Position Information

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AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for

TitleAssociate Budgeting Analyst

Occupational CategoryFinancial, Accounting, Auditing

Salary Grade23

Bargaining UnitM/C - Managerial/Confidential (Unrepresented)

Salary RangeFrom $84246 to $105255 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Schedule

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

Location

County Albany

Street Address 44 Holland Ave.

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12208

Job Specifics

Duties Description The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) provides high-quality, person-centered services, supports, and advocacy to approximately 130,000 + individuals with developmental disabilities in New York State. We are guided in our interactions with the people we serve and each other by compassion, dignity, diversity, excellence, and honesty. Our motto is “Putting People First,” and it applies not only to the individuals we serve, but to our employees as well.

The responsibilities of Budget Services include the development and negotiation of the annual budget to ensure OPWDD has the resources needed to support the agency's mission of helping families and people with developmental disabilities live richer livers. In addition to working to ensure the agency has the resources necessary to appropriately fund the major program areas of OPWDD, the budget request process includes preparing savings plans to support the request, preparing budget briefing documents and hearing testimony, and requests for budget initiatives based on agency priorities.
Budget Services is also responsible for developing spending plans for the district offices, Institute for Basic Research (IBR) and a variety of Aid to Localities (ATL) programs, such as Family Support Services and Individual Support Services; allocating and monitoring the use of resources on Personal Service, Non-Personal Service and ATL programs; assisting in allocating and monitoring the use of residential and non-residential development resources; assisting in the development of allocation methodologies for new resources, and the implementation and monitoring of budget initiatives and the agency spending control process.
Under the direction of the Chief Budgeting Analyst, the Associate Budgeting Analyst will:
• Be responsible for developing OPWDD's personal service projections (e.g. PS Regular, Overtime).
• Track, monitor and analyze personal service disbursements against approved budgets, cash ceilings and appropriations to analyze cost trends, identify problems, implement appropriate actions and determine if funds are used effectively and efficiently.
• Track, monitor and analyze agency's FTE fill level.
• Facilitate personal service budget certification process.
• Prepare and manage reports related to staffing and personal service.
• Manage personal service-related transactions in SFS.
• Supervise up to one team member working on Personal Service budgeting.
• Coordinate Cash management reports and other data for presentation to senior management and/or the Division of the Budget.
• Assist in the development, presentation, and implementation of the agency's budget request.
• Review and analyze legislative and other proposals and the implementation of the Enacted State Budget.
• Assist with other state ops activities & special assignments as needed.


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Minimum Qualifications Candidates must be reachable for appointment on Current Civil Service Eligible List for this title

OR

Candidates must have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/c status in the posted title and be eligible for lateral transfer; OR be eligible to transfer via Section 70.1, 70.4, or 52.6 of Civil Service Law. The transfer cannot be a second consecutive transfer resulting in an advancement of more than two salary grades.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Preference will be given to candidates who possess:
· Strong managerial skills;
· Strong analytical, communication and presentation skills;
· Strong computer skills, particularly as it relates to Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and other related programs;
· Ability to gather, organize, and present pertinent data to leadership in a succinct manner;
· Ability to prepare and evaluate expenditure and other financial reports.

Additionally, preferred candidates must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and handle competing high-priority assignments.

Additional Comments • The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and it's Division of Fiscal Policy and Management is committed to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We believe that we are most effective in managing and improving our service system with a diverse team of employees. With such a large workforce, we rely on the collective individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, ideas and talent that our employees bring to their work. This speaks to our culture, and is a key part of our successes. As we continuously recruit people for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that applicants bring in terms of their education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
• Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume/cover letter.
• In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.
• OPWDD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
• If an employee or job applicant believes that they need a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the Reasonable Accommodation Unit at (518) 486-7222 or email accommodationrequests@opwdd.ny.gov to obtain information and RA forms.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

How to Apply

Name Erica Fox

Telephone 5184734785

Fax 518-474-9902

Email Address MainOffice.Careers@opwdd.ny.gov

Address

Street 44 Holland Ave.

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12208

 

Notes on ApplyingPlease submit a cover letter and resume as an attached PDF or Word document by 5/9/25. Please reference the EOA #2025-115 in all correspondence.