Salt Lake County…A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community.  To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live to work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community.  Community is more than a place…. It’s our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck.  A career with Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks.  We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year. 

Additional Benefits include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with 10% contribution

• Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
• Plus: Onsite medical clinic, hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.

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Background Check Information

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements.

JOB SUMMARY

Collects, processes, balances, deposits, researches, reports, and reconciles all monies received by Salt Lake County in accordance with guidelines established under Utah State Statutes, the State Uniform Accounting Manual, generally accepted accounting principles, and Salt Lake County cash handling policies and procedures. This position may also research and process tax roll corrections, Board Letters as well as provide back-up to other departments as needed.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Two (2) years of customer service and cashiering experience that includes assisting the public, collecting, processing, balancing, depositing, researching, reporting, and reconciling cash payments; OR an equivalent combination of related education and experience.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Collects and processes all tax receipts including tax prepayments, current tax payments, cashing checks, delinquent tax payments, and May Tax Sale Collections to ensure timely receipts.
• Collects and processes all tax receipts for the Assessor’s office for mobile home payments and business personal property tax payments to ensure timely receipts. Annually collects and places money in suspense while the Assessor’s office balances and prepares the following tax year.
• Prepares cashier daily balance reports, daily bank deposits, and cashier over/short logs.
• Prepares Money Run Log for morning and afternoon pick up by the Salt Lake County deputies, makes themselves available to assist the armor car agent during pick up for any questions they may have so they are not here longer than stated in the contract.
• Prepares and processes cashier void tickets, payment reversal, and reapplication tickets.
• Maintains security of cashier work area and vault by complying with Salt Lake County Management of Public Funds Policy. Assists in daily opening and closing procedures of the vault area.
• Reviews and prepares prepayment applications as they come into the office through regular mail and email to ensure all required documentation is with the application before entering it into the system. Works directly with the applicants when additional information is needed to process the applications. Works edit reports pertaining to the monthly prepayment program on a weekly basis. Assists with scanning, indexing, alphabetizing, and filing all applications.
• Receives, reviews, and implements requests for mailing address changes and email address changes.
• Implements and balances all types of special certifications. Inputs tax roll corrections and Board Letters in a timely manner.
• Provides assistance to the public. Receives phone calls, answers questions from the public, and provides resources within the County to help with the taxpayers’ concerns, issues, and questions. Finds and fixes issues by researching data and transactions.
• Prepares payment paperwork and does research for Salt Lake County taxpayers as they walk into the office to minimize wait time.
• Assists tax relief, addressing, and scanning areas as needed.
• Creates delinquent tax screens, researches payments, creates refunds, and balances refunds with necessary payments.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSA)

Knowledge of:

• Computer software and programs related to job-specific duties
• Standard cash handing, accounts receivables, and general ledger registers

Skills and Abilities to: 

• Apply accounting and cash handling procedures consistently
• Maintain confidentiality and security of all tax relief applicants’ personal records
• Review work for accuracy and completeness
• Communicate instructions clearly to the public
• Use basic math to make accurate calculations
• Accurately count money
• Adapt and interpret written guidelines and standard operating procedures to a variety of unprecedented or problematic situations
• Maintain good working relationships with co-workers, supervisors, other agencies, and the public
• Recognize when co-workers may need assistance in dealing with problems at the counter
• Use County and State proprietary software programs
• Prioritize work tasks

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Work duties are performed in a professional office setting and include extensive contact with the public.