Job Description

The Revenue Manager provides strategic leadership, vision, and high-level coordination of functions such as business licenses and cash handling; revenues from taxes and levies, fees, charges, fines, franchises and other sources; cost recovery programs, collections and revenue enhancements. The Revenue Manager exercises responsibility for and full ownership of the city's tax and licensing platform, GovOS (fka MUNIRevs). Duties involve responsibility for developing programs and processes, providing educational activities, performing analysis of taxes and fees, identifying trends, making recommendations for revenue programs, conducting audits of businesses, assuring compliance with City ordinances, handling collections, and growing the Revenue division. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The following duties are illustrative only and are not intended to be all inclusive: Revenue Program Administration: Develops, implements, and leads the City's revenue and tax programs. Code Management: Drafts and updates City tax codes, rules, and regulations. Evaluates and implements audit practices and procedures. Increases revenue collection efficiency and proposes procedural changes. Interfaces with and presents to key stakeholders, including City Management, City Council, the Chamber of Commerce, and Lafayette Urban Renewal Authority. Monitors taxpayer compliance and identifies delinquent accounts, ensuring appropriate actions are taken to resolve outstanding liabilities. Business Licensing: Implements and maintains the business licensing program. Issues, tracks, and manages business licenses. Surveys business locations to ensure businesses are licensed. Use Tax: Coordinates with Planning Division to ensure appropriate use tax collections occur regarding construction and development activity in the City. Taxpayer Education: Creates and conducts educational seminars about tax compliance for groups and individual businesses. Communicates with businesses in person and over the phone to ensure that City taxes are being properly charged, collected, and remitted. Creates and updates city website content that is useful and relevant to city taxpayers and the public, including links to various processes such as licensing, payment of taxes, voluntary disclosure agreements, claims for refund and amended returns, city tax exemption certificates and affidavits, requests for tax clearance upon the sale of a business, etc. Reporting: Analyzes tax data to identify trends, and makes recommendations for related programs, processes, or improvements to increase tax revenue. Prepares and presents formal operational, financial, audit, and enforcement reports; maintains files, records, and accounts related to auditing work. Auditing: Manages taxpayer auditing process. Assists taxpayers with requests for refunds. Performs collection activities as necessary, including coordinating distraint proceedings, issuing summons, representing the City at Municipal Court proceedings, and monitoring business activity. Maintains current overall knowledge and in-depth specific knowledge of evolving complex tax issues and applicable State and Federal laws. Represents the City at professional and public organizations. Performs other related duties as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS: KNOWLEDGE: Demonstrated knowledge of modern practices, principles, and procedures in the performance of audits, sales tax collection, and revenue generation. Considerable knowledge of municipal organizations including applicable laws and regulations. Working knowledge of electronic data processing principles, practices, software and equipment. SKILL: Demonstrated skill in preparing written and verbal reports, projects, and presentations; skill in the operation of equipment necessary to perform the functions of the job. ABILITY: Ability to successfully develop, implement, and maintain effective programs and procedures. Ability to plan, organize, supervise and evaluate the work of others; to communicate effectively verbally and in writing; to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the employees, City officials, other departments, and the public. Ability to handle the stress of court appearances and give effective testimony in support of the City's position. Able to be bonded. TRAINING: Bachelor's Degree with emphasis in accounting, business, or public administration. EXPERIENCE: Minimum five (5) years of state or municipal revenue and tax experience and three (3) years of supervisory experience; or any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides evidence that the applicant possesses the required knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position. Experience in sales and use tax auditing at the state or local level strongly desired. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Possession of a valid Colorado Driver's license with a safe driving record required. Ability to pass a thorough background investigation.

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