Budget Manager

Only permanent employees in the civil service title, comparable title (under 6.1.9), eligible for the 55a program, and those that are reachable in the civil service list are eligible to apply.

This position may be eligible for remote work for up to 2 days per week pursuant to the Flexible Work Pilot Program.

The NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) is the nation’s leading municipal enforcement agency charged with delivering economic justice. DCWP leverages its authority to bring New Yorkers real economic relief and protect them from predatory, deceptive, and unfair practices that violate their rights as consumers and workers. This includes pioneering cutting-edge protections, such as the City’s Consumer Protection Law, Protected Time Off Law, Fair Workweek Law, and Delivery Worker Laws, including the Minimum Pay Rate for delivery workers.

Through licensing more than 45,000 businesses in over 45 industries, DCWP ensures fair competition and a level playing field for responsible small businesses that are integral to New York City’s vibrant communities. DCWP also provides essential services such as free tax preparation and financial counseling to ensure New Yorkers keep more of what they earn and can plan for their futures.

DCWP is committed to making sure New York City is a fairer, more affordable place to live. For more information about DCWP and its work, call 311 or visit DCWP /dcwp, sign up for its newsletter, or follow on its social media sites, X, Facebook, Instagram, and You Tube.

• Plan, monitor and analyze DCWP’s PS, OTPS and capital budgets, including the preparation, maintenance, reconciliation, and modification of the Agency’s expense and miscellaneous revenue budgets.
• Prepare regular financial reports, support and advise divisions in all aspects of budget matters, analyze and provide discrepancies between planned and actual expenses.
• Review and track New Need submissions by assigned divisions and ensure provided backup and requested amount are accurate and adhere to the agency’s requirements.
• Participate in technical budget activities including budget modifications, management of PS Budget accruals, journal entries, monthly variance reports, quarterly spending plans and other technical budget functions in the City’s Financial Management System (FMS).
• Partner with Procurement, Accounts Payable and other units to reconcile purchase orders and resolve discrepancies.
• Track agency hires, separations, vacancies, pending staffing actions, and other information and provide updates to Budget management.
• Collaborate and draft OMB Q&A responses, ensuring accurate alignment with PS budget constraints and organizational staffing priorities.
• Perform ad-hoc reports, other budget analyses and special projects as needed.

A master's degree from an accredited college 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 Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school; or

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college 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; in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation;

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.

An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full‑time professional experience as…