Analyst - Correction

Analyst - Correction

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. OMB's Correction Unit has primary oversight responsibilities for a number of criminal justice and law enforcement agencies in the City of New York. This unit includes major agencies such as the Department of Correction, Department of Probation, Civilian Complaint Review Board, and the Board of Correction. Major issues of focus include crime reduction, reducing the population of people who are incarcerated, arrest processing times, and the impact of case processing on Department of Correction population levels. The Correction Unit specifically monitors the expense, capital, and revenue budgets of the Department of Correction (DOC), Department of Probation (DOP), Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), and Board of Correction (BOC). In addition, this Unit addresses issues relating to civilian and uniformed headcount, criminal justice reform, develops cost reduction proposals, and determines the budgetary impact of programmatic decision for the agencies.

Job Description

The duties of this position encompass but are not limited to the following activities :

• Monitor expense, and capital expenditures for various agencies.
• Administer expense and revenue budgets by processing budget modifications, reviewing contracts, and approving hiring plans.
• Prepare technical budget documents including surplus / needs analyses and spending plans.
• Track expenditures and reconcile variances between planned and actual expenditures.
• Develop, review, and monitor cost reduction programs; analyze the policy implications of each proposal.
• Review agency fiscal requests and formulate appropriate recommendations.
• Acquire and maintain a detailed knowledge of agency operations and programs.
• Estimate the fiscal impact of existing or proposed operational policies.
• Review agency contract and procurement requests.
• Represent OMB at meetings and program reviews with agency and outside personnel.

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college.

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.