Assistant Director-PS Budget

The Assistant Director for Personal Services will serve in the Division of Budget and Capital Program Management's Expense Budget Unit. The unit is responsible for managing the agency's $1.5 billion annual operating budget of which 40% is Personal Services (PS). We are looking for a self-starter who can manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment with minimum supervision while assisting in coordinating the work of a professional analytical team and work under tight deadlines. The positions responsibilities are but are not limited to: assisting the Expense Budget Director by overseeing all aspects of the PS budget; designing and preparing reports showing the agency's financial position and headcount; completing PS-related exercises for OMB such as the spending plan and monthly headcount report; and identifying underfunded or misaligned areas of the budget and developing solutions, including internal reallocation of resources or the development of new funding requests. The Assistant Director will also be managing the agency's PAR/promo processes, including review of postings and hiring actions for adherence to city and agency requirements; working with divisions to prepare necessary information for OMB PAR review; informing OMB of new actions in a timely manner; and working with agency divisions to coordinate responses to OMB questions. The Assistant Director will also supervise staff and will lead and guide the team through its work on preparing needed reports described above, maintaining Expense unit logs and databases, processing roster corrections and other reports.

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1.A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college with emphasis in transportation, city or urban planning, sustainability, civil or transportation engineering, urban studies or design, architecture, business or public administration, economics, operations research, organizational behavior, or a related field; and two (2) years of satisfactory, full-time experience in an area related to the above-described duties; or

2.A satisfactory equivalent of education and experience. However, all candidates must possess at least one year of the experience as described under "1".

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