Deputy Director, Energy Budget & Billing

• Full-time
• Agency: DEPT OF CITYWIDE ADMIN SVCS
• Job Category:
  Engineering, Architecture, & Planning
• Salary Band: $100,000 to $125,000
• Compensation: USD 115,000 - USD 125,000

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 /dcas to learn more about the work we do.

The Division of Energy Management serves as the hub for energy efficiency and emissions reduction throughout NYC government operations, supporting our agency partners’ progress towards the City’s major emissions reduction and energy objectives. The Energy Management team concentrates their efforts in six areas: the City’s energy supply, clean energy generation, demand response & load management, energy efficient operations & maintenance, energy efficiency retrofit projects, and energy training & innovation.

• Assisting in development of annual citywide HLP budget, including:
  • Collecting information annually from agencies and other energy stakeholders on estimates of changes in energy; and analyzing and summarizing the information using existing processes;
  • Developing additional processes for analysis and summary;
  • Developing rate tables based on utility rate structures and commodity prices.
• Preparing contracts and related documents to enable payment of bills:
  • Using the city’s Financial Management System (FMS) to monitor and report on payments and contract balances;
  • Recommending, approving and initiating budget modifications and encumbrances as appropriate;
  • Performing all necessary reconciliations steps and processes to ensure accurate and timely accounting of utility payments; and any other related efforts to ensure completion of these tasks.
• Handling regular monthly tasks related to utility bills, under initial direction and methods and then with latitude for developing new methods:
  • Perform data entries of paper bills where electronic bills are not provided;
  • Submitting utility bill invoices for payment;
  • Serving as second reviewer/approver of utility bills Providing billing cost allocation by budget code and agency;
  • Issuing invoices and overseeing reimbursements;
  • Tracking utility- and account-specific credit balance;
  • Responding to utility payment inquiries;
  • Analyzing and presenting results to department leadership.

• 1. A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, public health, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor…