Assessment Appeals Specialist

About the role

Join the Ramsey County Assessor’s Office as an Assessment Appeals Specialist and play a key role in defending property values across one of Minnesota’s most diverse and challenging property portfolios. Enjoy the flexibility of primarily working from home, balanced with property inspections and occasional in-person meetings, while working with a supportive, and professional team that makes the job both rewarding and engaging.

Responsibilities

• Resolve the most complex tax court appeal and specializing in the more complex appraisal assignments as may be assigned county-wide.
• Manage all aspects of commercial, industrial, apartment and special purpose property tax petitions including reviewing compliance with income data disclosure, negotiating fair settlements with tax attorneys, or preparing highly technical self-contained narrative appraisals and defending values through expert witness testimony in Minnesota Tax Court and for recommending strategy for the litigation of court petitions.
• Represent the Department of County Assessor and work as needed with the County Attorney in matters related to Tax Petition litigation.
• Develop narrative appraisal templates for use by commercial appraisers in tax court.
• Research and develop market rents, market vacancies and market cap rate tables for use by commercial appraisers for other tax petitions.
• Advise and coach commercial appraisers on appropriate application of complex appraisal/assessing techniques and procedures.
• Create computer spreadsheet applications and valuation models for commercial appraisers to use for tax petition work, including and not limited to Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) models and income and comparable sales market adjustment grids.
• Represent the Department of County Assessor at Board of Equalization meetings, particularly on cases involving possible or ongoing tax petition litigation.
• Investigate and review requests for reduction in value and make recommendations regarding appeals including classification changes and abatements.
• Represent the Department of County Assessor when working with the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office on tax petition related tasks, including compliance with income data disclosures, the discovery process, settlement offers, trial ready dates, deadlines for appraisal and trial preparation and keeping up to date with procedural changes related to the scheduling of petitions in Minnesota Tax Court.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in real estate or closely related field.
• Licensure: Licensure by the Minnesota Board of Assessors as an Accredited Minnesota Assessor (AMA) at date of hire; licensure as a Senior Accredited Minnesota Assessor (SAMA) within two years from date of hire; and a valid Class D Driver's License.
• Experience: Seven years of experience appraising income producing, complex special use properties and/or complex residential properties.

Skills

• Technical expertise in assessing complex commercial, industrial, apartment and special use properties.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills.
• Expert witness testimony and litigation strategy development.
• Ability to research and develop market data and valuation models.
• Knowledge of Minnesota Tax Court procedures and processes.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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