Deputy Treasurer ID -11402

Description

Under general supervision, fulfills financial, customer service, administrative, and clerical work in the City Treasurer's Office. Work involves accepting payments for real estate, personal property, and state income taxes, issuing dog licenses, bicycles licenses, and deposits from other City departments. Employee is responsible for balancing daily receipts and researching accounts, as needed. Employee must exercise independent judgment and initiative.



To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.

 

Essential Job Functions

 

Posts and reconciles real estate payments. Totals and balances daily transactions. Summarizes cashier work into cash report and posts to the general ledger. Perform research through data bases to issue tax liens for delinquent taxes, including DMV, VEC and Accurint systems. Provide customer service including telephone inquiries, posting of taxpayer payments, process payments from other departments. Balancing daily cash transactions and depositing funds to the bank. Prepare and submit DMV withholding data to the DMV for placement of vehicle stops for delinquent taxes also release these blocks when necessary. Open and sort all incoming mail, during tax periods prepare mail for processing by lock box system also coordinate returned items from lock box and make sure that data balances. Accepts personal property and real estate tax payments over the counter and through the mail. Accepts deposits from other City departments; balances cash daily and prepares daily worksheets. Coordinates the "lockbox" seasonally. Researches accounts and makes adjustments, as necessary. Posts and balances accounts. Files all receipts of daily work.

Performs other related duties as required.

Required Qualifications

Graduation from high school and 1 to 2 years of experience in accounting clerical work; or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities. Requires a valid driver's license. Enrollment and participation in Treasurers’ Association’s Master Governmental Deputy Treasurer (MGDT) program is required.


Applicants MUST include a cover letter, resume, and writing sample with their application.

For the writing sample, an example of a professionally-written (typed) document that does not exceed one page in length will be sufficient. This can be actual or hypothetical work that has been performed.

 

Supplemental Information

 

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