Job Description

NOTE: This position is open only to current City of New York employees serving in a permanent Civil Service title of STAFF ANALYST.

To be considered for this position, PLEASE CLEARLY INDICATE YOUR CURRENT PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE TITLE on your resume and cover letter.

The New York City Comptroller’s Office works to promote the financial health, integrity, and effectiveness of New York City government, in order to strengthen trust, secure a thriving future for all New Yorkers, and build a more just, equitable, and resilient city. Led by an independently elected citywide official, the comptroller’s office provides checks and balances needed to hold City government accountable for budgeting wisely, investing responsibly, operating efficiently, acting fairly, living up to its obligations and promises, and paying attention to the long-term challenges we face together.

The Bureau of Accountancy is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the City’s accounting and financial statements. It is also responsible for preparing the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), which provides transparency into the City of New York’s financial health and integrity. In addition to promoting fiscal stability through the production of the ACFR, the Bureau of Accountancy ensures that the City’s vendor database is accurate and up to date to allow for efficiency in the processing of payments for businesses and individuals who are in contract with the City, as well as claims, workers’ compensation, labor law, line of duty, certificate of residency and all vendor payments in general. These efforts gain the public’s trust and allow for continued assessment into the City’s financial transactions to identity opportunities for improvement and engage with City agencies to ensure results.

Reporting directly to the Division Chief of Fiscal Services, responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Review and release of Judgment and Claims settlement payment vouchers processed by the Fiscal Services Division via the City's OAISIS Claims system ensuring the payment vouchers are processed in accordance with the claims settlement documentation;

• Process settlement payment vouchers for Law Claims (LW), Cure and Maintenance payments via the City's OAISIS Claims system in accordance with the supporting documentation;

• Communicate with the Comptroller's Office Bureau of Law and Adjustment, the NYC Law Department, as well as claimant's attorneys regarding any additional claim information that may be needed to ensure settlement payment vouchers are processed accurately;

• Conduct research of claim payments via the OAISIS Claims and the City's Financial Management Systems to provide payment status information for inquiries received via the Comptroller's Office PayMyClaim feature;

• Liaise between the Comptroller’s Office Bureau of Accountancy and the NYC Law Department for the daily review and follow up processing of Worker’s Compensation payment requests that have rejected during the overnight interface between the NYC Law Department’s ClaimsVision system and the City's Financial Management System.

• Perform related assignments and special projects as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS: All applicants must be current City of New York employees serving in a permanent Civil Service title of Staff Analyst.

To be considered for this position, PLEASE CLEARLY INDICATE YOUR CURRENT PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE TITLE on your resume and cover letter.

Qualifications

1. A master’s degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience working in one or a combination of the following areas: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; or in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; or in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, labor relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation or fiscal management; or in a related area.

Special Note:

To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II, individuals must have, after meeting the minimum requirements, one additional year of professional experience as described in "2" above.

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.