Terms: Full-time/Exempt/Full Benefits

Salary: $36.36 to $40.35 per hour, Grade 12

Application Deadline: January 2, 2025

Burleigh County Benefits: Burleigh County offers an NDPERS retirement plan, 95% premium paid Health Insurance coverage through BCBS of ND. We also offer $25,000 life insurance coverage and additional insurance coverage options.

About the Role: Under the supervision of the Auditor/Treasurer, is responsible for supervision of clerical staff, tax collection function, accounting functions, preparing, balancing, and making daily bank deposits, and reconciling periodic statements of the County's bank accounts.

Candidate Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or business administration and three (3) years of experience in accounting including banking and investing funds and/or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Preference will be given to applicants with two (2) or more years of supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of state and local laws governing the assessment and collection of real estate taxes.
• Knowledge of legal property descriptions and common property instruments such as warranty and quit claim deeds, death certificates, and plats.
• Must possess excellent written and communication skills with the ability to prepare clear, concise, and accurate reports, and maintain effective working relationships with the public and other employees.
• Ability to perform day-to-day accounting operations, technical computer skills, sufficient in the implementation of an integrated financial management system, and problem solving and analytical skills, sufficient to identify problem areas.
• Must have valid North Dakota driver's license with clean driving record.

Primary Job Duties:

1. Oversee the collection and recording of all county revenues; prepare and balance daily receipts and deposits of funds, prepare listing of all checks and cash, and reconciliation checking account(s) and periodic statements of bank accounts.
2. Prepare needed data for annual audit, internal report requests, maintain pledged securities.
3. Serve as an active member of the Burleigh County Investment Committee.
4. Assist in the annual budget preparation including calculation of tax levies, preparing assessment list/abstract, special assessment districts.
5. Assist in review of warrants and orders for payments issued by the county to determine whether they are legal obligations of the County, have been properly budgeted, and do not represent over payment to any payee or from any fund.
6. Assist County Auditor/Treasurer in the official record keeping process including taking minutes of County Commission and other meetings.
7. Serve as contact (liaison) for Banks, all Auditor/Treasurer software systems, online (web-based) programs.
8. Responsible for research, troubleshooting, and problem-solving processes for the technical programs and the overall Auditor/Treasurer's department.
9. Create property tax statements, courtesy notices (two time a year), estimate statements, taxation notices, in lieu of taxes, public utilities (electrical and transmission) distribution lines – verifying, reporting, and billing.
10. Process year-end entries, perform rollover and annual closing processes for connection groups.
11. Supervise, train, process timekeeping, monitor workload, evaluate performance, and provide assistance to staff in the department.
12. Assist with elections as directed by the Auditor/Treasurer.
13. Provide backup for telephone calls and assist the public.
14. Perform other duties as assigned or required.

Veteran's preference: Applicants who are residents of North Dakota and eligible to claim veteran's preference must include Form DD214. Claims for disabled veteran's preferences must also include Form DD214 and a letter less than one year old from the Department of Veterans Affairs indicating disability; claims for preference as the eligible spouse of a disabled or deceased veteran must include Form DD214, a marriage certificate, and a letter less than one year old from Dept. of Veteran's Affairs indicating disability, or the veteran's death certificate.

A complete job description is available from the Burleigh County Human Resources Office.

Equal Opportunity Employer :

The employing agency does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability in employment or the provision of services, and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.