Review Vacancy
AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for
TitleSupervising Budgeting Analyst
Occupational CategoryFinancial, Accounting, Auditing
Bargaining UnitM/C - Managerial/Confidential (Unrepresented)
Salary RangeFrom $98659 to $118388 Annually
Appointment Type Contingent Permanent
Duties Description The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) provides high-quality, person-centered services, supports, and advocacy to approximately 135,000 + individuals with developmental disabilities in New York State. We are guided in our interactions with the people we serve and each other by compassion, dignity, diversity, excellence and honesty. Our motto is “Putting People First,” and it applies not only to the individuals we serve, but to our employees as well.
The responsibilities of Budget Services include the development and negotiation of the annual budget to ensure OPWDD has the resources needed to support the agency's mission of helping families and people with developmental disabilities live richer livers. In addition to working to ensure the agency has the resources necessary to appropriately fund the major program areas of OPWDD, the budget request process includes preparing savings plans to support the request, preparing budget briefing documents and hearing testimony, and requests for budget initiatives based on agency priorities.
Budget Services is also responsible for developing spending plans for the district offices, Institute for Basic Research (IBR) and a variety of Aid to Localities (ATL) programs, such as Family Support Services and Individual Support Services; allocating and monitoring the use of resources on Personal Service, Non-Personal Service and ATL programs; assisting in allocating and monitoring the use of residential and non-residential development resources; assisting in the development of allocation methodologies for new resources, and the implementation and monitoring of budget initiatives and the agency spending control process.
Under the direction of the Chief Budgeting Analyst, the Supervising Budgeting Analyst will:
• Oversee and support the development of fiscal management strategies.
• Supervise up to three (3) team members.
• Develop fiscal analyses and recommendations for the Director of Budget Services.
• Be responsible for monitoring Medicaid expenditures and trends, establishing and maintaining fiscal controls over expenditures.
• Be responsible for monitoring General Fund Non-Medicaid expenditures and trends, establishing and maintaining fiscal controls over expenditures.
• Develop queries to extract fiscal and/or program details from a variety of platforms including Salient, Medicaid Data warehouse, Statewide Financial System and other OPWDD systems.
• Develop cost projections and reports for various agency initiatives and provider operations.
• Assist in the development, presentation, and implementation of the agency's budget request.
• Assist with close-out activities.
• Review and respond to requests for information from the Division of Budget (DOB), agency leadership, and other agency units.
• Assist with special assignments as needed.
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Minimum Qualifications Candidates must be reachable for appointment from the current Civil Service eligible list.
OR
Transfer: Candidates must have permanent competitive status in the posed title and be eligible for lateral transfer; OR be eligible to transfer via Section 70.1 or 52.6 of Civil Service Law. The transfer cannot be a second consecutive transfer resulting in an advancement of more than two salary grades.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Preference will be given to candidates who possess:
• Strong managerial skills;
• Strong analytical, communication and presentation skills;
• Strong computer skills, particularly as it relates to Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and other related programs;
• Ability to gather, organize, and present pertinent data to leadership in a succinct manner;
• Ability to prepare and evaluate expenditure and other financial reports.
Additionally, preferred candidates must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and handle competing, high priority assignments.
Additional Comments • Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume.
• All OPWDD employees must be eligible and maintain eligibility for full and unconditional participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Continued employment will depend on maintaining eligibility.
• If you are employed by state government you may be able to receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). The PSLF Program forgives the remaining balance on Direct Loans after 120 qualifying monthly payments have been made under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time for a qualifying employer. For more information on PSLF, please visit www.studentAid.gov/publicservice
• Employees on long term leave can bid on positions but must be able to report to work within fourteen (14) days and be able to perform the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodation (RA).
• If an employee or job applicant believes that they need a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the Reasonable Accommodation Unit at (518) 486-7222 or email accommodationrequests@opwdd.ny.gov to obtain information and RA forms.
• Savings programs such as the U.S. Savings Bond and the College Savings Plan.
• Voluntary pre-tax savings programs such as Health Care Spending Account and the Dependent Care Advantage Account offer employees options to pay for uncovered health care expenses or dependent care expenses.
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) an assessment and referral service that connects employees with local service providers and support services to address their personal needs.
• Life insurance and Disability insurance.
• The New York State Deferred Compensation Plan is a voluntary retirement plan that offers employees the option to invest a part of their salaries for retirement on a tax-deferred basis.
• Paid Holidays and Leave:
• Thirteen (13) paid holidays each year.
• Thirteen (13) days of paid vacation leave initially.
• Five (5) days paid personal leave each year.
• Eight (8) days of paid sick leave each year, which may carry over from year to year; plus free enrollment into the Income Protection Program
for short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Up to three (3) days professional leave each year to participate in professional development events.
• Health Care Coverage:
Employees and their eligible dependents can choose from a variety of affordable health insurance programs. Employees are provided family dental and vision plans at no extra cost.
• Paid Parental Leave:
Paid Parental Leave allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave at full pay for each qualifying event. A qualifying event is defined as the birth of a child or placement of a child for adoption or foster care.
• Paid Family Leave:
New York Paid Family Leave provides eligible employees job-protected, paid time off, for up to 12 weeks to:
Bond with a newly born, adopted or fostered child,
Care for a family member with a serious health condition, or
Assist loved ones when a spouse, domestic partner, child or parent is deployed abroad on active military service.
• Retirement Program:
Participate in The NYS Employees’ Retirement System (ERS), which is recognized as one of the best-managed and best-funded public retirement systems in the nation.
• Professional Development and Education and Training:
NYS offers training programs and tuition assistance to eligible employees to maintain and increase their professional skills and prepare them for promotional opportunities. For more information, please visit https://oer.ny.gov/training-and-professional-development.
• Additionally, the Public Service Workshops Program (PSWP) offers certain professional training opportunities for PEF represented and M/C designated employees that may grant continuing education credits towards maintaining professional licensure. For more information, please visit https://oer.ny.gov/public-service-workshops-program-pswp.
• OPWDD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer dedicated to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We believe that we are most effective in managing and improving our service system with a diverse team of employees. With such a large workforce, we rely on the collective individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, ideas and talent that our employees bring to their work. This speaks to our culture and is a key part of our successes. As we continuously recruit people for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that applicants bring in terms of their education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
***All people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.***
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