS), City Council Finance, etc. Ensure that all documents required by oversight agencies are submitted in a timely and accurate manner.
• Assist in the development and preparation of City Council hearing testimonies and briefing materials.
• Coordinate data analysis as needed for the water system’s operations and maintenance (O&M) costs for the NYC Water Board and rate consultants. Facilitate needed analysis for the annual O&M close.
• Continue development of Standard Operating Procedures for all core PS and OTPS processes.
• Prepare ad hoc analyses as required by DEP Leadership.