NY HELPYes

AgencyMental Health, Office of

TitleSenior Budgeting Analyst/Budgeting Analyst Trainee, Central Office;

Occupational CategoryFinancial, Accounting, Auditing

Salary Grade18

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $53764 to $66951 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Albany

Street Address NYS Office of Mental Health

44 Holland Avenue

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12229

Duties Description The Office of Financial Management, Strategic Finance and Managed Care Group is recruiting to a Senior Budgeting Analyst/Budgeting Analyst Trainee position.

Specific duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Act as point-of-contact for a portfolio of OMH programs in the areas of rehabilitation services, residential services and children’s services. The primary program of focus for this position is Personalized Recovery Oriented Services (PROS).

• Participate in the development and implementation of reimbursement models and rates for existing and potential OMH programs.

• Create and maintain Medicaid rate transmittals for programs under OMH purview.

• Assist in developing information for and provide technical assistance to local governments and providers concerning billing guidance and compliance in Medicaid-reimbursed programs. Identified in Agency planning documents, including program and financial model specifications, pilot demonstration projects, guidelines, draft regulations, and Medicaid State Plan documents.

• Analyze provider cost data and evaluate financial viability for OMH licensed programs, providing revenue management support and other policy guidance.

• Complete ad-hoc assignments and analyses as necessary and provide information and guidance to senior agency staff.

• Query and analyze data from fiscal and programmatic databases of varying complexity.

• Collect and analyze data on behavioral health policy issues and regulatory and financial practices to compare new and innovative approaches to transforming and improving the operations and outcomes of behavioral health programs.

• Assist in the implementation of activities outlined in action plans and initiatives.

• Continue to develop professional knowledge through actions such as learning
procedural programming logic (e.g. – SQL or PL/SQL), and learn to perform data analysis on very large databases using Business Intelligence, Data Retrieval, and Data Analysis tools (e.g. - Hyperion, Business Objects, Cognos, OBIEE, TOAD, SQL Developer, Excel, MS Access).

• Learn new computer skills and data-access languages as OMH’s data-environment evolves.

Minimum Qualifications Non-Competitive Qualifications Under the NY HELPS program:

Budgeting Analyst Trainee 1 ($53,764): Four years of experience in budget estimation, justification, and expenditure control functions. An associate degree may substitute for two years of experience; a bachelor’s degree may substitute for four years of experience.

Budgeting Analyst Trainee 2 ($59,994): Five years of experience in budget estimation, justification, and expenditure control functions. An associate degree may substitute for two years of experience; a bachelor’s degree may substitute for four years of experience. A master’s degree may substitute for five years of experience.

Senior Budgeting Analyst, G18 ($66,951): Six years of experience in budget estimation, justification, and expenditure control functions. An associate degree may substitute for two years of experience; a bachelor’s degree may substitute for four years of experience; a master’s degree may substitute for five years of experience; and a doctorate may substitute for six years of experience.

Transfer:
In order to be eligible for transfer, candidates must have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/c service as a Budgeting Analyst Trainee 1, Budgeting Analyst Trainee 2, or Senior Budgeting Analyst and be eligible for lateral transfer; OR be eligible to transfer under Section 52.6 or Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law.

55b/c:
Individuals certified eligible for the 55b/c program under the Governor’s Program to Hire Persons/Veterans with Disabilities pursuant to Section 55b/c of the Civil Service Law AND meet the Non-Competitive HELPS minimum qualifications above. Please provide a copy of your eligibility letter with your response.

PCO:
Candidates with a score of 100 or higher on the current 2022 PCO eligible list who are interested in this vacancy are encouraged to apply. Please provide a copy of your test score with your response.

Additional Comments The Mission of the New York State Office of Mental Health is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. OMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, OMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring OMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. OMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Specific scheduled hours and telecommuting availability for this position will be discussed during the interview process. Please note, employees are required to apply and obtain approval through management to telecommute according to operational needs and Agency Telecommuting Program Guidelines.

This position may be designated 55 b/c and is subject to verification of applicant eligibility.

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). For the duration of NY HELPS, this title maybe filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply.

At a future date, it is expected that employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

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

Name Jenna Hart

Telephone

Fax 5184863897

Email Address OMHHRM@OMH.NY.GOV

Address

Street NYS Office Of Mental Health

44 Holland Avenue

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12229

Notes on ApplyingTo be considered for this position, interested candidates should email a cover letter and resume in Microsoft Word or PDF format to omhhrm@omh.ny.gov. Please include the title of the position and Vacancy ID #214105 in the subject line of your email when applying.

You are advised that, should you accept a job offer with the Office of Mental Health, you may be required to be fingerprinted and pay a fingerprint fee.