Metropolitan Transportation Authority Careers

This position is eligible for telework, which is currently one day per week. New hires are eligible to apply 30 days after their effective date of hire.

Summary

The Assistant Director of Financial Operations (Budget & Planning) will support the Director of Financial Operations in overseeing the financial planning, management, and reporting functions for the Construction & Development (C&D) department. This role assists in the development, implementation, and maintenance of the consolidated operating budget, encompassing both reimbursable and non-reimbursable labor and non-labor categories.

The Assistant Director will support the preparation and submission of three annual financial plans and ensure the accurate upload of budget and actual month-end results into Hyperion in alignment with established deadlines and reporting standards. This includes supporting Hyperion system submissions, actual integration, and data quality management.

In addition, the Assistant Director will review invoices, ensuring proper accounting treatment and validating all charges for accuracy and compliance, escalating issues to the Director as appropriate. The role also supports monthly and year-end financial reporting, including accruals, variance analysis, and cash flow reporting.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include supporting the development of annual and mid-year financial plans across approximately 170 Responsibility Centers, partnering with business units to evaluate new funding needs, and assisting in facilitating forecast discussions to support strategic and operational decision-making.

The Assistant Director will work closely with the Hyperion/IT team and the Central Finance Tower to support financial system functionality, ensure data integrity, and assist in testing and implementation of new applications. Additional responsibilities include supporting enhancements to financial processes, ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and internal policies, mitigating financial risks, and identifying opportunities to drive process improvements and financial insights.

Supports the end-to-end development, versioning, and upload of baseline and mid-year financial plans within Hyperion Planning, ensuring compliance with internal budget control protocols and enterprise-level reporting standards. Partners with functional leads to support iterative forecast updates using driver-based modeling and assumption tracking to align financials with dynamic operational requirements.

Supports Hyperion Actuals integration using smart load routines and data mapping between PeopleSoft Financials and Essbase cube structures, assisting in ensuring journal-level accuracy across labor, non-labor, and capital expenditure accounts. Investigates source-to-target variances and coordinates resolution of ETL discrepancies with the Hyperion support team.

Prepares complex financial submission templates and supporting documentation to the MTA Office of Management and Budget (OMB), ensuring all uploads are aligned with current fiscal year financial planning assumptions, variance thresholds, and audit readiness requirements.

Develops and distributes multi-dimensional variance analysis reports leveraging Hyperion Smart View and custom Excel-based tools. Analyzes trends across labor classifications, overhead allocations, and cost object hierarchies while ensuring alignment with GL structures and Responsibility Center (RC) mappings.

Works in partnership with the Hyperion development team to support metadata refreshes, business rule logic validation, calc script testing, and member formula validation, ensuring financial integrity across all plan types and scenario versions. Supports UAT cycles and regression testing for new functionality and system patches to ensure alignment with C&D financial policies and enterprise performance reporting needs.

Reviews invoices to ensure compliance with procurement policy, budget appropriations, RC assignment, and object code classification, escalating discrepancies as needed and coordinating with teams for resolution.

Supports the preparation of Control Self-Assessments (CSAs) with a focus on internal control testing and financial risk mitigation. Assists in control walkthroughs and substantive testing procedures to confirm appropriate budget justification, accuracy of labor plans, compliance with zero-based budgeting methodology, and proper recording of actuals per GL and capital expenditure standards.

Education and Experience

A bachelor’s degree in business, finance, public administration, accounting, economics or equivalent, or a related field is required.

Must have a minimum of eight (8) years of experience in business, finance, public administration, accounting, economics or equivalent, or a related field required.

Familiarity with the MTA’s operating agencies.

Familiarity with the MTA’s policies and procedures. Excellent organizational and presentation skills.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated supervisory and leadership capabilities. Demonstrated ability to problem-solve creatively.

Demonstrated ability to work with all levels of an organization.

Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a high-profile, high-pressure, fast-paced environment.

Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with key internal and external stakeholders.

Other Information

Pursuant to the New York State Public Officers Law & the MTA Code of Ethics, all employees who hold a policymaking position must file an Annual Statement of Financial Disclosure (FDS) with the NYS Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (the “Commission”).

Selection Criteria

Based on evaluation of education, skills, experience, and interview.

How to Apply

MTA employees must apply via My MTA Portal. You can submit an online application by logging into My MTA Portal, clicking the My Job Search ribbon, and selecting the “Careers” link. Logging in through My MTA Portal will link your BSC ID number to your job application to identify you as an internal applicant.

Equal Employment Opportunity

MTA and its subsidiary and affiliated agencies are equal opportunity employers, including those with respect to veteran status and individuals with disabilities.

The MTA encourages qualified applicants from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and abilities, including military service members, to apply.