About the Agency:

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the nation’s largest municipal housing preservation and development agency. Its mission is to promote quality housing and diverse, thriving neighborhoods for New Yorkers through loan and development programs for new affordable housing, preservation of the affordability of the existing housing stock, enforcement of housing quality standards, and educational programs for tenants and building owners. HPD is tasked with fulfilling Mayor Adam’s Housing New York Plan which was recently expanded and accelerated through Housing New York 2.0 to complete the initial goal of 200,000 homes two years ahead of schedule by 2022, and achieve an additional 100,000 homes over the following four years, for a total of 300,000 homes by 2026.

The Office of Finance and Administration is charged with the planning and management of the agency's resources and advises the Commissioner and senior team on how to improve efficiency and allocate funding to carry out HPD's mission. OFA is comprised of the Budget, Capital Planning, and Fiscal Affairs. These three divisions, work in conjunction to provide centralized support, consultation, and oversight on a broad range of financial issues for the entire agency.

Fiscal Affairs leads the agency’s effort to process the agency’s Accounts Payable and Receivables.

As a payment Analyst for the Division of Fiscal Affairs, you will provide for the continuance of timely Emergency Repair Program (ERP) Payments in accordance with the NYC Procurement Policy Board Rules Prompt Payment Guidelines. You will coordinate with HPD Program Offices to process ERP Payments as it relates to Community Development (CD) Block Grant Funds via the HPDInfo System.

Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:

· Review the ERP invoice/requisition package to ensure that it includes proper supporting documentation

· Check the NYC Financial Management System (FMS) to ensure that there are sufficient available CD funds

· encumbered against the contract's accounting/commodity lines

· Approve the ERP payment invoice/requisition and create and process a voucher against CD funds in the HPDINFO payment system.

· Ensure that the payment vouchers are accepted in FMS and that the remittance is proper (check or EFT) and

· processed in a timely manner.

· With latitude for independent judgement, identify and resolve issues with appropriate ERP staff

· Answer all inquiries in a timely and efficient manner.

· Track the payment history of the ERP invoices.

Preferred skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must be hands-on, disciplined and detail oriented with the ability to work independently
• Highly organized with the ability to manage competing priorities and to deliver assignments in a timely manner
• Experience in the use of HPDInfo (Agency Legacy System), Access and FMS are a plus

NOTE: Only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.

Job Type: Temporary

Pay: $24.00 per hour

Physical setting:

• Office

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Accounting: 1 year (Preferred)
• Microsoft Excel: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• New York, NY 10038 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• New York, NY 10038: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person