Chief Administrative Officer

The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) reports directly to the Commissioner and oversees financial operations budget performance management and general administration for an agency of over 5900 employees a $1.6 billion annual operating budget and a $34 billion 10-year capital program. Closely coordinating with the Commissioner and First Deputy Commissioner the CAO will represent the agency to OMB City Hall and city state and federal partners on all financial budget and hiring matters. The CAO directs over 535 employees in seven agency divisions: Budget and Capital Program Management (BCPM); Grants and Fiscal Management (GFM); the Agency Chief Contracting Office (ACCO); Audit Bureau; Human Resources and Facilities Management (HRFM); Analytics & Performance Management (APM) and Information Technology and Telecommunications (ITT). Areas of financial and budgetary oversight include all Financial Plan initiatives including savings proposals and new needs; agency performance metrics such as agency-wide overtime spending; all new hire and promotion action submissions; Federal funding discussions and negotiations with regional State and Federal partners such as TRANSCOM NYMTC NYSDOT FHWA and FTA and coordinating and guiding internal units on Federal funding; implementation of Commissioner-priority procurements in coordination with ACCO and related oversight of procurement schedules; and the timely delivery of all capital project delivery milestones and resolution of contract payment change order and related issues as needed.

Additionally the CAO oversees a number of administrative and human resources functions including audits of agency processes and the appropriate implementation of any subsequent recommendations both internal and external; all critical HR-related issues including facility planning and the automation of all business processes for HRFM; and all critical IT systems for the agency for improved agency collaboration such as the DOTMap of all DOT assets and projects HR Portal and Project Scheduling as well as DOTs public-facing website. The candidate will work closely with DOTs revenue-generating divisions to optimize collection.

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (TRANSPORT - 95903

Qualifications :

1.A masters 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 closely related field and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: 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 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. 18 months of this experience must have been in an executive managerial administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above; or
2.A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of professional experience in the areas described in 1 above including the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above.

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