Deputy Director, Revenue & Grants

Deputy Director, Revenue & Grants

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high-quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system's 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the city.

The agency's Budget Office manages DEP's capital, expense, grant, and revenue budgets; prepares budget and financial analyses and reports; and coordinates the Agency's budget and financial matters with the Mayor's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other oversight agencies. With broad latitude for the exercise of independent judgement and decision making, the Deputy Director of Revenue and Grants will be responsible for performing professional work of varying degrees of difficulty in the direction, preparation, maintenance, and coordination of the Department's revenue budget and grants portfolio.

Specific tasks will include, but not be limited to:

• Supervision of the day-to-day operations of the staff.
• Submission of grant proposals; supervise and train staff engaged in the identification of Federal and State grant opportunities; strategize maximization of funding made available through competitive grant programs.
• Oversee awarded federal and state grants: quarterly reporting, claims, review fiscal year close revenue reconciliation reports submitted to the NYC Comptroller, respond to OMB's budget exercises and other information/data as requested; review grant guidance and Federal OMB Circulars to ensure compliance with financial management and audit requirements, provide requested information for various audits.
• Coordination of the Inter-fund Agreement (IFA) revenue approval and IFA rate requests to the Mayor's Office of Management and Budget (OMB), managing the operating Bureau regarding IFA personnel actions, ensure IFA projections remain in alignment with the Capital Financial Plan.
• Monitor collections for the miscellaneous revenue program including timely submission of reports to the NYC Comptroller.
• Ensure capital projects are compliance and document submission with the State Revolving Fund (SRF) program staff.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including agenda preparation, recording of minutes, monitoring, and following up for action items, and ensure that deliverables are met.
• Prepare ad-hoc analyses as required by DEP Leadership and continue development of Standard Operating Procedures.