Director of Lease Audit

DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City’s most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies, what we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of city government and is instrumental to the successful day‑to‑day operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity, effectiveness and sustainability guides our work, providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed, including:

• Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.
• Managing 55 public buildings.
• Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property.
• Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
• Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
• Leading the City’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS, you’re not just working for one agency, but in service of them all. It’s an opportunity to provide impactful support, quality customer service, and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come.

RES supports the operations of the City government by providing space planning and management of 37 million square feet, Citywide acquisitions (lease or purchase), sales and other dispositions of City‑owned real estate, architectural design and project management, zoning and land use analyses, property management, disposition of 15,000 City‑owned lots, property valuation, and financial analysis of real estate transactions.

Financial Services supports every unit within Real Estate Services. The Lease Audit Unit represents the City at the offices of our landlords and tenants to review financial records in order to determine that City agencies as tenants are being charged the proper rent amounts and that City tenants, which pay variable rents based upon a percentage of revenue, are in compliance with their leases and paying the appropriate rents to the City.

• Direct a team of auditors and provide accurate and timely lease audit reports.
• Manage a staff that conducts audits of variable rent payments made by City agencies to private landlords pursuant to lease agreements containing operating cost and real estate tax escalation clauses.
• Conduct audits of lease agreements with private entities of City‑owned property to verify the accuracy and propriety of rental payments made to the City.
• Review and abstract leases to identify audit criteria.
• Perform analyses of landlord and tenant financial records to verify accuracy of data and information.
• Develop and complete audit plans, including the drafting of letters and reports that reflect audit activities and findings.
• Stay up‑to‑date with changes in generally accepted auditing standards and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Assist in the preparation of DCAS Real Estate Services’ Comptroller’s Directive One submission.
• Participate in the conduct of surveys and other research activities for audits, reviews or special projects as needed.
• Generate various reports pertaining to audit findings and recoveries.

• Conduct complex and/or highly difficult detailed financial, operational and management audits including reviews of leases occupied by City agencies and/or statutory corporations funded in whole or in part by the City of New York.

This position may be eligible for remote work up to two days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed to between City and DC37.

• A bachelor’s degree with 24 credits in accounting, including courses in advanced accounting, auditing, and cost accounting, plus five years of full‑time experience in management, auditing, financial accounting or financial auditing. At least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or supervising several teams of auditors.
• Or, a valid Certified Public Accountant license or a Certified…