Job Posting
Columbus Consolidated Government
$47,479.85 Annually
City Hall, GA
Full-Time Regular
Job Number: 2025-#######1
Department: Finance
Division: Revenue-Occupation Tax
Opening Date: 01/29/2025
Closing Date: Continuous
Major Duties and Responsibilities
This position provides technical, professional-level support to the Revenue Division.
- Independently performs complex financial analysis and prepares highly technical reports on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis to assist in determining revenue collection and license processing trends.
- Prepares statistical studies and trend analysis using internal and external information to demonstrate relevant changes and recommend improvements or solutions.
- Supervise and assist with the daily reconciliation of cashier collections.
- Review and assists with the reconciliation of revenue receipts/receivables into the financial system.
- Analyzes and recommends approval or denial of business tax refund requests in accordance with Revenue Division policies and procedures; maintains records of all outstanding refund requests or overpayments on taxpayer accounts.
- Provides management with support for special projects; acquires, analyzes, and utilizes data to generate reports, recommendations, justifications, and presentations.
- Participates in securing the proper licensing, assessment, and payment of business license taxes as well as auditing business, professional, and occupational license tax returns.
- Provides subject matter expertise regarding the City's revenue streams.
- Ensures the correct revenue amounts are received and assists with the identification of new revenue sources by researching local and national economic trends.
- Works with City departments to achieve maximum efficiency in fee collection.
- Assist in the continual development of policies and procedures relating to the management of revenues.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Proficient in Microsoft Office software suite with strong Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills.
- Knowledge of the methods and techniques of financial research, statistical analysis, and report presentation.
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of public finance, governmental accounting, and auditing.
- Knowledge of relevant federal and state laws, local ordinances, and department policies and procedures.
- Skills in applying auditing procedures, techniques, and practices.
- Oral and written communication skills, ability to instruct and interact well with others.
- Skill in problem-solving and decision-making.
- Skill in gathering and analyzing complex data.
Minimum Educational and Training Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Financial Planning, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field. Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, and having had a similar position for two to three years.
Physical Requirements
The work is typically performed while sitting at a desk or table. The employee must occasionally lift light objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
- Feeling perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
- Grasping applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
- Handling picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
- Hearing 1 perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
- Hearing 2 receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
- Kneeling bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
- Manual Dexterity picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
- Mental Acuity ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
- Repetitive Motion substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
- Speaking expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
- Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word.
- Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.
- Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of vision.
- Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.
The work is typically performed in an office, library, or computer room.