Taxation Services Manager

6 days ago

Welland, Ontario, Canada City of Welland Full time

About the City of Welland

The City of Welland is a dynamic and innovative municipality that is constantly striving for excellence. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Revenue Services Manager to join our team.

About the Position

The Revenue Services Manager is responsible for overseeing the activities and functions of the Taxation and Water/Wastewater revenues of the municipality. This includes developing and implementing policies, procedures, and controls to ensure timely and accurate calculation, preparation, delivery, and collection of municipal revenues.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement policies, procedures, and controls to ensure timely and accurate calculation, preparation, delivery, and collection of municipal revenues.
  • Preparation, monitoring, and variance analysis of Operating and Rate supported budgets.
  • Forecast and provide critical corporate financial estimates on tax related items such as assessment growth, supplementary revenue, payments-in-lieu, assessment appeals, rebates, and tax write offs for the corporate budget.
  • Oversee the City's Tax Increment Growth (TIG) Program.
  • Oversee the development of tax policies, reports and by-laws for submission to Council and to ensure compliance with all provincial legislation relating to property taxes.
  • Monitor division budget and corporate general revenues and expenditures through monthly variance reporting and initiate action where required.
  • Responsible for co-coordinating with the Regional Municipality of Niagara and Ontario Property Tax Analysis (OPTA) to ensure all legislated requirements mandated by the province are administered through the tax billings and collections.
  • Maintain Local Improvement Charges for tax billing purposes; maintain administrative and financial services to Business Improvement Areas (B.I.A.) through calculation and preparation of charges through tax billings.
  • Maintain a thorough knowledge of applicable sections of the Ontario Municipal Act, Assessment Act, Education Act, and related Regulations.
  • Responsible for processing all payments to Local School Boards as mandated by the Education Act.
  • Oversee the Payment-in-Lieu accounts including billing, balancing, and accounting in the general ledger.
  • Responsible for providing advice and assistance with respect to complex tax policy matters relating to Provincial Legislation.
  • Manage and control the billing of interim, final, and supplementary taxes and confirm the clawback/capping adjustments.
  • Oversee the collection of all tax arrears in accordance with the City's collection policies and procedures as well as overseeing all tax adjustments for write-off or reduction of taxes, vacancy rebates, charity rebates, Assessment Review Board decisions, etc.
  • Oversee the preparation of tax schedules on the Financial Information Return and tax working papers for the annual audit.
  • Oversee the protection and enhancement of the assessment base through research and analysis to maximize revenues.
  • Ensure that a high level of customer service is delivered on a fair and consistent basis to all.
  • Oversee the utility billing, collection, monitoring and tracking in accordance with City's policies; establishes the utility rates annually for Council approval.
  • Oversee the City's Miscellaneous Account Receivable process including billing, collection, responding to inquiries and transfers to property tax for arears.

Requirements

  • University Degree in Finance, Economics, Real Property Administration, or a related discipline.
  • Current certification, in good standing as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) is required.
  • Five (5) years' experience as a manager or supervisor within a municipal setting, as well as experience working with various municipal departments, consultants, and government agencies.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills acquired through considerable experience supervising, leading, and motivating staff, preferably in a unionized environment.
  • Thorough working knowledge of municipal finance related legislation/regulations including the Municipal Act, Assessment Act, and property tax as well as sale of land for tax arrears procedures.
  • Proven analytical, organizational, project and time management, problem solving, change management, negotiation, and report writing skills.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders including the ability to communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.
  • Thorough working knowledge of utility billing related to water and wastewater operations.

Salary and Benefit Information

$112,323.84-$131,403.00

Why Choose Welland?

The City of Welland offers a comprehensive benefits package, including OMERS pension, five wellness days, adaptable and generous benefits package, flexible work arrangements, and fair-market value salary.

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