Deputy Treasurer

City of Rochester Hills•Rochester Hills, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for the administrative oversight, leadership, planning, coordinating, and management of the Treasury Division for the City. This position manages and directs the operations of the Division under the general supervision of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
Eight (8) years professional level experience in treasury functions.
Three (3) years supervisory experience.
Michigan Certified Professional Treasurer (MiCPT) certification
Certified Public Finance Administrator (CPFA)
Intermediate proficiency with office computers and associated business software.
Advanced user experience with ERS electronic payment and cash receipting systems.
Intermediate user experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, such as JDE or BS&A.

Nice To Haves

Certified Public Funds Investment Manager (CPFIM)
Advanced CPFA

Responsibilities

Provides leadership, directs the work and manages the staff of the Treasury Division: Interviews and selects new employees; provides training and instructions; assigns tasks, reviews work, and prepares performance evaluations; recommends employee reclassifications, disciplinary actions, and discharges.
Analyzes and evaluates existing objectives, goals, standards, priorities, policies, and procedures.
Researches, recommends, develops, and implements policies and procedures for program effectiveness.
Develops work plans and strategies to meet business needs, both short term and long term; develops and directs the implementation of goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and work standards to ensure success.
Ensures proper implementation and conformance to related legislative requirements.
Administers the City's Property Taxation program: Allocates tax revenue to the proper city fund, school district, college, county, and State of Michigan.
Prepares settlement with the county on real and personal property taxes.
Oversees production and distribution of tax bills to all City property holders.
Prepares all Tax Warrants and Settlements and provides required notifications.
Prepares required forms and annual report of taxes.
Ensures reconciliation of tax collections to the general ledger and to the BS&A Tax Receivables.
Prepares tax audit schedules.
Processes changes into the City's electronic tax system: creates affidavits and balances tax roll for all property tax roll changes from Michigan Tax Tribunal, State Tax Commission, Department of Treasury, Assessor, Board of Review, Winter Pre-and Personal Property Rescissions, re-bills or refunds.
Oversees Treasury functions with CFO.
Monitors, verifies, and provides for the recording of all banking activity; resolves discrepancies found with the bank.
Sends ACH payable and payment files; transfers funds.
Wires funds.
Record transactions to the general ledger.
Assists with the management of the City Investments.
Assists with the management of the City's Investment Portfolio.
Performs investment functions during an absence of CFO.
Oversees Special Assessment processes; Petitions of Objection, Public Hearing Notices, Confirmation of Roll Notice, Notice to Bill and Collect and amortization schedules.
Bills annual installments of the special assessments.
Provides customer service to internal and external customers; addresses and resolves customer inquiries, requests, or complaints.
Works with the Procurement Division to develop RFPs for related Treasury software and other service providers.
Other duties as assigned.