Manager - Individual Tax Audit (ASSISTANT STATE COMPTROLLER III)

State of Maryland•Baltimore City, MD

13h

About The Position

The Compliance Division is hiring a Manager to lead the Individual Tax Audit Section. This position oversees the planning and execution of audit programs within the Individual Tax Audit Section, including the Individual Nexus Unit and the Tax Investigation Unit. The Manager provides leadership to Revenue Administrators, Revenue Specialists, Revenue Examiners, and clerical staff, ensuring efficient operations, adherence to procedures, and consistent performance. Responsibilities include monitoring daily workload and productivity, allocating resources effectively, and meeting operational goals. This role reviews and updates compliance program business rules each tax year, develops new rules for emerging programs, and prepares monthly production reports for the Director’s Office. The Manager also handles disciplinary actions and responds to complex inquiries from taxpayers, tax professionals, and elected officials that require management-level involvement.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
Six (6) years of professional work experience in auditing, accounting, tax law, general management, or customer service.
Two (2) years of this professional work experience must have involved supervising professional revenue administrators, accountants, or auditors, or providing legal advice requiring the interpretation of tax laws in the capacity of a tax attorney, or having been in a responsible administrative or management capacity.

Nice To Haves

Four (4) years management level experience with at least two (2) years experience supervising tax auditors or income tax

Responsibilities

Oversees the planning and execution of audit programs within the Individual Tax Audit Section, including the Individual Nexus Unit and the Tax Investigation Unit.
Provides leadership to Revenue Administrators, Revenue Specialists, Revenue Examiners, and clerical staff, ensuring efficient operations, adherence to procedures, and consistent performance.
Monitors daily workload and productivity, allocating resources effectively, and meeting operational goals.
Reviews and updates compliance program business rules each tax year, develops new rules for emerging programs
Prepares monthly production reports for the Director’s Office.
Handles disciplinary actions and responds to complex inquiries from taxpayers, tax professionals, and elected officials that require management-level involvement.