Director, Legal Contracts - City of New York

The 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.

The Legal Affairs Division serves as the in-house legal department for DOF, providing professional and comprehensive legal advice and services supporting a full range of city tax and other revenue-related matters. Legal Affairs Division attorneys and staff handle various legal issues, including real property taxes and exemptions, business income and excise taxes, collections, parking violations, treasury, land registry, Conciliation Bureau conferences, FOIL, and employment law.

DOF's Legal Affairs is seeking an attorney with experience managing complex contracts and procurements matters to join our team as Director for Legal Contracts and Procurement. As a manager in Legal Affairs, the Director will serve as the lead contracts counsel for the DOF's contracting and procurement matters. The duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

- Conduct legal research and analysis on complex and contract and procurement matters. Provide legal counsel based on a strong understanding of City, State and federal procurement laws, rules and regulations and procurement laws and procedures.
- Manage the legal review and processing of contract related legal documents regarding DOF agreements, leases, business documents, and contracts, including contracts, renewals, amendments and purchasing related documents. Ensure compliance with existing contract and procurement law, rules and regulations.
- Handle the contract related legal functions in Legal Affairs. Supervise attorneys on contract and procurement related matters and functions.
- As requested by the General Counsel or the Agency Chief Contracting Officer (ACCO), conduct negotiations with contractors at all stages of the contracting process as needed. Communicate DOF and City positions and requirements, and provide responses, comments and documents to vendors and contractors on matters as needed.
- Serve as lead counsel for DOF on contract and procurement related legal matters, and in providing litigation support to the Law Department on agency legal matters in litigation. Handle any responsibility determinations and processes and draft all documents.
- Draft complex contracts, statements of work, agreements, purchasing documents, and solicitation documents including requests for proposal. With detailed review and analysis, ensure that the documents and process are in compliance with New York City contract and procurement laws, rules and processes.
- Collaborate with the ACCO and business units to understand the business needs and incorporate requirements into the scope of work, proposals and documents as needed.
- Work directly with the Law Department, DOF operating divisions, City agencies and oversight agencies on DOF contract matters. Develop a legal workflow process at DOF and manage to meet time frames needed for business operations and oversight review.
- Utilize the City's passport system for contracts.
- Handle other legal matters and assignments as required by the General Counsel.

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.

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.

Work Location:
375 Pearl Street, New York, NY
(Current location but could be subject to change)

Admission to the New York State Bar; and four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant, satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar, eighteen months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys, in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity, or performing highly complex and significant legal work.

Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.

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.