Tax Clerk

Lancaster County Government • Lancaster, SC

16h • Onsite

About The Position

Under occasional supervision, performs a variety of administrative and bookkeeping duties for the Delinquent Tax Collection Department to facilitate efficient and accurate payment collection of delinquent taxes.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• One to two years of secretarial, administrative, or bookkeeping experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Excellent people skills.
• A valid South Carolina driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Receiving payments
• Preparing correspondence, researching and locating addresses, and performing general secretarial duties.
• Prepares and maintains a database of delinquent personal property taxes that are submitted for collection through the Set Off Debt Program.
• Prepares and runs daily collection reports at end of day and balances funds for deposits.
• Performs money counts in drawers to ensure all received payments are balanced with receipts.
• Collects redemption payments from tax sale and prepares receipts.
• Prepares and processes a variety of correspondence such as bidder notifications, delinquent tax reminders, seizure notices, mortgage notifications, etc.
• Researches new addresses or change of ownership information utilizing various programs from other departments as well as returned mail.
• Performs various abstracting and paralegal duties to include deed and mortgage research.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED