Manager, Accounting Transactions and System Migration, DFO - 22012

Position Summary: The Manager of Accounting Transactions and System Migration provides accountability for the alignment of the NYC Department of Education’s (NYCDOE) financial systems with the Citywide Financial Management System (FMS/3) Ensures all financial data among NYCDOE’s Financial Accounting Management Information System (FAMIS), including its financial subsystems and interfaces, are synchronized and/or reconciled with the City’s Financial Management System (FMS) to meet all audit and federal, state and other regulatory requirements, including those from oversight agencies such as the City’s Office of the Comptroller; Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Department of Finance and the State Education Department (NYSED). Ensures the integrity of the NYCDOE and Citywide financial systems’ data to generate NYCDOE financial statements that meet generally accepted accounting principles and other education reporting standards. Performs related work.

Reports to: Director, Financial Reporting Management and Compliance

Direct Repots: N/A

Key Relationships: City Comptroller’s Office, OMB, Division of Financial Planning and Management, State Comptroller’s Office, Division of Instructional and Information Technology (DIIT), Office of Capital and Grant Finance, and external auditing firms.

Responsibilities

• Ensures synchronicity across FAMIS Portal, FMS/3 and FMS/2.
• Requests City systems enhancements and modifications for the NYCDOE.
• Oversees all aspects of reconciliations and data transfers from the various systems.
• Meets with decision-making representatives from the City’s Comptroller’s Office and OMB and NYCDOE senior leadership to resolve disparate business processes and ensure that there is no loss to the FAMIS Portal school user functionality on all phases of the Citywide FMS/3 integration.
• Liaises with FISA managers and technicians responsible for the technical maintenance and production support of the City’s web-based FMS/3 and FMS/2 systems which are now integrated online with NYCDOE’s FAMIS Portal applications.
• Serves as a systems subject matter expert as it relates to system integration.
• Ensures that all new DFO-maintained system enhancements and modifications that have a financial impact align with existing and upcoming accounting standards, regulations and audit compliance requirements.
• Reviews and approves application specifications to ensure improved integration across NYCDOE financial systems and consistent satisfaction of business system sponsors.
• Ensures integrity, efficacy and alignment of automated financial business processes.
• Makes recommendations to automate existing manual processes at the NYCDOE.
• Manages the Offices of Accounting Transaction Control and Financial Management and Reporting, including the OTPS, Personal Services (PS), Capital and Fringe Units.
• Oversees the review of journal entries, financial statements, expense reporting, corrections on FAMIS error files and recording of multi-year accrual transaction reports.
• Provides the City’s Comptroller’s Office with NYCDOE’s financial analysis.
• Provides direction and quality assurance for the NYCDOE’s annual financial statements and Ad-hoc reports.
• Ensures FAMIS and FMS are serving the needs of the Central and Field offices.
  
  

Qualification Requirements

Minimum

• A certificate from an accredited technical school (approximately 675 hours) with a specialization in computer operations, and two years of satisfactory full-time experience, acquired within the last eight years, working on large-scale mainframe computer operations or mainframe data communication networks; or
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory full-time experience, acquired within the last eight years, as described in "1" above; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and four years of satisfactory full-time experience, acquired within the last eight years, as described in "1" above; or
• A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above. However, all candidates must have at least two years of full-time experience, acquired within the last eight years, as described in "1" above.
  
  

Plus

In addition to meeting the minimum requirements, individuals must have two additional years of the experience described in "1" above

Preferred

• Detailed knowledge of financial, accounting and computer security systems.
• Five (5) years of accounting management and supervision in a large firm or government entity.
• Experience with the preparation of year-end financial statements.
  
  

Salary: $94,951 - $100,000

(Internal candidates who are selected for this position and who currently hold comparable or less senior positions within the DOE will not earn less than their current salary.)

Please include a resume and cover letter with your application.

NOTE: The filling of all positions is subject to budget availability and/or grant funding.

• New York City Residency is NOT Required *
  
  

We encourage all applicants from the New York City tri-state area to apply.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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The Department of Education of 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 upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's actual or perceived sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or pregnancy. For more information, please refer to the DOE Non-Discrimination Policy.

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