Director, Real Property Tax

Duties and responsibilities

• Manages and monitors all aspects of the annual property tax cycle for assigned real property portfolios.
• Demonstrates superior knowledge in assessment review, valuation, and industry expertise.
• Schedules, coordinates, and leads all status calls/client presentations and consistently updates them on recent appeal activities and status of engagements.
• Attends hearings, settlement conferences, and negotiations, through settlement.
• Reviews and manages client contract terms, scope of services, and fees.
• Manages client billing and ensures timely collection of receivables (less than 90 days).
• Demonstrates ownership of individual engagements/clients.
• Actively involved in business development of new clients, maintaining existing clients, and focusing on cross-selling efforts.
• Supervises and provides guidance to team and acts as mentor to new Managers.
• Ensures team compliance with Firm policies, practice guidelines, and standards.
• Gives timely performance feedback to team members and addresses, documents, and escalates performance issues.
• Ensures workload is properly distributed among team members and holds team members accountable for completion of assigned projects.
• Builds eminence by leading internal training and speaking at external events and writing articles.
• Participates actively in professional organizations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• University Degree, College Diploma, or equivalent in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Real Estate, Business Management or other degree with MBA, MST or JD required.
• Minimum of ten years property tax related experience required.
• Demonstrated leadership, problem solving, and strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, work on multiple assignments, and manage ambiguity.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team with professionals at all levels.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft® Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• This position directly supervises employees in the Property Tax practice.

Qualifications

• Maintains professional designations such as Certified Member of the Institute (CMI), and Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), or equivalent, and keeps active in professional organizations on a local and national level.