Supervisor (Capital Payments)

Hours: Full-Time – 35 Hours
Work Location: 30-30 Thomson Avenue, LIC, NY 11101
All interested candidates who meet the minimum qualification requirements cited below are encouraged to apply. Please indicate in your resume if you are a current City employee who is serving in the Administrative Accountant title in a permanent capacity.
The promotional exam #7500 and the open-competitive exam #7001 for the Administrative Accountant title is open for filing beginning November 5, 2026. For more information and to apply, please visit https://a856-exams.nyc.gov/OASysWeb/exams.
As the City's primary capital construction project manager, we build many of the civic facilities New Yorkers use every day. We provide communities with new or renovated structures such as firehouses, libraries, police precincts, courthouses, senior centers and more. Our work doesn’t stop at buildings we also design and improve vital infrastructure.
Our staff delivers roadway, sewer and water main construction projects in all five boroughs. We provide sidewalks, street reconstruction, water mains, sewers, and pedestrian ramps quality infrastructure that is essential for a healthy, resilient city.
To accomplish all this work, DDC contracts with several consultants and contractors who submit approximately 5500 payment requests annually. DDC is looking for a Supervisor of Capital Payments who can help us to improve business processes to better serve our clients. The successful candidate for this position will manage a team of professionals to ensure that payments are made accurately and in accordance with the Procurement and Policy Board rules. The candidate will specifically be responsible for:
- Supervision of the day-to-day operations of the unit
- Coordinating with Capital Budget Office, Public Buildings Division’s Construction staff and Engineering Audit Office, to resolve capital payment issues
- Assigning payment requisitions to staff
- Tracking payment workflow to be processed and reviewed
- Reviewing and approving payment requisitions
- Reviewing and approving transactions using the City’s Financial Management System (FMS) including but not limited to payments, retainage releases and bond substitutions/releases
- Coordinating with the agency’s Technology & Innovation Division to resolve programming issues regarding DDC's Project Information Management System (PIMS) and Project Development Management System (PDMS)
- Serve as the primary point or contact for payment file requests
Educational credentials must be from a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accredited institution. Credentials from foreign institutions require independent equivalency verification from an approved evaluation service. A list of providers (fees apply) is available at: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dcas/downloads/pdf/employment/nyc-dcas-foreign-education-evaluation-guide.pdf.
All applicants, including City Employees:
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ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNTANT (NON - 1000B

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 24 credits in accounting, including one course each in advanced accounting, auditing, and cost accounting and four years of satisfactory full-time professional accounting or auditing experience, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity or supervising a staff performing accounting or auditing work; or
2. A valid New York State Certified Public Accountant license and at least 18 months of satisfactory full-time professional accounting or auditing experience in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or supervising a staff performing accounting or auditing work.

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