Capital Construction Payment Analyst

DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City’s most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies what we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of city government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity, effectiveness, and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed, including:
- Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.
- Managing 55 public buildings.
- Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property.
- Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
- Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
- Leading the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS, you're not just working for one agency, but in service of them all. It's an opportunity to provide impactful support, quality customer service, and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at nyc.gov/dcas to learn more about the work we do.

This position utilizes manual and automated office systems and encompasses responsible office work of varying degrees of difficulty. The candidate must work independently as well as under the direction of their supervisor, with some latitude for independent action and decision making. Duties assigned to this position include the analysis, control and processing of complex payment submissions. They will also analyze and resolve issues related to capital construction payments including complex clerical and administrative activities related to the data entry and processing of these vendor payment requests. Must be able to interact and communicate effectively with fiscal liaisons from capital budget and resident engineers as well as audit personnel from the engineering audit unit and the Comptroller’s Office.

Responsibilities:

- Perform extensive analysis of payment packages with respect to the contract price and discount provisions, previous services rendered, certified payroll submissions, timesheets, delivery and/or inspection certifications, analysis of detailed budget and engineering information;
- Comprehensively process detailed payment vouchers for routine purchases as well as complex submissions generated by the Engineering Audit, Capital Budget Unit, Energy Management, and the Real Estate Services;
- Serve as the unit’s liaison with respect to inquiries received from construction companies and resident engineers, and staff from the Office of the Comptroller, DOI, the Law Department, and other legal entities including internal and external auditors;
- Directly resolves vendor inquiries concerning vendor payment discrepancies, the application of payment warrants, and assist with general informational requests;
- Handle most of the “rush” processing being walked-thru for immediate check due to critical or health and safety related expedites as well as the analysis and resolution of issues related to that work;
- Additional duties of the Vouchering Unit include processing Release of Retainage documents, monitoring interest payments, processing Disbursement Request Modifications (DRM) to expedite payments and updating various payment tracking reports.

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