Tax Collection Manager - City of Birmingham

TARGET CLOSE DATE : 03 / 14 / 2025

PAY GRADE : Grade 36

TYPE : Full time

JOB SUMMARY :

The City of Birmingham is seeking to hire a Tax Collection Manager to oversee planning, organizing, and directing the collection of various revenue sources (e.g., ad valorem tax, property tax, condemnation revenue) for the City of Birmingham. Employees in this position maintain relationships with financial institutions (i.e., banks) to protect assets, administer a departmental budget, and oversee the distribution of collected funds. Tax Collection Managers are upper-level supervisors with a large number of subordinates (e.g., Redemption Coordinators, Land Specialists, Sr. Land Specialists, Tax Agents) and are responsible for assigning and distributing work, monitoring work progress, providing feedback, and creating / revising departmental policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and standards. Employees work in an office setting using standard office equipment (e.g., computer, phone, copier).

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS :

Agencies provide competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more.

Applications for this position will be considered for the following Merit System employing agencies. The pay range for this job varies depending upon the Merit System employing agency.

Birmingham $97,531 - $151,299

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

The following are job-related qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position :

• Bachelor's degree or higher in accounting or finance or a business-related degree with at least 18 semester hours in accounting, finance, tax law, or a combination of coursework from these three disciplines.
• Experience with municipal / governmental tax collections.
• Experience supervising employees in a taxation or accounting environment to include training employees, reviewing work, giving performance appraisals, and approving time off.
• Experience interpreting and applying case law, state codes, or legal opinions related to tax law or changes in tax law (e.g., reviewing for relevancy, explaining to the public, using tax codes to make decisions).
• Experience balancing and reconciling accounts (i.e., reviewing financial data or reports against other financial information, finding discrepancies, and balancing).
• Experience managing, developing, or providing input to create a budget to include gathering historic information and cost estimates.
• Experience creating financial reports and providing recommendations based on the financial information (e.g., trends, ways to save money).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :

The following are job-related qualifications deemed desirable by Merit System agencies. These qualifications may be considered by a hiring agency when reviewing applications and inviting candidates to participate in subsequent steps in the selection processes.

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES :

PHYSICAL DEMANDS :

Job is primarily sedentary involving sitting for long periods of time, but may involve occasional walking or standing for brief periods. May involve occasional light lifting of items or objects weighing up to 25 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

Work is conducted almost exclusively indoors in an office setting. Work involves use of standard office equipment, such as computer, phone, copier, etc.

EEO STATEMENT :

The Personnel Board of Jefferson County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Each Merit System member city / agency operate its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city / agency website.

ACCOMMODATION :

To request an accommodation in the application or hiring process due to your own ongoing medical condition or disability, please contact our Accommodations Coordinator at accommodationrequest@pbjcal.org or phone at 205-279-3500 (select option 1) Monday through Friday, 8 : 00 a.m. to 5 : 00 p.m. Central Time. The accommodation process is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or accommodation in the job application process.

NOTE :

This job posting may close before, or be extended beyond, the listed Target Close Date based on the employment needs of the Merit System. More detail regarding this job is available by clicking Apply.

DISCLAIMER :

This job posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties, responsibilities, or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.

Salary : $97,531 - $151,299