CONTRACTING ANALYST

The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) invests in of community-based organizations and programs to alleviate the effects of poverty and to opportunities for New Yorkers and communities to flourish.The Contracting Analyst will be responsible for the variety of tasks that will entail heavy spreadsheetanalyses usingExcel, DYCDs Comprehensive Contract Management System (CCMS), the Citys Procurement and Sourcing Solutions Portal (PASSPort), as well as other databases and information systems. TheContracting Analyst will assist in creation of contract awards using PASSPort and CCMS, and will also perform related coordination, reconciliation, monitoring, contract creation and contract modification.Responsibilities will include complex spreadsheet analyses and require familiarity with New York Citys accounting systems as well as intermediate knowledge of DYCDs internal technological systems.Duties will include, but not be limited to, the following:- Coordination with the Agency Chief Contracting Officer (ACCO), Information Technology (IT) and the Financial Management departments to create new awards/ contract solicitations and accurately modify existing contracts (for example, assist with the creation of RFPs, the renewals/modifications of existingcontracts, assist with the negotiated acquisitions of existing contracts) via DYCDs primary contracting systems, PASSPort, CCMS, CM,and ECMS.- Monitor status of work assignments by checking compliance with deadlines- Establishment of budget codes, funding sources, budget categories and components associated with the contract award process.- Prepare information on request, by researching appropriate systems to provide requested information.- Applying creative trouble shooting and problem-solving methods to correct errors and reconcile financialinformation as needed; Perform data entry work and review reports to ensure accuracy andcompleteness of all data entry work.- Provide technical assistance to community based organizational service staff in performance ofcontracting and budget activities through informational meetings to ensure the CBOs fiscal team is competent incontracting matters