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Career opportunities currently available at the the NYC Campaign Finance Board are described in detail below. New York City residency is required for most positions. Full-time positions offer a competitive benefits package and salary commensurate with experience.
If you would like to be considered for one of these opportunities, please mail, fax, or e-mail your resume and cover letter, including current salary and salary requirements, to:
Ms. Elizabeth Bauer
NYC Campaign Finance Board
40 Rector Street, 7th Floor
New York, New York 10006
Fax #212-306/7143
resume@nyccfb.info
EEO/M/F/H/V
The NYC Campaign Finance Board seeks personnel to perform thorough, timely audits of candidates’ financial disclosure and detailed supporting documentation.
Responsibilities:
- Perform financial, compliance, and investigative audits.
- Coordination with Legal Unit to identify and document potential violations of the Campaign Finance Act and Board Rules.
- Oral presentation to CFB staff members and the CFB Board.
- Writing draft and final audit reports.
- Writing and revising standard audit documents such as letters and forms.
Requirements:
- A master’s degree or pursuing a graduate degree from an accredited university in accounting, economics, finance, business or public administration, statistics, or a closely related field, or equivalent experience.
- Three years of satisfactory full-time experience in one or a combination of the following: accounting; financial, compliance or investigative auditing; fraud reviews, working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, economic or financial administration; fiscal or economic research; fiscal management; or a related area.
- Knowledge and experience in performing audits in accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing or Government Auditing Standards.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- NYC residency.
The NYC Campaign Finance Board seeks a Junior Developer to assist in the development of various .NET projects to support internal business procedures, as well as provide web-based access to campaigns. We offer a dynamic work environment, training, growth potential, and excellent benefits.
Responsibilities:
- Translate business processes and user requirements into functional application modules.
- Coordinate with analysts to verify correctness of modules written.
- Document all modules for clarity and reusability.
- Work with graphic designers to theme web page output.
- Adopt existing coding standards and conventions.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or equivalent experience.
- 1 year of full-time hands-on programming experience with the following technologies:
- C# 2.0 and Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0+
- ASP.NET 2.0 web applications, including full page life cycle, session state and view state
- Standard client-side web page technologies like XHTML and CSS
- ADO.NET 2.0
- Transact-SQL and general RDBMS concepts
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or later
- Solid object-oriented programming fundamentals, including inheritance, programming by contract, data structures, and tiered architectures.
- Must be able to produce modules without using design view or WYSIWYG editors.
- Must be performance-conscious (big-O notation).
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent math and problem-solving skills.
- Self-motivated and detail-oriented.
- Ability to work well in a group environment but also not requiring much hand-holding.
- Experience with the following technologies is a plus:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or later
- Windows Forms applications
- Windows Communication Foundation or XML web services
- C# 3.0, LINQ
- Design patterns
The NYC Campaign Finance Board, the leading government agency in campaign finance reform, seeks an experienced Analyst for its Auditing and Accounting Unit. The candidate will report directly to the Senior Auditor. We offer a dynamic work environment, training and growth potential, and excellent benefits. The candidate’s duties and responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:
- Analyze financial and associated records as needed to assist staff in the performance of audits of political campaigns that come under the Board’s auspices.
- Assist in the update and development of CFB audit standards and procedures that are used by Audit staff to monitor the compliance of campaigns under the CFB’s jurisdiction.
- Assist in preparing oral and written reports and other correspondence that are clear, concise, accurate and timely on the status of audits, reviews, and related compliance issues.
- Assist in communicating with campaigns in a professional manner and providing guidance to campaigns on various audit and compliance issues.
- Provide assistance in performing audits, preparing draft and final audit reports, analyzing responses, and performing research work in preparation for penalty review and Board meetings.
Qualifications:
- A master’s degree or pursuing a graduate degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, operations research, management science, or a closely related field
- A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to the above and at least one year of supervisory experience in the above fields..
- Knowledge of Generally Accepted Auditing Standards or Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards a plus.
- Excellent organizational, analytical, writing, and oral communication skills
- New York City residency
- Background or interest in politics and government a plus.
