City of New York

Job Description

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high-quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees.

DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system's 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of NYC.

DEP seeks an experienced leader to serve as agency Chief Financial Officer (CFO)/Executive Director of the Water Board. Reporting directly to the Commissioner, the CFO will be responsible for providing executive policy direction and oversight of a $1.74 billion annual expense budget and ten-year capital plan of over $31 billion. These resources fund almost 6,000 employees as well as a vase array of maintenance, equipment, supplies and service contracts and a wide range of capital construction projects within the Agency requiring significant financial management and oversight.

The CFO works closely with the DEP Commissioner, the Chief of Staff, the Chief Operating Officer, and the General Counsel to ensure policy and financial alignment and deliver cross-agency initiatives. The CFO also will work closely with other Sr. Staff. The CFO will coordinate financial and other matters with oversight such as the Office of Management and Budget, the Mayor’s Office, the Comptroller’s Office, and the City Council.

The CFO will have authority for all DEP financial matters including budgeting, accounting, and auditing as required by the City and other oversights, and related functions including, but not limited to:

• Serve as a senior advisor to the Commissioner on all topics related to administration, budget, procurement, and technology.
• Lead change management efforts and foster a culture of innovation, using data-driven decision-making to drive performance improvements across DEP’s financial and administrative areas to ensure efficient service to New Yorkers.
• Build collaborative relationships and liaise with Office of Management and Budget, Office of Technology & Innovation, Department of Finance, the Comptroller’s Office, and other agencies on relevant DEP matters.
• Develop, implement, and manage overall programmatic policies and procedures related to the agency’s expense and capital budgets, procurement, and contract management.
• Provide operations maintenance and capital data necessary for the NYC Water Board to establish annual water and sewer rates.
• Ensure agency compliance with all applicable rules, regulations and reporting requirements and deadlines including the City Charter, local laws, Mayoral Executive Orders, Comptroller’s Directives, Procurement Policy Board Rules.
• Provide operations maintenance and capital data necessary for the NYC Water Board to establish annual water and sewer rates.
• Ensure agency compliance with all applicable rules, regulations and reporting requirements and deadlines including the City Charter, local laws, Mayoral Executive Orders, Comptroller’s Directives, Procurement Policy Board Rules.
• Serve as Executive Director of the Water Board and coordinate rate setting and other related revenue, capital and expense matters with Board members, the NYC Municipal Water Finance Authority, the NYC Law Department and with auditors, outside counsels and other consultants retained by the Board and the Authority.

The CFO will be responsible for managing all activities related to the following Bureaus/Offices:

Customer Services: Manages the collection of revenue; reach revenue targets set by the NYC Water Board. The bureau is responsible for issuing and tracking accurate and timely bills for water and sewer use and ensuring compliance with the rules and regulations governing access to the NYC Water Supply and Wastewater Collection Systems. (Headcount: 520)

Water Board: A public benefits corporation established under NYS law. The New York City Water Board is responsible for settling water and sewer rates and must ensure that the revenues generated are sufficient to fund the entirety water and sewer system’s operating and capital needs. (Headcount: 7)

Business Information Technology: Responsible for the daily management and maintenance of the local and wide area network infrastructure, voice and data communications, client server environments, database services, Intranet and Internet services, agency-wide technical support, distributed applications support, Geographic Information System (GIS), data center management, information and cyber security, applications development, guiding and supporting supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, and e-mail services. The Office implements new technologies and is focused on ensuring that these technologies meet the current and future business needs of the agency, its bureaus, and customers. (Headcount: 133)

Budget Office: Responsible for managing the Agency’s capital, expense, grant and miscellaneous revenue budgets; preparing budget and financial analyses and reports; and coordinating the Agency’s budget and financial matters with OMB and other oversight agencies. (Headcount: 19)

Executive and Administration: Reporting directly to the CFO, the Deputy Chief Financial Officer is responsible for providing executive level guidance and managing high priority Agency issues on behalf of the CFO. This includes overseeing and managing all critical support functions related to the agency’s Chief Contracting Office, Engineering Audit Office, Facilities Management & Construction, and Executive Administration. (Headcount: 26)

Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college and 4 years of satisfactory experience of a nature to qualify for the duties and responsibilities of the position, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, consultative, or executive capacity or supervising personnel performing activities related to the duties of the position; or

2. A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must have the 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive, consultative or supervisory experience 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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.