DescriptionGENERAL STATEMENT OF JOBIncumbents supervise lower-level employees in the collection of taxes and revenues and maintains department records. Responsibilities include evaluating information to determine compliance with laws, regulations, and standards; scheduling work hours; preparing daily accounting records; responding to customer inquiries and resolving discrepancies; creating and analyzing reports; maintaining department records including tax and billing records; identifying and resolving complex tax issues; and maintaining compliance with various license/permit laws and regulations.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS POSITION WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH JUNE 5, 2024, OR UNTIL FILLED. STRONG CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPERVISORY SKILLS ARE REQUIRED.Example of DutiesSPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential Functions:
Supervises staff to include prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff are trained; ensuring that employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.
Identifies and resolves complex issues related to billings for property taxes, in-lieu of taxes, Economic Impact Development Plans issued by the Industrial Development Board, tax sale process, tax relief program, business license, etc.; maintains crucial partnerships with attorneys, elected officials, state and local government employees, and members of boards and committees to accomplish goals and objectives; reviews and ensures accuracy of property tax information provided by the County Tax Assessor; verifies accuracy in property documentation.
Oversees the collection of taxes from individuals and/or businesses according to prescribed laws and regulations; monitors and maintains adequate internal controls for revenue collections; prepares, maintains, and analyzes operational tax and revenue records and reports; maintains knowledge of tax code changes, and accounting procedures and theory to rigorously evaluate financial information.
Prepares general ledger journal entries and specific financial information as related to the collection of City revenues to elected officials and the public; prepares and provides revenue information to the Chief Financial Officer for inclusion into the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR).
Maintains and reconciles a variety of ledgers and accounts, including the general ledger; examines all accounting transactions to ensure accuracy; corrects financial records, as necessary.
Completes accounting processes including applying GASB rules for revenue recognition. Prepares and provides financial information for auditors, as necessary.
Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.
Performs other related work as required.
Typical QualificationsMINIMUM EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field.
Two years of accounting experience.
An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the job's essential duties.
LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS
None
Supplemental InformationMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS REQUIRED
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:Knowledge of:
Supervisory principles
Customer service principles and practices
Applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
Accounting principles
Modern office equipment.
Applicable department policies and procedures.
Computers and related software applications.
Skill in:
Supervising and evaluating employees.
Prioritizing and assigning work.
Training subordinates on work methods.
Ensuring operational compliance with applicable laws, policies, and procedures.
Providing customer service.
Performing accounting transactions.
Creating and analyzing complex and routine reports.
Operating modern office equipment.
Using a computer and related software applications.
Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with subordinates, coworkers, supervisors, the public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to give and receive work direction.
Physical Requirements:The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination sound.
Mental Acuity: Making rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
Visual ability 1: sufficient to perform an activity like preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.