Business Analyst

Note: This position is open only to current employees of the City of New York serving in a permanent (not provisional) civil service title of Computer Associate (Software).

Please clearly indicate your permanent civil service title on your resume and cover letter.

The New York City Comptroller’s 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 comptroller’s 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 Office of the Comptroller’s Bureau of Information Systems provides a full range of technology support services for key business functions and Charter mandated responsibilities of the Comptroller’s Office. These services include technology strategic planning, web site development, graphic design, disaster recovery, systems development, network administration, audio/visual services, business process re-engineering, change management, program management, security administration, service desk, computer operations, telecommunications, and document management.

Under the direction of the Director of the Asset Management Systems, the Business Analyst is responsible for working with the Bureau of Asset Management on their various IT initiatives and documenting existing business processes, implementing management plans for each project, compiling analysis reports and documenting user requirements. The Business Analyst will be expected to report on these initiatives following Office and industry-wide standards and keep Bureau leadership informed of the latest status, risks and accomplishments.

Duties and responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Facilitate and capture business/technical requirements from existing systems for modernization.
• Deliver elements of system design migration rules, business rules, wireframes, or other detailed deliverables.
• Ensure project priorities are clearly communicated and understood.
• Identify opportunities to improve enterprise systems and business processes and help drive solutions.
• Serve as a liaison between business users and technical team, providing clear communication, translate technical jargon into business terms.
• Utilize SQL to extract, manipulate, and analyze large datasets from various databases, ensuring accurate and timely information for business decision-making and reporting.
• Leverage Power Query to cleanse, transform, and integrate data from multiple sources, creating efficient and automated data workflows for reporting and analysis.

Minimum Qualifications/Requirements: This position is open only to current employees of the City of New York serving in a permanent (not provisional) civil service title of Computer Associate (Software).

Please clearly indicate your permanent civil service title on your resume and cover letter.

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