Audit Manager
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Salary: $79,353.28 AnnuallyLocation : Tuscaloosa, ALJob Type: Full-TimeJob Number: 10430001Department: Accounting & FinanceOpening Date: 12/26/2024Closing Date: 1/9/2025 5:00 PM CentralSummaryThe purpose of this classification is to oversee and manage the Audit Section of the Revenue Division and its activities including the issuance of audit notices, the examination of taxpayer records, the review of work papers, and the issuance of assessments: ensuring that audits are conducted in compliance with City policies and procedures. Essential FunctionsThe following duties are normal for this classification. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned. Specific duties listed may not be required for all positions within this classification but are determined by the normal requirements for the particular position.Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining and completing employee performance appraisals; trains new personnel; provides direction and technical expertise to other staff members.Coordinates daily work activities; organizes, prioritizes, and assigns work; develops work schedules to ensure adequate coverage; monitors status of work in progress and inspects completed work; consults with assigned staff, assists with complex/problem situations, and provides technical expertise.Develops, implements, and manages the audit desk review program.Monitors the progress of active audits, regularly meets with auditors to discuss the status of ongoing audits, assists with complex issues and taxpayer contentions, provides guidance in interpreting tax codes, law, rules, regulations, and case precedence, and ensures the timely completion of all audits. Reviews audit work paper files, discusses audit findings with auditors, concurs or amends auditors' findings, and approves issuance of preliminary assessments against taxpayers.Trains, counsels, and supervises the business tax auditors on staff.Perpetually improves and oversees the audit selection process.Assigns, supervises, and reviews business license, sales, use, rental, lodging, and tobacco tax audits.Seeks, develops and implements innovative audit procedures.Manages and oversees collection of any audit assessments and payment arrangements.Issues assessments based on audits received from external government agencies.Serves as the point of contact for the State of Alabama and Tuscaloosa County revenue departments concerning audit activities.Serves as the first point of contact for any questions, issues, or contentions that arise in the Audit section.Responsible for escalating any relevant issues to the Director of Revenue Code Enforcement.Coordinates with the Enforcement Manager and Billing and Collections Manager to facilitate the maintenance of accounts, the personal service of audit deliverables, and any other activities related to the audit section of the Revenue Division.Attends all audit appeal conferences/hearings/meetings and any municipal court dates related to audit citations. Develops processes and key metrics to track the effectiveness and efficiency of audit activities; reports findings to the Director of Revenue Code Enforcement.Works hand-in-hand with the Director of Revenue Code Enforcement to drive innovation and continuous improvement throughout Audit section activities.Collaborates with the Director of Revenue Code Enforcement to align audit activities with the City's strategic plan.Review and approves documentation pertaining to payroll and personnel for the Audit Section of the Revenue Division.Recommends policies, procedures, and municipal code changes that support audit activities, revenue collection, and the city's strategic plan.Assists the Director of Revenue Code Enforcement in the preparation or completion of various forms, reports, correspondence, depositions, taxpayer records, citations, final notices, spreadsheets, or other documents.Develops and maintains cooperative and courteous relationships with officials, other departments, representatives from businesses, and the public to maintain good will toward the city and to project/promote a positive department image; interacts with various department heads, supervisors, employees, and the public to ensure compliance with all revenue-related regulations and ordinances; educates the public in tax and revenue related matters; prepares/presents informative lectures on license requirements and compliance at various public meetings; consults with taxpayers, public officials, businesses, and other city departments to explain revenue procedures and answer questions. Communicates with supervisor, employees, other departments, city officials, taxpayers, business owners, accountants, lawyers, taxing authorities, local/state/federal agencies, the public, and other individuals as needed to coordinate work activities, review status of work, exchange information, or resolve problems. Assists the Director of Revenue Code Enforcement with the oversight and maintenance of confidentiality of all financial and other restricted information relating to business license and/or tax accounts.Maintains a comprehensive, current knowledge and awareness of applicable laws/regulations and new standards in auditing; reads professional literature; attends professional training and development; and maintains professional affiliations.Performs duties of staff members in their absence.Performs miscellaneous tasks, which may include issuing business licenses, assisting taxpayers with completion of tax forms and license notices, updating account data in revenue computer system, typing documents, or answering telephone calls. Operates a motor vehicle to conduct work activities.Recommends policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of quality services by the Department.Incorporates continuous quality improvement principles in day-to-day activities.Incorporates the core beliefs of the city within the Accounting and Finance Department in order to achieve the city's standard of excellence to be the most innovative and effectively managed city.Must accomplish the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations, in a timely manner.Must meet regular attendance requirements.Must be able to maintain good interpersonal relationships with staff, co-workers, managers and citizens.Performs other related duties as required. Minimum QualificationsBachelor's degree required. three (3) years of experience in municipal revenue laws and procedures, tax processing, accounting, audit, business examination procedures or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for the job. Must be certified by the Alabama Municipal Revenue Officers Association as a Certified Municipal Revenue Officer within three (3) years of employment. Must obtain within a reasonable time, not to exceed three (3) years from date of hire, and thereafter, maintain a valid Revenue Examiner certification. Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license. Minimum Requirements to Perform Essential Job FunctionsThe following requirements are normal for this classification. Specific requirements may not apply to all positions within this classification but are determined by the normal requirements for the particular position.PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Must be able to operate a variety of automated office equipment including computers, printers, calculators, facsimile machines, and telephones. Physical demand requirements are at levels of those for sedentary work. DATA COMPREHENSION: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable functional, structural, or compositional characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things which may include spreadsheets, flow charts, graphs, and complex financial data. INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION: Requires the ability to speak with and/or signal people to convey or exchange financial and administrative information, including giving/receiving assignments and/or directions to/from co-workers, assistants, managers, or supervisors as well as communicating with city officials and the general public. LANGUAGE ABILITY: Requires ability to read a variety of financial and accounting documentation, directions, instructions, and methods and procedures. Requires the ability to write job related documentation and reports with proper format, punctuation, spelling and grammar, using all parts of speech. Requires the ability to speak with and before others with poise, voice control, and confidence using correct English and well-modulated voice. INTELLIGENCE: Requires the ability to learn and understand complex accounting principles and techniques, to understand departmental policies and procedures, to make independent judgments in absence of supervision, and to acquire and be able to expound on knowledge of topics related to primary occupation. VERBAL APTITUDE: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, and to follow verbal and written instructions. NUMERICAL APTITUDE: Requires the ability to add and subtract; multiply and divide; calculate decimals and percentages; interpret graphs; compute discounts, interest, profit and loss, ratio and proportion; perform calculations involving variables, formulas, square routs, and polynomials; perform statistical calculations which include frequency distributions, reliability and validity of tests, correlation techniques, factor analysis, and econometrics. FORM/SPATIAL APTITUDE: Requires the ability to visually inspect items for proper length, width, and shape using job related equipment that may include automated office equipment. MOTOR COORDINATION: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes in using automated office equipment. MANUAL DEXTERITY: May require the ability to handle a variety of items, computers, printers, calculators, facsimile machines, and telephones, control knobs, switches, etc. May require the ability to use one hand for twisting motion or turning motion while coordinating other hand with different activities. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination. COLOR DIFFERENTIATION: May require the ability to discern color. INTERPERSONAL TEMPERAMENT: Requires the ability to deal with and relate to people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be able to adapt to and perform under minimal stress when confronted with an emergency. PHYSICAL COMMUNICATION: Requires the ability to talk, express, or exchange ideas by means of spoken words and/or hear and perceive nature of sounds by ear.The City of Tuscaloosa offers a comprehensive benefits package to full-time permanent employees that includes retirement, vacation and illness leave, paid holidays, medical and dental insurance, flexible spending account, life insurance, and other supplemental insurances and deferred retirement saving plans. For a more detailed overview of our benefits package, please visit the Employee Benefits Summary within our website or contact the Human Resource Department at (205) ###-####.