City and County of San Francisco

Under general administrative direction, the Principal Administrative Analyst plans, organizes, supervises and conducts important, difficult, complex, and sensitive analytical work that has substantive impact on the operations of a City department, agency or program in areas such as: the development and administration of the annual budget; financial/fiscal and economic analysis and reporting; monitoring and administration of multiple-source capital projects and grants; development of complex contracting systems and administration of complex contractual agreements; development and evaluation of major administrative/management systems, functions, policy and procedures, including evaluation of the impact of existing, newly enacted and proposed legislation, regulations, law, court decisions and memoranda of understanding; and/or major program evaluation and planning.

Class 1824 Principal Administrative Analyst is distinguished from the next lower level of 1823 Senior Administrative Analyst by its assignment of greater and/or more complex financial responsibilities, its performance and supervision of more difficult, complex, and sensitive projects and negotiations; and its greater independence of action and consequence of error in formulating recommendations and decisions. Class 1825 Principal Administrative Analyst II is distinguished from the next lower level of 1824 Principal Administrative Analyst by its assignment of specialized and/or more complex financial responsibilities, its performance and supervision of complex finance and utility analysis, project finance proforma development, forecast modeling, debt finance risk management, and statistical modeling typically involving the use of specialized analytical software, complex business intelligence systems and complex analysis of data.

Class 1824 Principal Administrative Analysts typically supervises staff including lower-level administrative analysts.

According to Civil Service Commission Rule 109, the duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this job code/class and are not intended to be an inclusive list.

1. Directs, oversees and conducts difficult, sensitive, highly visible and complex analytical work that has significant impact on the functions and operations of assigned department; confers with senior management staff to discuss, evaluate and make policy recommendations on special projects and/or a variety of complex, sensitive or highly visible administrative, organizational, policy, budget, fiscal, and other issues related to important functions of the department; responds to informational requests, including those of a highly sensitive nature; typically supervises and trains clerical, technical, and professional staff; may coordinate and direct complex financial or operational activities; acts as executive assistant and provide administrative analysis to high-level managers or department head; assists management in coordinating and/or negotiating complex administrative, organizational, policy, budget, fiscal, and other issues related to important functions of assigned department with outside departments, agencies and organizations; may represent the department to the Mayor's Office, Board of Supervisors, Controller's Office, other City officials, outside agencies or the general public.

2. Directs analytical staff and/or researches, analyzes and makes policy recommendations on a variety of difficult, complex special projects and highly visible budget, fiscal, policy, program, organizational and related issues; collaborates with senior managers and other individuals/experts to clarify needs, issues and parameters; directs and/or conducts the development and execution of complex and comprehensive surveys, studies and other processes to analyze data and information from multiple sources; directs and/or conducts research and evaluation of complex data/information from internet, databases and other sources, consultation with subject matter experts, development of complex evaluative processes, creation of spreadsheets, documentation of findings, analysis of alternatives and formulation of recommendations; directs and/or conducts difficult and complex analyses, such as revenue/expense analysis, cost/benefit analysis, needs analysis, trend analysis, variance analysis, net present value analysis, rate and modeling analysis, statistical analysis, program analysis, organizational analysis and legislative/policy analysis; prepares and/or directs the preparation of clear, comprehensive management reports, including logical and coherent financial/policy recommendations and appropriate supporting documentation; presents reports, findings and recommendations to senior management staff, including formal presentations to groups.

3. Analyzes and evaluates the effect of highly complex and sensitive existing, newly enacted and proposed legislation, regulations, law, court decisions and/or memoranda of understanding for policy and financial impact on the department; advises management, and directs/prepares and presents formal reports with recommendations on how to comply with existing and proposed legislation, regulations, law, court decisions and/or memoranda of understanding, mitigate adverse action against the department or maximize potential revenues; develops and recommends procedures for Citywide implementation of enacted legislation, regulations, law, court decisions and/or memoranda of understanding; develops comprehensive user manuals to implement legislation, programs and administrative policy; may act as legislative liaison to other departments; assists state and federal legislative staff in drafting legislation; advocates and testifies regarding department's position to legislators, committee and staff.

4. Consults with senior managers and others to define difficult and complex administrative, management, program and organizational issues, policies and procedures that have significant impact on the organization; directs and/or conducts detailed and comprehensive studies, surveys and other evaluative processes to analyze existing and proposed administrative, management, program and organizational needs, systems, functions, policies and procedures; identifies and analyzes important issues, processes, patterns and trends, makes related projections, documents findings, and develops recommendations; prepares and/or directs the preparation of reports for senior management outlining findings; presents reports to senior management, including recommendations for development of policy; coordinates implementation and evaluation of new systems, policies and procedures.

5. Directs and/or conducts difficult, complex and comprehensive analyses to evaluate existing and proposed programs; collaborates with senior management, outside experts and others to clarify overall mission, goals, problems and issues; develops and analyzes performance outcome measures to evaluate new programs and related policies; develops and recommends policies, procedures and work processes for new programs; prepares and/or directs the preparation of reports for senior management outlining findings and presenting recommendations; coordinates implementation and ongoing evaluation of new programs.

6. Directs and/or conducts difficult and complex financial, fiscal and/or economic analyses to evaluate the overall fiscal/financial condition of a department/program and provide information/data for financial reporting, projection and planning; directs and/or conducts difficult and complex economic and/or financial analyses, including forecasting, revenue and/or expense projections, rate analysis, statistical analysis, modeling and cost/benefit analysis; evaluates current financial procedures, interprets governmental accounting pronouncements and technical guidance, makes recommendations, and develops and implements new policies and procedures; prepares and/or directs the preparation of financial statements and reports, with policy recommendations and appropriate documentation, for management, Mayor's Office, Board of Supervisors, Controllers Office and various funding agencies; directs and/or conducts difficult and complex analyses for calculation of debt capacity and evaluation of financing alternatives; directs and/or conducts difficult and complex analyses related to determination of capital requirements and capital planning; may coordinate and oversee the annual financial audit, including preparation of audit schedules, governmental accounting standards, and relevant local, state and federal regulations.

7. Directs and/or conducts difficult and complex analyses to advise management in budget development, administration, monitoring and reporting; directs and/or conducts difficult and complex revenue/expense, trend and statistical analyses for budget monitoring, projection and reporting; develops guidelines and prepares or directs the preparation of budget line-item narratives, analyses, recommendations and justifications for annual, supplemental and multi-year requests; develops, coordinates, administers and monitors a highly complex departmental budget with multiple funding sources; negotiates budget proposals within the department and with the Mayor's Office, Board of Supervisors and other agencies; prepares and/or directs the preparation of financial and statistical reports for the Mayor's Office, Board of Supervisors and/or senior department managers; prepares and/or directs the preparation of background information and documentation in preparation for producing reports and/or presentations.

8. Establishes, administers, monitors, coordinates and acts as liaison regarding application for and management of complex, multiple-source capital projects and/or grants; directs and/or conducts monitoring for compliance with funding, legal, service and other requirements; directs and/or conducts monitoring of detailed and complex grant budgets, ensures expenditures remain within the budget, shifts funds within guidelines; prepares and/or directs preparation of status/financial/statistical reports for management, Mayor's Office, Board of Supervisors, Controller's Office and other agencies; directs and/or conducts analysis and preparation of departmental reports to funding agencies, including subvention of funds to contracting organizations; ensures provision of technical assistance and oversight to recipients of grants awarded by the department/agency; may coordinate preparation of City-wide single audit report.

9. Directs and/or conducts difficult and complex analyses for developing, processing and administering highly-complex contractual agreements with multiple funding sources; confers with senior management regarding preparation of cost estimates, specifications and terms for new and existing contractual agreements; directs and/or conducts competitive solicitation, review and selection processes, including receipt and review of bids, negotiation with potential contractors/vendors, and review/processing of approvals; directs and/or conducts negotiations with contractors with regard to additional contract terms, cost reimbursement and change order provisions; directs and/or conducts review and preparation of cost estimates and terms for proposed change orders and modifications; directs and/or reviews new and/or existing contract provisions, conducts site visits, and meets with engineers, inspectors and/or program managers; coordinates with staff from other departments and agencies, and provides technical assistance to staff and contractors on departmental contracting policies, procedures and requirements; develops procedures to review and implement local/state code requirements; directs and/or conducts difficult and complex analysis for monitoring and enforcement of contractual agreements to ensure compliance, including development of computerized systems to track contract status; prepares and/or directs preparation of contract status reports.

10. Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge of : the principles, procedures, standards and law related to government management and operations that are required to provide professional-level analytical assistance to management staff in such areas as: the development and administration of the annual budget; financial/fiscal and economic analysis and reporting; grant monitoring and administration; development of complex contracting systems and administration of complex contractual agreements; development and evaluation of important administrative/management systems, functions, policy and procedures; evaluation of the impact of existing, newly enacted and proposed legislation, regulations, law, court decisions and memoranda of understanding; and/or major program evaluation and planning.

Ability to: collect, synthesize, and analyze a wide variety of information; conduct difficult analytical studies involving complex administrative and financial systems and procedures; work with authority to identify and define problems, determine methodology, evaluate data, make recommendations with appropriate justification and develop/implement a plan of action; effectively prioritize and organize multiple assignments and projects; exercise sound judgment; coordinate work/projects with other programs and departments; establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, senior management, representatives of other departments/agencies, officials, contractors and the general public; negotiate effectively; speak clearly and concisely to communicate work-related information in a manner that is understandable to the intended audience; listen and effectively elicit information; prepare clear, accurate, effective, well-organized and understandable written documents and management reports; use a computer to research, access, extract and process data and information; create and maintain records; and prepare correspondence, reports and other documentation, including statistical data; assign, train, direct and monitor the work of assigned staff.

These minimum qualifications are to be used as a guide for establishing the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license which may be required for employment in the class. Although these minimum qualifications are typical of the class, additional minimum qualifications and special conditions may apply to a particular position and will be stated on the job announcement.

1. Possession of a graduate degree (Master's degree or higher) from an accredited college or university, and five (5) years full-time equivalent experience performing professional-level analytical work as described in Note A; OR

2. Possession of a graduate degree (Master's degree or higher) from an accredited college or university with major college coursework as described in Note B, and four (4) years full-time equivalent experience performing professional-level analytical work as described in Note A; OR

3. Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, and six (6) years full-time equivalent experience performing professional-level analytical work as described in Note A; OR

4. Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with major college coursework as described in Note B, and five (5) years full-time-equivalent experience performing professional-level analytical work as described in Note A;

SUBSTITUTION: Applicants may substitute up to 2 years of the required education with additional qualifying experience in budget analysis, financial analysis and reporting, legislative/policy analysis, or contract/grant administration. One year (2000 hours) of additional qualifying experience will be considered equivalent to 30 semester units/45 quarter units.

Notes on Qualifying Experience and Education:

A. Qualifying professional-level analytical experience must be in one or more of the following functional areas: complex budget analysis, development and administration; complex financial/fiscal analysis and reporting; development of complex contracting systems and administration of competitive bid processes and complex contractual agreements; development and evaluation of complex management/administrative policy; complex grant administration and monitoring; complex program evaluation and planning; complex legislative analysis; complex economic analysis; or other functional areas related to the duties of positions in Class 1824, where the primary focus of the job is complex professional-level analysis for evaluation, recommendation, development and implementation of major programs and functions of department/organization. Analytical experience equivalent to the duties of Class 1823 is considered qualifying.

B. Coursework applicable to a baccalaureate or higher degree in specialized subject matter areas such as public or business administration, management, business law, contract law, public policy, urban studies, economics, statistical analysis, finance, accounting or other fields of study closely related to the essential functions of positions in Class 1824.

None.

AMENDED: 9/28/09

All City and County of San Francisco employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law (California Government Code Section 3100-3109). Employment with the City requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to complete all Disaster Service Worker-related training as assigned, and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.