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About the Role

The Campaign Finance Board (CFB) is seeking a Financial Analyst to support its Fiscal and Accounts Payable Operations. This role is crucial for managing increased transaction volumes, complex vendor requirements, and ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and compliance in AP operations. The analyst will focus on strengthening AP processes, improving workflows, enhancing internal controls, and ensuring all payment processes meet fiscal accountability and audit standards.

Responsibilities

Run weekly InfoAdvantage expense reports to support timely review and reconciliation of agency spending.
Manage assigned division’s contracts and procurements per fiscal year.
Process and approve invoices and vouchers in FMS3 in accordance with established procedures and internal controls.
Create processing standard operating procedures.
Utilize FMS2 to prepare and initiate OTPS budget modification requests.
Track OTPS Budget Mods against adopted budget and document changes.
Conduct monthly reviews of the FMS3 Aged Open Report to analyze outstanding purchase orders, identify items open more than sixty days, and coordinate the closeout and de-encumbrance of remaining funds.
Monitor contract-related payments to ensure alignment with approved contract scope of work, terms, rates, and funding levels.
Track campaign penalties, repayments, and approved payments to campaigns using excel or other software.
Assist with month-end and year-end close processes, including journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations.
Work with the EEO/DEI Office to ensure Operations & Finance division work is accessible and inclusive.
Meet with assigned program staff and vendors to discuss statement of accounts or other concerns.
Assist the Director of Finance with related fiscal, analytical, and operational assignments.

Requirements

Understanding of procurement processes and documentation standards.
Familiarity with financial and operational procedures, including invoice payments, budget modifications, and purchase orders.
Awareness of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles for operational accessibility.
Experience using FMS2/3 and info advantage reports.
Knowledge of FMS2/Crystal Reports.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel at a medium to advanced level.
Strong writing, research, analytical, editing, and oral communication skills.
Experience with creating dashboards, pivots, PowerPoint presentations, and tracking platforms.
Familiarity with project management tools like Monday.com, Miro, etc.
Capacity to document internal processes with clear, step-by-step instructions.
Ability to collaborate effectively with teams, senior management, and external departments.
Ability to analyze financial data and reports and make recommendations.
Ability to prioritize, multitask, and manage time efficiently in a dynamic environment.
Ability to support leadership with organized, clear, and accurate data tracking.
Team Player with a positive attitude and respectful manners.
Maintains accuracy when reviewing invoices, processing payments, or preparing financial reports.
Open to learning, adopting new systems or directives, and suggesting ways to streamline AP processes.
A minimum of one-year experience working in city government.
Experience using FMS2/3, Info advantage reports.

Skills

Microsoft Excel
Writing
Research
Analytical skills
Editing
Oral communication
Dashboard creation
Pivot tables
PowerPoint presentations
Tracking platforms
Project management tools (e.g., Monday.com, Miro)
FMS2/3
InfoAdvantage reports
FMS2/Crystal Reports

Location

New York City

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

One year of satisfactory full-time experience in accounting, auditing, business or public administration, business analysis, computer science, database administration, economics, finance, fiscal or economic management or research, statistics, graphic design, personnel or human resources administration, user experience design, or a closely related field.
Five years of experience if possessing a high school diploma or equivalent.

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by at least twelve-semester credits (or the equivalent of twelve-semester credits) in accounting, auditing, business or public administration, computer science, economics, finance, statistics, graphic design, personnel or human resources administration, user experience design, or a closely related area of study.
Four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent.

Salary/Compensations

$70,000 to $80,000
USD 73001 - USD 80000

About the Company

The Campaign Finance Board is a nonpartisan, independent city agency that empowers New Yorkers to have a greater impact on their elections.
Our mission is to make local democracy more open, transparent, and equitable by removing barriers to participation.
We make it easier for New Yorkers to vote, meaningfully support candidates for city office, and run for office themselves.
NYC Votes, our voter engagement initiative, meets people where they are to share trustworthy election information and help New Yorkers make a plan to vote.
We publish the citywide Voter Guide, which delivers information about candidates directly to voters’ doors.
Our public matching funds program ensures small contributions can make a big difference, allowing regular people to run for office by relying on the support of other regular people, not just wealthy donors and special interests.
We lift the veil on how candidates raise and spend money, increasing transparency and accountability in local government.
We believe that when every New Yorker is empowered to participate meaningfully in elections, candidates will better reflect the communities they serve, elected leaders will be more accountable to the public, and New Yorkers will have a democracy they can truly trust.
The Operations and Finance division is responsible for the financial, procurement & administrative services that support agency-wide operations.
The Operation and Finance division consists of the following units: (1) Support & Logistics, (2) Financial Services, (3) Procurement and Contract Management, and (4) Budget and Operations.

Equal Opportunity

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.