Tax Administrator

Must Haves:

• Leadership experience and comfort with retaining people.
• County tax experience
• Supervises, plans and directs the activities for comprehensive tax program including the management of listing, mapping, appraisal and collections personnel.
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in real/personal property appraisal, real estate, and collection of taxes/revenue.
• Three years of supervisory experience.

Nice to Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Public Administration, or Business Administration (or equivalent combination of education/experience).
• Tax Administrator certifications (willing to give them 2 years to obtain).

Day to Day:

• Supervising, planning, and directing the listing, assessing, billing, and collecting of taxable property.
• Overseeing the collection of various fees and revenues.
• Ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.
• Maintaining records and files and preparing reports.
• Managing staff (listing, mapping, appraisal, and collections personnel).
• Developing policies, procedures, and methods for program operations.
• Administers land records management and geographic information system program.
• Overseeing the collection of property taxes and delinquent property taxes including bankruptcies; enforces applicable legal remedies; oversees garnishments, bank attachments, and foreclosures; negotiates settlements in tax audits; approves tax exemptions.
• Managing computer software contract for tax
• Coordinating and serving as administrative support to the Board of Equalization and Review.
• Appraising and processing data on new construction; lists and appraises real and personal property in order to prepare and collect annual tax bills; updates/corrects changes for appraisals, tax bills, etc.
• Developing the Uniform Schedule of values, rules and standards to be used in revaluation.
• Coordinating and supervising County mass revaluations per the General Statutes.
• Preparing and submitting accurate value projections and annual tax base projections; reviewing tax files, records, and reports for accuracy; analyzing real estate sales, markets, and data.
• Overseeing the daily receipt of payments by mail and walk-ins and assures all money received is properly accounted for and deposited in the appropriate accounts.
• Preparing and administering department budget; monitors expenditures; requisitions supplies and equipment; prepares and disseminates requests for proposals/qualifications; makes recommendations; prepares and presents contracts.
• Handling appeals; defends tax assessments at State and local meetings; makes recommendations for tax releases to the Board.
• Assisting customers by phone, in person, via email, etc.; receives and responds to inquiries regarding tax bills, property cards, geographic information system, etc.
• Preparing and verifying various reports; assists with annual audit.
• Assuring that all required notices, postings, deadlines, and other guidelines are met in the tax appraisal and collection system.
• Overseeing Disaster Damage Assessment for the County’s Emergency Operations plan.