Unit Chief, Lease Reporting

Internal Employees Only: This position is open only to current employees of the New York City Office of the Comptroller serving in Accountant Staff Analyst Management Auditor Associate Staff Analyst or other comparable titles.

The New York City Comptrollers Office works to promote the financial health integrity and effectiveness of New York City government in order to strengthen trust secure a thriving future for all New Yorkers and build a more just equitable and resilient city. Led by an independently elected citywide official the comptrollers office provides checks and balances needed to hold City government accountable for budgeting wisely investing responsibly operating efficiently acting fairly living up to its obligations and promises and paying attention to the long-term challenges we face together.

The Bureau of Accountancy is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the Citys accounting and financial statements. It is also responsible for preparing the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) which provides transparency into the City of New Yorks financial health and addition to promoting fiscal stability through the production of the ACFR the Bureau of Accountancy ensures that the Citys vendor database is accurate and up to date to allow for efficiency in the processing of payments for businesses and individuals who are in contract with the City as well as claims workers compensation labor law line of duty certificate of residency and all vendor payments in general. These efforts gain the publics trust and allow for continued assessment into the Citys financial transactions to identity opportunities for improvement and engage with City agencies to ensure results.

Under the supervision of the Division Chief of Fixed Assets the Unit Chief will supervise the daily and year end ACFR related Lease Reporting Unit functions.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

-Supervise and evaluate staff including training establishing tasks and standards and performing annual employee evaluations;
-Establish and update policies and procedures for the financial reporting of lease agreements and right to use assets in the Citys Financial Management System (FMS);
-Review and stay abreast of changes in governmental accounting standards to be able to amend current operations in order to comply with the change in requirements;
- Monitor and approve data within the lease module of FMS and correspond with City agencies to ensure accuracy of data;
- Oversee the processing of encumbrance and payments as they relate to Condemnation awards as requested by the Real Property Division;
- Oversee the Units year-end responsibilities as it relates to journal entries reporting and applicable note disclosures for the preparation of the ACFR;
- Act as audit liaison for lease requests during the citywide financial statement audit conducted by the Citys independent auditors; and
- Work on various special projects as assigned.

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Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university accredited by regional national professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in accounting including one course each in advanced accounting and auditing; or
2. A valid New York State Certified Public Accountant license.
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II individuals must have in addition to meeting the minimum requirements at least one year of experience as an Accountant - Assignment Level I or at least two years of satisfactory full-time professional accounting or auditing experience.

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