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TREASURY/TAX COLLECTION MANAGER (#UA5 ) $62.24-$83.21 hourly / $10,788.00-$14,423.00 monthly / $129,459.20-$173,076.80 yearly
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Distinguishing Characteristics
This single-position classification reports directly to the
County Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector. The incumbent receives broad
policy direction from the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector and is
responsible for carrying out the necessary technical features of the work with
a high degree of independence. This position oversees the Investment Officer’s
utilization of County funds, cash flow analysis, and ensuring the timely and
proper investment of funds. This classification is also responsible for the
overall coordination and supervision of subordinate treasury, tax and
collection staff activities.
This class differs from the next higher class of Chief Deputy Auditor-Controller who has
responsibility for assisting the Auditor Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector to
manage the department.
Typical Tasks
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Directs and provides oversight of
the planning, organization, coordination of the County’s investment activities
including buying and selling securities for the County and investment pool
participants, Maintains the pooled investment portfolio using various cash
management software systems.
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Oversees the preparation of regular
and special accounting and narrative reports of varying complexity for the
Department, other County departments, and members of the investment pool.
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Assists in the formulation and
preparation of the Department’s budget.
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Supervises the daily balancing of
cash receipts and deposits, determining the amount of Treasury money available
for investment; reconciles average daily cash balance for all County funds
required for investment apportionment.
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Supervises the tax collection
operations and complies with applicable sections of the State Revenue and
Taxation Code.
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Plans, assigns and coordinates work
of subordinates in the Tax Collection Division engaged in receiving and
processing secured, unsecured and supplemental tax payments, balancing daily
collections to controls, answering questions from the public on tax collection
matters, processing tax segregations and duplicate payments, maintaining
control records, balancing tax rolls, computing interest and penalties to
determine amounts to redeem tax-delinquent properties, processing tax
delinquent properties to be deeded to the State and sold at public auction, and
sending and receiving files to/from tax services.
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Manages and maintains the fee waiver
program.
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Manages the operation of the Central
Collections Division, which includes servicing and collecting delinquent and
other receivable accounts for various County departments and outside agencies.
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Reviews work of subordinates for
accuracy, completion and conformance to applicable rules and regulations.
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Works with others in planning,
developing, and implementing computer systems for the Division.
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Analyzes and solves difficult
administrative and financial problems.
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Exercises direct supervision
including selection, training, and evaluation of subordinate technical staff.
Employment Standards
Knowledge:
Thorough knowledge of:
- The theory of money and banking as it applies to cash
management, bank reconciliations, banking procedures, cash flow and
liquidity demands of a large organization.
Working knowledge of:
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Work organization, simplification,
and layout.
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Applications of accounting theory,
principles, terminology, and practice to a wide variety of accounting
transactions and problems.
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Bonds, U.S. Government securities,
and money market investment instruments.
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Principles of supervision, training,
and personnel management.
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Principles and techniques of
administrative survey and analysis.
Some knowledge of:
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Governmental accounting, budgeting,
and finance.
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Operations and procedures of a
County Tax Collector’s office.
·
State Revenue and Taxation Code as
applied to local tax collections and reporting.
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Methods, techniques and standard
legal procedures used in collections.
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Data processing principles and
applications.
Ability to:
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Review and analyze cash flow
requirements and identify funds available for investment
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Analyze and evaluate financial and
securities market data.
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Perform financial and investment
research
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Negotiate transactions at favorable
prices
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Plan, organize, and direct the work
of others
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Supervise, train, and evaluate
subordinate staff.
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Develop and use computerized
software programs.
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Read, interpret, and apply laws,
rules and regulations.
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Maintain effective relationships
with public officials, banking and investment officers, the public and county
staff.
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Present technical financial data and
reports before groups.
EDUCATION
AND EXPERIENCE
Any combination of training and
experience, which would provide the required knowledge and abilities, is
qualifying. A typical way to obtain these knowledge and abilities would be:
Equivalent to graduation from an
accredited college with a major in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business or
Public Administration or a closely related field, and four (4) years of
full-time or its equivalent professional experience in financial management,
securities investment, accounting or banking which would have provided a
familiarity with cash management, cash-flow analysis, investment instruments,
debt issuance and financial reporting; at least two (2) years of this
experience must have included supervision over financial or accounting staff.
Substitution: Certification as a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) may be used
to substitute one (1) of the years of experience.
Special Requirements:
Fingerprinting and successful completion of a background investigation.
Miscellaneous
EEOC Category: 02
Occupational Grouping: 80
Workers’ Comp Code: 0053
Previous Titles: Investment Officer, Investment Banking & Tax Manager
CLASS: UA5; EST: 6/1/2003; REV: 6/1/2014;