Senior Data Analyst

NYC Department of Finance (DOF) is responsible for administering the tax revenue laws of the city fairly efficiently and transparently to instill public confidence and encourage compliance while providing exceptional customer service.

DOFs Tax Policy & Data Analytics Division reviews analyzes and evaluates existing and proposed policies and legislation that affect the Department of Finance and New York City in general. This includes analyzing the revenue and distributional impacts of proposed changes to the tax system monitoring and reporting on tax and parking revenues working with local and state public agencies and private sector interests to promote improved tax administration and advising the commissioner Executive Office and the New York City Office of Management and Budget on revenue and budgetary issues. The Tax Policy and Data Analytics Division is also responsible for all modeling and data mining for DOFs Audit Division. Tax Policy also prepares briefing and position papers on tax policy and issues a variety of public reports and newsletters on tax-related issues.

Tax Policys Long-Term Projects and Quality Control unit seeks a Senior Data Analyst with strong quantitative and qualitative research skills to assist in performing long term data-driven research projects using SAS to analyze various taxes audit and other data.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Long-Term Projects responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:

-Utilizing SAS to analyze real property transfer data and produce tables for monthly report and the publication of the statistical profile of real property transfer tax
-Assist with economic and statistical research (including migration and gig economy) and in the preparation of reports and ad-hoc queries or data requests using SAS excel or other appropriate software and tools.
-Analyze compliance issues based on datasets from Property Exemption and Personal Income Tax.
-Utilize ArcGIS to create maps to meet business requirements for the unit and the Division.
-Design and develop data models to support efficient data retrieval and analysis in Power BI.
-Lead the creation of interactive and visually compelling Power BI reports and dashboards to meet business requirements for the unit and the Division.
-Mine large and complex datasets and perform data quality checks.
-Prepare presentation and present findings to senior management.


Additional Information:
In compliance with federal law all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

This position will require employees to have access to Federal Tax Information (FTI) and is subject to an additional background investigation before appointment. The candidate(s) will be required to pass the FTI background investigation as a term and condition of employment.

This position may be eligible for remote work up to 2 days per week pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed between the City and the Collective Bargaining Unit representing employees serving in the civil service title.

BUSINESS RESEARCH & DATA ANALY - 13135

Qualifications :

Level I

1. A masters degree from an accredited college or university in social science economics statistics computer science data analysis geography sciences technology engineering mathematics (STEM) or a closely related field with at least 12 credits or five courses in economics public policy econometrics statistics mathematics engineering geography or computer science.

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university as described in 1 above and two years of full-time professional experience performing statistical analysis and programming work in any of the areas described in 1 above.

Level II

1. A masters degree from an accredited college or university in social science economics statistics computer science data analysis geography sciences technology engineering mathematics (STEM) or a closely related field with at least 12 credits or five courses in economics public policy econometrics statistics mathematics engineering geography or computer science.

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university as described in 1 above and two years of full-time professional experience performing statistical analysis and programming work in any of the areas described in 1 above.

Special Note:

To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II individuals must have in addition to meeting the minimum requirements at least one year full-time work experience in a related field or a masters degree from an accredited college or university in the areas described in 1 above with at least 12 credits or three advanced courses in economics public policy econometrics statistics mathematics engineering geography or computer science.

Level III

1. A masters degree from an accredited college or university in social science economics statistics computer science data analysis geography sciences technology engineering mathematics (STEM) or a closely related field with at least 12 credits or five courses in economics public policy econometrics statistics mathematics engineering geography or computer science.

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university as described in 1 above and two years of full-time professional experience performing statistical analysis and programming work in any of the areas described in 1 above.

Special Note:

To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level III individuals must have in addition to meeting the minimum requirements of Level II at least three years full-time work experience in a related field or a Doctorate degree from an accredited college or university in the areas described above with at least 12 credits or three advanced courses in economics public policy econometrics statistics mathematics engineering geography or computer science.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time