Executive Director of Property Tax Research & Analytics

Executive Director of Property Tax Research & Analytics

Department of Finance

Location: Manhattan

Position Type: Full-time

Salary: $111,458.00 – $195,000.00

Job Description

IMPORTANT NOTE: ONLY CANDIDATES WHO HAVE PERMANENT ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANALYST OR A COMPARABLE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR EMPLOYEE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN) WHEN APPLYING AND INDICATE YOUR PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE TITLE. NYC Department of Finance (DOF) is responsible for administering the tax revenue laws of the city fairly, efficiently, and transparently to instill public confidence and encourage compliance while providing exceptional customer service. DOF's Tax Policy & Data Analytics Division reviews, analyzes, and evaluates existing and proposed policies and legislation that affect the Department of Finance and New York City in general. This includes analyzing the revenue and distributional impacts of proposed changes to the tax system, monitoring and reporting on tax and parking revenues, working with local and state public agencies and private sector interests to promote improved tax administration, and advising the commissioner, Executive Office, and the New York City Office of Management and Budget on revenue and budgetary issues. The Tax Policy and Data Analytics Division is also responsible for all modeling and data mining for DOF's Audit Division. Tax Policy also prepares briefing and position papers on tax policy and issues a variety of public reports and newsletters on tax-related issues. Tax Policy is seeking an Executive Director to lead the Property Tax Analysis Unit, who can display strong quantitative economic and fiscal research skills to develop estimates and forecasts based on complex programming and data analysis. Reporting to the Deputy Commissioner, the selected candidate's duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead on the development and manage ongoing analysis of various policy options relating to a variety of property tax topics including property tax payments and delinquency, personal exemption and/or abatement benefits, commercial exemption and/or abatement benefits, reforms to the property tax system.
• Help maintain the integrity of the property tax data by leading various monthly cross validation checks across numerous highly complex PTS extracts relating to but not limited to, valuation, assessment, payments and interest, abatements and exemption.
• Manage infrastructure development for policy analysis via the construction of TPDA's main property tax analytical file (merging property tax, income tax, exemptions, and other data). This file is critical for policy analysis.
• Supervise the production of multiple reports, including TPDA's annual property tax report, the property section of the annual tax expenditure report, and weekly delinquency reports.
• Supervise the production of large populations for various mailing initiatives and work closely with our Property Tax Benefit administration teams to ensure accuracy and that information provided by taxpayers is reviewed and implemented correctly.
• Assist in developing, testing and trouble-shooting PTS, SmartFile, and DoF property related databases and systems. Work closely with our Solutions Delivery Office to develop testing framework for vendor updates.
• Further expand the Division's analytical capabilities by leading the development of a renter income database and expanding our RPIE longitudinal framework to be able to better evaluate current valuation methodology.
• Keep up to date with ongoing trends in data analysis, data science and data dissemination along with potential new policy and legislative priorities that would impact the Unit and the Agency.
• Be one of the Agency's SMEs on all aspects of property tax valuation methodology, personal benefit and commercial incentive programs, as well as, payments and delinquency, and various other complex matters.
• Work closely with the Commissioner, First Deputy Commissioner, and Deputy Commissioner and provide regular, time sensitive briefings on various policy matters.

Minimum Qualifications

1. A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, public health, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management, and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; or in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; or in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, labor relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management. Eighteen (18) months of this experience must have been in an executive, managerial, administrative, or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above. 2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas described in "1" above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative, or supervisory experience, as described in "1" above. 3. An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and six years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in "1" above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative, or supervisory experience, as described in "1" above. 4. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and eight years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in "1" above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative, or supervisory experience, as described in "1" above. 5. A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2", "3", or "4" above. College education may be substituted for professional experience at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience. However, all candidates must have a high school diploma and at least two years of experience as described in "1" above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative, or supervisory experience, as described in "1" above.

Preferred Skills

- At least 3 years' experience managing researchers and analysts in mining property tax data to produce impact analysis of new or changing to existing tax benefit programs. - Extensive knowledge of NYC Property Tax System and underlying internal systems. - Extensive knowledge of homeowner and commercial tax benefit programs. - Extensive experience leading numerous large and complicated projects. - Strong SAS programming skills, including macros. - Experience developing highly technical presentations concerning all aspects of the property tax and making these presentations to senior City officials. - Familiarity with Tax Policy's published reports, such as: tax expenditure, business income, and property tax. - At least five years' experience defining projects, setting timelines, and ensuring quality control protocols are met.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website at

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

Additional Information

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 based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.