Dq Analyst
Lara Preece
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Completing the Process
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Completing the Process
After we receive your application materials, we will review and notify you of any decision regarding your application. If you have any questions about the status of your application or general inquiries, please contact our Analyst Recruiting Team.
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Additional notes: Please note, the last three steps in this salary range represent extended ranges that require department approval based upon recruitment/retention, special skills, limited duration or exemplary performance. Job description CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Under administrative direction, the Class 1825 Principal Administrative Analyst II is responsible for planning, organizing, leading, and may supervise staff engaged in difficult, complex, sensitive, detailed, and/or consequential analytical work including complex quantitative and qualitative analysis in the areas of budget, contracts, financial/fiscal, economic, legislative, and administrative policies. Class 1825 Principal Administrative Analyst II is a unique level in the Administrative Analyst series.
Class 1825 Principal Administrative Analyst II is distinguished from the Class 1824 Principal Administrative Analyst by its assignment to complex finance and utility analysis, project finance pro-forma development, forecast modeling, debt finance risk management, and statistical modeling typically involving the use of specialized analytical software, complex business intelligence systems and complex analysis of data. Positions in this class maintain senior levels of responsibility with greater independence of action and consequence of error in designing business solutions, formulating recommendations and achieving effective decisions. The financial impact of the work performed by incumbents in these positions is significant, potentially involving hundreds of millions of dollars.
A Class 1825 Principal Administrative Analyst II typically supervises staff including lower-level administrative analysts, and/or complex, cross-functional project teams staffed with professional-level employees.
1. Working independently, researches, analyzes, forecasts and makes policy recommendations on unique special projects with significant financial impact or highly visible public issues including administrative policies, practices, and procedures; may direct mission-critical financial or operational activities; responds to informational requests, including those of a highly sensitive nature, and may represent the department to the Mayor's Office, Board of Supervisors, Controller's Office, other city officials, outside agencies and the public; acts as executive assistant and provides administrative analysis including complex forecast modeling to high-level managers or a department head.
2. Plans, develops and directs the production of highly complex departmental budget(s); advises management in the budget development and management process, including formulating policy, monitoring, reporting and interpreting budget documents; may negotiate budget proposals within the department and with the Mayor's Office, Board of Supervisors, and other agencies; prepares or supervises staff in the preparation of budget line-item narratives, complex analyses, recommendations and justification based on complex statistical analyses for annual, supplemental and multiyear requests.
3. Establishes, administers, monitors, coordinates and acts as liaison regarding application for and management of extremely complex, multiple source capital projects and/or grants; ensures compliance of fund reallocations with funding agency requirements; analyzes trends in expenditures and revenues for multi-year budgets; prepares financial/statistical reports for management, Mayor's Office, Board of Supervisors, Controller's Office and other funding agencies; coordinates and monitors departmental reporting to funding agencies including the subvention of funds to contracting organizations and justifies that funds are used as required.
4. Plans, develops, performs and directs work involving extremely complex economic and/or financial analysis including finance and utility rate analysis and modeling, cost/benefit analysis, and capital planning for senior management; determines appropriate methodology and performs difficult financial analyses, including financial forecasting, revenue and/or expense projections, capital requirements, calculation of debt capacity and evaluation of financing alternatives utilizing specialized analytical software to produce complex analysis or data; makes written and oral recommendations on difficult administrative and fiscal issues.
5. Analyzes, evaluates, interprets, and implements new and existing governmental accounting pronouncements and technical guidance; identifies problems with, and develops and implements changes to current financial policies and procedures; may coordinate and oversee the annual financial audit including preparation of audit schedules and governmental accounting standards, and local, state, and federal regulations.
6. Identifies and analyzes highly complex existing, newly enacted and proposed local, state, federal legislation policies and procedures projecting potential impact; advises management on the consequences of proposed and pending legislation and effectively presents recommendations; develops and recommends procedures for the citywide implementation of enacted legislation; may act as legislative liaison to other departments; assists state and federal legislative staff in drafting legislation; advocates and testifies regarding department's position to legislators, committees, and staff; develops comprehensive user manuals to implement legislation, programs and administrative policies; manages implementation of new systems, policies, and procedures.
7. Plans and directs difficult and detailed staff work involving: preparation of Local Business Enterprise (LBE) and contract status reports; conducting competitive contract vendor selection processes including public bids and Requests For Proposals, ensuring adequate and economic distribution of advertisement, requests for proposals and public notices; process highly complex contracts including advertising for bids/proposals, receipt and review of bids, contract negotiation and award and routing through signature/documentation process to certification; coordinate with staff from purchasing, Human Resources, and the Administrative Services office; and provide training and assistance to staff and contractors on departmental and City contracting policies, procedures, and requirements.
8. Reviews, prepares, and analyzes cost estimates and terms for financially significant new and existing contracts, change orders, and modifications; prepares reports of analyses and related documents; analyzes claims for additional cost reimbursement to determine validity; analyzes contract provisions to determine appropriate reimbursement amount; conducts negotiations with contractors with regard to additional contract terms, cost reimbursement and change order provisions; prepares reports regarding claim status, settlement activities and reimbursement amounts for use by management and city Attorney's Office; maintains records of negotiations.
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