NYC Department of Finance (DOF) is responsible for administering the tax revenue laws of the city fairly, efficiently, and transparently to instill public confidence and encourage compliance while providing exceptional customer service.

DOF’s Sheriff’s Office serves and enforces court mandates, orders of protection, warrants, decrees, and property seizures. Additionally, the Sheriff’s Office conducts criminal investigations of real property fraud, tax crimes, and the trafficking of illegal and untaxed tobacco products and synthetic narcotics, and monitors defendants referred by the courts for electronic monitoring.

As the Sheriff’s Office continues to manage increasingly complex enforcement, investigative, technological, public safety, and interagency responsibilities, there is a need for a dedicated executive-level function responsible for coordinating strategic initiatives, monitoring implementation milestones, integrating performance information across divisions, and ensuring accountability for initiatives that span multiple operational areas.

To support this effort, the Sheriff’s Office is establishing an Office of Organizational Strategy and Transformation, led by a Director of Organizational Strategy and Transformation.

The Office will serve as the central strategic coordination and performance management function for the Sheriff’s Office, providing executive-level oversight of strategic priorities and cross-divisional initiatives. The Office will improve interagency collaboration, support data-informed decision-making, establish greater accountability for implementation, and advance continuous organizational and operational improvement.

The Director will provide dedicated leadership to coordinate and implement the Sheriff’s strategic priorities while allowing operational leadership to remain focused on the day-to-day management of enforcement activities. The Director will translate the Sheriff’s strategic priorities and performance improvement plan into an actionable implementation strategy with clearly defined objectives, milestones and timelines. This centralized approach will provide the Sheriff and DOF executive leadership with greater visibility into organizational performance and the status of high-priority initiatives while allowing operational leadership to remain focused on core enforcement activities.

Reporting to Sheriff, the selected candidate’s duties and responsibilities will include, but not be limited to the following:

- Lead organizational initiatives on behalf of the Sheriff
- Coordinate the implementation of strategic priorities across the Sheriff’s Office divisions.
- Monitor organizational performance and ensuring the timely execution of the Sheriff office priorities.
- Prepare executive briefings, reports, presentations, and performance metrics for the Sheriff and DOF executive leadership.
- Coordinate interagency initiatives and executive communications involving DOF leadership, sister agencies, law enforcement partners, and other external stakeholders.
- Support implementation of new legislation, technology initiatives and organizational changes.
- Manage executive projects and special assignment assigned by the Sheriff.
- Serve as a senior strategic advisor to the Sheriff on organizational priorities and agency initiatives.
- Coordinate change management activities within the Sheriff’s Office to support continuous organizational

Additional Information:

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

This position may be eligible for remote work up to 2 days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed between the City and the Collective Bargaining Unit representing employees serving in the civil service title.

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Minimum Qualifications

At the agency's discretion.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

Additional Information

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.