Budget Analyst
Job Description
Job Description
Company overview
With an annual budget of $2.3 billion and more than 7,000 employees throughout the five boroughs, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) is one of the largest public health agencies in the world, serving 8 million New Yorkers from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
We're tackling a broad range of public health issues with innovative policies and programs and getting exceptional results, but our work is never finished.
The breadth of our innovative programs provides the widest range of choices for every member of our team.
With grant funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), DOHMH is undertaking a new initiative that will meet critical infrastructure needs and make possible strategic investments that will have lasting effects on public health.
Investments and improvements through this initiative will help modernize DOHMH’s foundational capabilities and data infrastructure, enabling it to partner in complex health and health care environments and, in turn, support better public health outcomes, including COVID-19.
This initiative supports larger efforts to rebalance investments in public health and more equitably serve communities and populations.
The selected candidate will be an employee of Public Health Solutions, a nonprofit organization which is the fiscal and administrative manager of the grant but will work be supervised by DOHMH.
This is a grant-funded position ending in November 2027.
Division of Disease Control
The Division of Disease Control (DIS) serves as the infectious disease arm of DOHMH and includes seven bureaus including Division Management and Systems Coordination (DMSC).
The Division of Disease Control serves to prevent infectious disease illness and death in New York City. The Division achieves this by conducting disease surveillance, investigations, and research, health education and marketing, an providing selected infectious disease services, e.
g., laboratory diagnosis, medical treatment, case management, and vaccination. The Division of Disease Control works to identify, prevent, and control the transmission of more than 90 infectious diseases.
Bureau of Division Management and Systems Coordination
DMSC leads administrative, surveillance, informatics, preparedness, policy, communications, community engagement, and racial equity and social justice activities for the Division of Disease Control, and guides the strategic use of Division resources to advance innovative and effective policies and programming.
Job description
DMSC seeks a Fiscal Analyst to support coordination within the ELC and PHI Infrastructure grant portfolio within the Division of Disease Control.
This individual will routinely work with staff across the Division and Agency to monitor progress toward grant milestones, facilitate budget changes, and provide budget updates to leadership.
In collaboration with the Director of Grants Management and Grants Manager, the fiscal analyst will support fiscal management activities including but not limited to managing budgets, budget reporting, processing payments and other miscellaneous tasks.
Duties
- Assist in maintaining the Division's Personnel Services and Other than Personnel Services budget.
- Assist in updating of internal budgeting systems and monitoring spending and update internal trackers.
- Review budgets and budget modifications submitted by programs and process mods in the city’s Financial Management System (FMS).
- Make recommendations to the program representatives for changes and corrections of errors.
- Review statistical budgetary data submitted by contract agencies.
- Review Journal Entries and Expense Adjustments submitted by programs and submits to processing unit.
- Assist in ad-hoc requests from programs and within Disease Control division.
Qualifications :
- Bachelor’s degree w / minimum 3+ years of work experience
- Prior project management experience
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task
- Proficiency in Microsoft applications, including Teams and Visio
- The ideal candidate for this position must be a proactive and self-motivated individual with the ability to work in teams and in a highly dynamic environment with multiple stakeholders and timelines.
Public health experience (preferred)
Salary - $75,000 - $75,000
Additional Desired Qualities :
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business
- Previous experience with budgets and accounting
- Excel skills (v-look ups / PIVOT table)
- Communication Skills, Analytical Skills, Attention to details
Additional Information :
- This is a temporary grant-funded position ending in November 2027.
- This individual must reside in the tri-state area (NY, NJ, CT) by their confirmed start date.
- Preference may be given to individuals residing in New York City (5 boroughs) or surrounding New York State counties.
- This individual will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies.
PHS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women, people of color, persons with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and veterans.
Monday-Friday
Hybrid
35 Hours Per week