Tax Services Specialist - Salt Lake County

Salt Lake County…A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community.  To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community.  Community is more than a place…. it’s our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck.  A career with Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks.  We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year. 

Additional Benefits include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution

• Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
• Professional Development
• Plus: Onsite medical clinic, childcare and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.

JOB SUMMARY

Collects, processes, balances, deposits, researches, reports, and reconciles all monies received by Salt Lake County in accordance with guidelines established under Utah State Statutes, the State Uniform Accounting Manual, generally accepted accounting principles, and Salt Lake County cash handling policies and procedures. This position also researches and processes tax roll corrections and Board Letters as well as provides back-up to other departments as needed.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Prepares cashier daily balance reports, daily bank deposits, and cashier over/short logs.
• Prepares and processes cashier void tickets and payment reversal tickets.
• Maintains security of cashier work area and vault by complying with Salt Lake County Management of Public Funds Policy. Assists in daily opening and closing procedures of vault area.
• Implements and balances all types of special certifications. Inputs tax roll corrections and Board Letters in a timely manner.
• Assists the public by taking phone calls, answering questions, and researching problems. Assists tax relief, addressing, and scanning areas as needed. Assists elderly and disabled persons with one-on-one meetings to review options for Property Tax Relief programs.
• Audits, scans, indexes, routes, and maintains documents using an electronic filing system. Creates and updates records in database of transactions.
• Creates delinquent tax screens, researches payments, creates refunds, and balances refunds with necessary payments.
• Collects and processes tax receipts to include tax prepayments, current tax payments, cashing checks, delinquent tax payments, mobile home payments, business personal property payments, and May Tax Sale Collections to ensure timely receipts.