Litigation Support Advanced Analyst

The candidate will work in the Litigation Support Division’s Practice Management group, which oversees the agency’s matter management system and associated reporting, as well as the document management system.

Responsibilities include ensuring that information maintained in the matter management system is accurate and that documents are stored properly and accessible to the correct personnel, maintaining essential regular monitoring processes and adjusting as needed, assisting in the management of collecting and analyzing data on operations and systems in order to achieve greater organizational efficiency within the matter management and document management systems and other systems. The candidate will perform necessary and complex quality assurance reviews and complete data entry as needed to ensure compliance regarding all Medicare related reporting as well as mandatory reporting about Law Department litigation for NYPD and DOC and OpenData. The candidate will be relied upon to exercise excellent judgement in the analysis of data and recommend options to resolve any issues. The candidate will also assist the Medicare Compliance Manager who is responsible for communications and electronic reporting between CMS and the Law Department including: to generally assist with Medicare Technical support issues related to data entry, query and claim reporting; to generate runs or other statistical data regarding Medicare-related cases and/or issues; to provide technical support to reporting divisions; to liaise as needed with Medicare, CMS and COBR; and to monitor Section 111 reporting. The candidate may supervise other staff analysts performing similar work and, during the temporary absence of the supervisor, may perform the supervisor’s duties. Finally, s/he will be called upon to assist the Chief and Deputy Chief of Litigation Support on special projects and to manage and process requests expeditiously and efficiently.

Tasks will include, but not be limited to:
- Collect and analyze data, identifying possible quality issues, and assist with developing and implementing processes to correct such issues, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of system data, and which may include performing data entry;
- Analyze existing protocols and prepare comprehensive reports of findings with recommendations for improved efficiency; develop new system and procedural training and protocol manuals;
- Communicate with Law Department personnel and other client agency staff regarding reports, charts, graphs and related documents as well as pending requests and issues;
- Identify, develop and recommend quality assurance methods to help resolve issues, working with the report team including programmers and the document management administrator as needed;
- Assist to prepare and distribute reports as needed to internal and external clients; this includes high volume and time-sensitive responses to Giglio requests by prosecutors' offices;
- Utilize matter management front end queries to validate report output;
- Prepare and revise system and procedure report specifications in both technical and non-technical terms;
- Conduct analysis concerning operations and assist in the division’s personnel administration;
- Prepare and conduct operational and statistical studies to ensure agency compliance with all Medicare-related reporting; assist the Medicare Compliance Manager and provide technical support to reporting divisions; provide quality control to ensure the accuracy of system data, which may include performing data entry; monitor Section 111 reporting and communicate as needed with Medicare and/or CMS and related contractors to resolve any issues.

ASSOCIATE STAFF ANALYST - 12627

Qualifications

1. A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, public health, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school, and one year of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, labor relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management, or in a related area; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas described in "1" above.

3.An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and five years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in “1” above.

4. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and seven years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in “1” above.

5.A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to “1”, “2”, “3”, or “4” above. College education may be substituted for professional experience at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience. However, all candidates must have a high school diploma and at least one year of experience as described in “1” above.

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.