Business Analyst

The NYC Financial Information Services Agency-Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA) seeks to hire a Computer Specialist SW, L4 for the CityTime Business Payrules Operations Support Team. Under direction of the CityTime Payrules Support Manager, and with some latitude for independent initiative and judgement, the selected candidate will serve as a seasoned Business Analyst. This individual should have exceptional research, analytical skills with robust technical background.

Typical areas of work include:
- Business requirements gathering & analysis
- Read, comprehend, and decipher contractual documentation as well as City policy documentation
- Lead meetings with stakeholders (i.e., Timekeepers, Managers, Directors, Assistant/Associate Commissioners, etc...)
- Documentation of meetings
- Documentation of business requirements
- Design analysis
- Perform design analysis to determine how the new requirements will need to be incorporated into the functional and or technical design of our functional system
- Functional requirements gathering & analysis
- Review finalized business requirements with functional teams (i.e., Functional Analysis, QA, Development, etc...)
- Review and assist with the documentation of the functional requirements
- Review and assist with documentation of test case scenarios
- Review and assist with the documentation of the technical design
- Implementation
- Perform "smoke tests" prior to rules being deployed to the production environment
- Create and distribute communications (i.e., bulletins, emails, etc..) to stakeholders prior to the rules being deployed to production to ensure that all stakeholders have ample time to prepare for the implementation
- Support
- Provide support to NYC Office of Labor Relations
- Union inquiries
- Agency Inquires
- Grievance support
- Provide support to agencies
- Provide answers to inquires

Preferred Skills:

- Excellent analytical skills
- Excellent critical thinking skills
- Logic based thinker
- Excellent communications skills
- Excellent writing skills
- Excellent computer skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Visio
- SQL
- Knowledgeable in payroll & timekeeping
- Must currently be permanent in the civil service title of Computer Specialist (or comparable title).

Additional Information:
#O-TBD

To Apply:
Applicants may visit the Jobs NYC website: and apply to Job ID: While all complete applications will be given consideration, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Hours/Shift:
35 Hours/Day Shift

Work Location:
5 Manhattan West, New York, NY

COMPUTER SPECIALIST (SOFTWARE

(1) A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by twenty-four (24) semester credits in computer science or a related computer field and two (2) years of satisfactory full-time software experience in designing, programming, debugging, maintaining, implementing, and enhancing computer software applications, systems programming, systems analysis and design, data communication software, or database design and programming, including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
(2) A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six (6) years of full-time satisfactory software experience as described in "1" above, including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
(3) A satisfactory combination of education and experience that is equivalent to (1) or (2) above. College education may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience in (2) above on the basis that sixty (60) semester credits from an accredited college is equated to one year of experience. A masters degree in computer science or a related computer field may be substituted for one year of the required experience in (1) or (2) above. However, all candidates must have a four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, plus at least one (1) year of satisfactory full-time software experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project.
NOTE: In order to have your experience accepted as Project Leader or Major Contributor experience, you must explain in detail how your experience qualifies you as a project leader or as a major contributor. Experience in computer operations, technical support, quality assurance (QA), hardware installation, help desk, or as an end user will not be accepted for meeting the minimum qualification
requirements.
Special Note
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level IV, in addition to the Qualification Requirements stated above, individuals must have one year of satisfactory experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project in data administration, database management systems, operating systems, data communications systems, capacity planning, and/or on-line applications programming.

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.