Clerk III (Treasurer)

Description

• Woodbury County benefits include: IPERS. Great Health Insurance Benefit, Free Dental, Life & LTD Insurance, Sick leave benefits, Vacation, 10 Paid Holidays, 2 Personal Days, and a moving allowance is negotiable.

Responsibilities

• Responsible and accountable for the accurate, efficient handling and collecting of the entire amount of money for County Funding from all sources and for the proper processing and balancing of all collected amounts.
• Responsible for the balancing daily receipts for all tax payments, which includes receiving payments and issuing miscellaneous receipts from all County departments.
• Responsible for the cash count each day and reporting all money on hand (cash, checks and credit/debit payments) at the end of the fiscal and calendar year.
• Performs a variety of tasks dealing with the accurate and effective collection of money coming into the County; including badchecks, and special assessment records.
• Prepares a variety of tax receipts in an accurate, timely, and efficient manner.
• Performs daily and monthly balancing of all DNR monies and monthly reports to the State DNR.
• Verifies the deposit of funds as accurate.
• Provides back-up for the Tax Deputy for all functions relating to the Tax Deputy's job duties.
• Communicates, in a tactful and effective manner with others in order to present a good image of the County to the taxpayers and general public.
• Accountable for the accurate balancing of large volumes of incoming money on a daily basis.
• Performs a variety of tasks dealing with the accurate and effective collection of money coming into the County including insufficient or bad check payments.
• Checks paperwork, collects and records the receipt of fees paid.
• Responsible for learning all clerical duties of the Tax department, including answering inquiries in person and on the phone, collecting and entering tax payments including mobile home taxes and processing payments through the mail.
• Performs various other duties related to scope of responsibilities as assigned by the County Treasurer.
• Aids in the accurate and effective accomplishment of a variety of reports and other duties as assigned by County Treasurer and/or Appointed Deputy.

Qualifications

• Must possess High School diploma or General Equivalency Degree (GED).
• Ability to set priorities regarding assignments and follow through to completion.
• Good record keeping skills.
• Specific knowledge of a body of rules or operations for a particular functional area or areas such as might be acquired in one (1) to three (3) years of prior related experience.
• Knowledge and/or ability to acquire the skills of cash transaction, recording principles, receipting varied revenues.
• Knowledge of general office equipment operations and procedures.
• Knowledge of the operations of general office equipment including calculator and computers.
• Ability to learn County software.

Supplemental Information

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks.
• The County will consider reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages prospective employees and incumbents to discuss potential accommodations with the Employer.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Life & Long Term Disability
• Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS)
• Paid vacation days 10
• Paid holidays 10
• Paid sick leave
• Worker's Compensation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending for Medical Reimbursement and Dependent Care
• Deferred Compensation Plan
• Eye Insurance Discounted membership rate for Four Seasons Health Club