Income Tax Specialist

City of Ashtabula Job Description Position Title: Income Tax Specialist Department: Finance /Income tax Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Monday through Friday Rate of Pay: Step 1 (0-2 years) - $25.96; Step 2 (3-5 years) - $27.26; Step 3 (6-10 years) - $28.63; Step 4 (11+ years) - $30.06 ($1.00 per hour less if less than 120 days of service) Department Supervisor: Director of Finance Minimum Requirements: Associate degree in accounting or business administration or related field. Related work experience of three (3) years in a income tax field or an equivalent balance of experience and education. Working knowledge of MITS or similar income tax software. General Statement of Duties: The Income Tax Specialist coordinates the day-to-day activities of the income tax department; performing a wide variety of confidential and complex duties in some or all of the following functional areas: Income Tax, Cash Handling, Customer Service, Purchasing, Banking, Document Maintenance/Management, Account Maintenance and Data Entry and Retrieval. Major Areas of Responsibility Major areas of responsibility include but are not limited to: - Income tax - Cash Handling - Customer Service - Account Maintenance Primary Objectives: - Preserve confidentiality - Achieve maximum collections of local income tax - Enhance and promote the integrity and confidentiality of the functions of the income tax department - Contribute to the safeguarding of the public funds - Maintain the integrity of income tax software - Implement best practices in the functional areas of public finance and income tax collection - Implement internal controls, separation of duties, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards - Timely completion of departmental duties Specific Responsibilities of the Job Communicates effectively and in a timely manner with the Director of Finance regarding the operations of the income tax department; performs responsible, paraprofessional work carrying out responsibilities related to income tax administration. Income tax - Audit, calculate and process income tax returns - Taxpayer correspondence - Income tax billing - Maintain accounts receivable for income tax - Recommend accounts to be placed with outside collection agencies, small claims court & US bankruptcy courts - Maintain taxpayer accounts - Maintain income tax documentation - Produce and distribute income reports - Serve as the point of contact for the income tax department - Serve as the liaison to the income tax review board Cash Handling - Balance the cash drawer - Create deposits Purchasing - Create requisitions for department purchases and taxpayer refunds - Maintain purchase order files Customer Service/Department Support - Answer phones and customer window - Accept payments - Compile statistics for financial statements and CAFR - General correspondence - Provide department support as directed Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities The individual should be self motivated, discerning and adaptable with the ability to access need, plan programs and execute plans without an excessive amount of supervision Job Requirements These requirements are repres