• Job Description

  Req#: R0067123

  About Our Job

  With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills, and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive, and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

  What We Offer

  The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The salary range for this position is $103,977 - $171,562/ annually. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

  • A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service

  • 457B Retirement Plan

  • 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 11 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday and 1 volunteer day per year

  • Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

  Location

  The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site several days a week and off-site as needed. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.

  What You’ll Do

  The Department of Finance manages the city’s investing, fiscal analysis, budgeting, debt, and asset

  management, tax assessment and collection, and accounting functions as well as establishing, maintaining and enforcing fiscal policies, practices and procedures for the entire City and County of Denver. The Department commits to Denver residents the delivery of these services through a financial structure that mirrors the best practices of both the public and private sectors. This commitment promotes better service, enhanced performance measures, maximum accountability, and improved business processes.

  The Tax Operations Manager will be responsible for setting goals for, overseeing daily operations of, and ensuring deadlines are met by the following units:

  Taxpayer Service Unit – front-facing unit that provides cashiering duties for in-person customers paying property and excise taxes, provides registration information and assistance for new account holders, and is an overall information center for all taxpayer questions via phone, email, and walk in. This unit is also responsible for the acceptance and processing of other agency deposits.

  Special Accounts Unit – responsible for the property tax cycle from statement generation to collection of property taxes and tax sale of liens for unpaid taxes. This unit also processes property tax refunds, sets up and releases liens for debts of other agencies such as service liens for collection as part of property tax cycle, prepares Certificates of Taxes Due, and processes applications for Treasurer Deeds.

  Tax Payments and Corrections Unit – responsible for the data entry and correction of all excise tax returns as well as reconciliation and correction of excise tax accounts for taxpayers, collectors, and auditors.

  Specifically, as the Tax Operations Manager, you will:

  • Work as the liaison for several vendors of the Treasury Division such as the printer, mailing and postage services, equipment maintenance services, and the relevant Treasury software developers for ongoing discussions of contracts, service expectations, invoice review and approval, and expense tracking.

  • Collaborate with other City agencies to ensure smooth coordination of efforts and operations as tasks often overlap.

  • Review processes for innovations to improve service and/or reduce costs while attaining departmental goals.

  • Participate in discussions regarding legislative changes that will affect how these units process the work and take the lead on developing new processes and procedures when necessary to stay in compliance with laws and regulations.

  • Monitor staff and financial resources to ensure optimization of resources available during varying operational and budgetary constraints.

  About You

  What You’ll Bring

  We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.

  Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:

  • 3 years’ experience leading a team in a fast-paced environment driven by statutory deadlines.

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field

  • Knowledge and experience with the annual property tax cycle

  • Knowledge and understanding of the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning property taxation.

  Required Minimum Qualifications

  • Education Requirement: Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or a related field based on a specific position(s).

  • Experience Requirement: Three (3) years of supervisory experience.

  • Education/Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post high school education.

  • Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements.

  Application Deadline

  This position is expected to stay open until May 30th . Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than May 30th at midnight .

  To be considered for this position, you must include the following on your job application (upload the attachment(s) to the Resume/CV section on the My Experience tab):

  • Cover letter detailing your interest

  About Everything Else

  Job Profile

  CV2792 Financial Manager

  To view the full job profile including position specifications, physical demands, and probationary period, click here.

  Position Type

  Unlimited

  Position Salary Range

  $103,977.00 - $171,562.00

  Starting Pay

  Based on experience and education

  Agency

  Department of Finance

  The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law.

  It is your right to access oral or written language assistance, sign language interpretation, real-time captioning via CART, or disability-related accommodations. To request any of these services at no cost to you, please contact Jobs@Denvergov.org with three business days’ notice.

  Applicants for employment with the City and County of Denver must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.

  For information about right to work, click here for English or here for Spanish.

• About the company

  Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the US state of Colorado.

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