Assistant Commissioner - Expense, Capital and Revenue Budgets

DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City’s most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies what we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of city government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York. Our commitment to equity, effectiveness, and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed, including:

• Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.
• Managing 56 public buildings.
• Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property.
• Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
• Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
• Leading the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS, you're not just working for one agency, but in service of them all. It's an opportunity to provide impactful support, quality customer service, and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at nyc.gov/dcas to learn more about the work we do.

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) seeks to hire an Assistant Commissioner who will function as the Assistant Commissioner for Expense, Capital, and Revenue Budgets within the Fiscal and Business Management (FBM) Line of Service. Fiscal and Business Management (FBM) is responsible for providing strategic financial management of the agency’s $2B expense budget and $10B capital budget.

FBM units include the Agencywide Expense Budget, Bureau of Audits and Accounts, Capital Budget, Revenue Budget and the Nonpublic Schools Security Reimbursement Program. This position would oversee the Agencywide Expense Budget, Capital Budget, and Revenue Budget units.

Reporting Directly to the Deputy Commissioner of the Fiscal and Business Management. The position will be responsible for overseeing preparation and management of the agency’s expense, revenue, and capital budget. This includes overseeing the preparation of the agency’s budget, the tracking and projecting of PS & OTPS expenditures, headcount levels, and reviewing capital project requests.

Responsibilities / Tasks may include but not limited to

• Oversee the annual budget review process, analyzing and forecasting revenue collection and agency expenditures, managing agency headcount, and reporting budget information to the Deputy Commissioner.
• Coordinate with DCAS Lines of Service (LOS) regularly to project out agency-wide expenses.
• Oversee the coordination claiming and tracking of grants.
• Develop new needs requests to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) In coordination with DCAS Lines of Service.
• Coordinate communication with OMB on finance related matters.
• Coordinate responses to internal and external requests for agency and programmatic budgets.
• Formulate recommendations and advise the Deputy Commissioner of Finance, and other senior management, flagging issues such as potential budget surplus/deficits and special budget circumstances.
• Create review and update finance policies for agency wide implementation.
• Develop strategies to improve long term budgetary planning and governance structures.
• Coordinate agency-wide finance trainings.

To Apply

Please go to www.nyc.gov/jobs, or www.nyc.gov/ess for current NYC employees, and search for Job ID #785731.

No phone calls, faxes or personal inquiries permitted. Only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.

ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (DCAS) - 95613

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory, full-time experience of a nature to qualify for the duties of the position, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or supervising personnel performing activities related to the duties of the position; or"
• Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must have the 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience described in "1" above.