*THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $53,057.00 - $61,015.00*

*THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO CANDIDATES WHO ARE PERMANENT (NOT PROVISIONAL)
IN THE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE. *

The ACS Division of Financial Services (DFS) is responsible for supporting, planning, implementing,
and monitoring the fiscal functions of the agency in accordance with City, State and Federal guidelines.
The work of DFS includes managing the ACS budget; submission of monthly claims for revenue;
processing of payments to provider agencies and vendors; monitoring the financial health of provider
agencies through financial review and audit; maintenance of the ACS bank accounts; centralized
oversight of ACS Child Welfare financial eligibility; and data maintenance for financial systems of record.


The Child Care Voucher Payment Unit (VPU) within DFS PAYMENT SERVICES is responsible for
processing approximately 7,500 childcare voucher payments each month for approximately 67,000+
children from infancy to age 13 and special needs children up to age 18 or 19 if in a vocational school.
VPU produces invoices for voucher payments made to approximately 6,500 providers that serve
between 1 - 16 children and approximately 1,000 programs that serve between 1 - 1,250
children. Voucher payments are issued by a contracted payment agent, from invoices securely
transmitted by VPU. VPU also executes levy judgments against voucher providers and research fraud requests and refers potential fraud cases to the proper authorities.

This functional title is responsible for reviewing and approving invoices for payment resulting from
automated attendance entry by Programs or paper entries from the few providers unable to automate.
The resulting invoices are approved under general supervision, with some latitude for independent
Initiative and decision making.

Typical duties include but are not limited to:

- Review resulting invoices generated by daily time in/time out attendance entries in our
automated system submitted by child care programs after the service month.
- Rejected invoices are returned to the payment processor within VPU for resolution/correction
and/or programmers are consulted to fix IT issues.
- Approve validated invoices for payment in the child care database of record in preparation for
secure transmission to payment agent for issue by direct deposit or payment card.
- Review invoices from attendance entered by VPU payment processors from paper attendance forms
submitted by child care providers who are unable to automate.
- Authorize child care voucher payment after careful review of resulting invoice for batching
invoices and securely transmitting to payment agent.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Section 424-A of the New York Social Services Law requires an authorized agency to inquire whether a candidate for employment with child-caring responsibilities has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report.

TO APPLY:

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY USING ONE OF THE OPTIONS BELOW:

For current city employees, go to Employee Self Service (ESS), Recruiting Activities, Careers and search for Job ID# 618720.

For all other applicants go to www.nyc.gov/careers and search for Job ID# 618720. Click on the "Apply" button.

If you do not have access to a computer, most public libraries have computers available for use.

Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience, one year of which must have been in an administrative capacity or supervising staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or
2. An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience described in "1" above; or
3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and five years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience as described in "1" above;
4. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above. However, all candidates must possess the one year of administrative or supervisory experience as described in "1" above. Education above the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical/administrative experience (but not for the one year of administrative or supervisory experience described in "1" above) at a rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3½ years.

The attendance approver is required to be a fast learner and become proficient with the ACS child care database of record known as ACCIS (Automated Child Care Information System), the automated attendance entry system used by child care providers and programs (CAPS Online), and the dashboard developed in conjunction with processing the request to justify the use of paper attendance forms.

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

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/.

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.

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.