APU Payment Analyst

The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) invests in a network of community-based organizations and programs to alleviate the effects of poverty and to provide opportunities for New Yorkers and communities to flourish.The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) supports youth andcommunity services through contracts with a broad network of Human Service Providers throughoutNew York City. Our central task is to administer available city, state, and federal funds to a wide rangeof innovative, practical, and high-quality programs that positively impact youth and communities.The Department of Youth and Community Development is seeking to hire a Payment Analyst in theAgency Payment Unit (APU). Under the guidance of the Deputy Director of APU, the Analyst will be responsible for reviewing invoices, financial reports, and issuing payments to Vendors and Human Service Contract Providers. The analyst will review Passport Invoices and Program Expense Report Summaries (PERS) to ensure they comply with established policies and procedures. Responsibilitieswill include reviewing invoices and processing payments for the DYCD program areas using multiplecitywide systems, such as PASSPort and the Financial Management System (FMS), as well as agencyinternal systems, such as the Comprehensive Contract Management System (CCMS).Duties will include, but are not limited to the following:-Manage a portfolio of approximately 250 assigned contracts by processing monthly PASSPortInvoices and PERS.-Manage tasks in PASSPort to ensure invoices and payments are processed within the prescribedtimelines.-Analyze and process assigned payment requests, which include ensuring the information on invoicesand their associated purchase orders align and that payments made are in accordance with budgetallocations and fiscal year service delivery periods.-Interacts with Human Service Contract Providers and internal staff to resolve fiscal reportingdiscrepancies and provide technical assistance (TA) as required.-Responsible for CCMS, PASSPort, and FMS encumbrance reconciliations.-Fiscal year-end closeout of contracts, which includes and is not limited to closeout letters, follow-upon receivables, and FMS encumbrance decreases.-Perform special projects as instructed by the unit supervisor or director.