Tax Collection Manager

Personnel Board of Jefferson County; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 99,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental Insurance

Pension Plan

Paid Holidays

Sick & Vacation Leave

Job summary

The City of Birmingham is seeking a well-qualified Tax Collection Manager to lead the tax collection program, oversee collections of ad valorem, real, and personal property taxes, and coordinate distributions to state and local agencies.

The role requires extensive experience in municipal tax collections, supervision of staff, and strong knowledge of tax laws and financial reporting. Eligible candidates will possess a Bachelor's degree and relevant experience in a government setting.

Qualifications

• Experience with municipal/governmental tax collections.
• Experience supervising employees in a taxation or accounting environment.
• Experience interpreting tax law and applying state codes.
• Experience balancing and reconciling accounts.
• Experience budgeting and forecasting.
• Experience creating financial reports and recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Monitors relationships with financial institutions to protect assets.
• Administers department budget and analyzes spending trends.
• Develops and revises policies to ensure compliance with laws and standards.
• Supervises staff, assigns work, provides feedback and training.
• Oversees collection of current and delinquent property taxes per Alabama code.
• Plans and directs tax collection and distribution of revenues to agencies.
• Oversees biweekly distribution of funds to state, county, municipalities and boards.

Skills

Municipal tax collections

Staff supervision

Tax law interpretation

Accounting reconciliation

Budget development

Financial reporting & analysis

Education

Accounting/Finance degree + 18 accounting hours

Job description

Tax Collection Manager - City of Birmingham

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LOCATIONS: Birmingham

TARGET CLOSE DATE: 10/16/2026

PAY GRADE: Grade 36

TYPE: Full time

JOB SUMMARY: The City of Birmingham is seeking a well-qualified Tax Collection Manager. This role performs work that involves the planning, organizing, and directing the collection of various revenue sources (e.g., ad valorem tax, property tax, condemnation revenue) for the City. Employees in this position maintain relationships with financial institutions (i.e., banks) to protect assets, administer a departmental budget, and oversee the distribution of collected funds to various agencies (e.g., State of Alabama, Jefferson County, Board of Education). Tax Collection Managers are upper-level supervisors with a large number of subordinates (e.g., Redemption Coordinators, Land Specialists, Sr. Land Specialists, Tax Agents) and are responsible for assigning and distributing work, monitoring work progress, providing feedback, and creating/revising departmental policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and standards.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS: The City of Birmingham provides competitive pay and comprehensive benefit packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more. The pay range for this job is presented below:
$98,508 - $152,838

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in accounting or finance or a business-related degree with at least 18 semester hours in accounting, finance, tax law, or a combination of coursework from these three disciplines.
• Experience with municipal/governmental tax collections.
• Experience supervising employees in a taxation or accounting environment to include training employees, reviewing work, giving performance appraisals, and approving time off.
• Experience interpreting and applying case law, state codes, or legal opinions related to tax law or changes in tax law (e.g., reviewing for relevancy, explaining to the public, using tax codes to make decisions).
• Experience balancing and reconciling accounts (i.e., reviewing financial data or reports against other financial information, finding discrepancies, and balancing).
• Experience managing, developing, or providing input to create a budget to include gathering historic information and cost estimates.
• Experience creating financial reports and providing recommendations based on the financial information (e.g., trends, ways to save money).

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:

• Monitors and maintains relationships with financial institutions to ensure assets are protected.
• Prepares, monitors, and administers departmental or organizational budget by reviewing spending trends, expenditure reports, analyzing financial data and ensuring expenditures are within annual budgetary limits.
• Creates, reviews, and revises policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, regulations, standards, and guidelines.
• Supervises staff by assigning and distributing work, directing staff in their job duties, monitoring progress of work, providing feedback and/or training.
• Oversees the daily operations of the collection of current and delinquent ad valorem, real, and personal property taxes in accordance with the Alabama state code.
• Plans and directs the collection and distribution of ad valorem, real, and personal property taxes and condemnation revenues to ensure compliance to federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and guidelines.
• Oversees the biweekly distribution of collected funds to the State of Alabama, Jefferson County, municipalities, the board of education, and other various state and local agencies.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Job is primarily sedentary involving sitting for long periods of time, but may involve occasional walking or standing for brief periods. May involve occasional light lifting of items or objects weighing up to 25 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work is conducted almost exclusively indoors in an office setting. Work involves use of standard office equipment, such as computer, phone, copier, etc.

EEO STATEMENT:

The Personnel Board of Jefferson Countyprovides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Each Merit System member city/agencyoperates its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city/agency website.

ACCOMMODATION:

To request an accommodation in the application or hiring process due to your own ongoing medical condition or disability, please contact our Accommodations Coordinator at [e-mail] or phone at 205-279-3500 (select option 1) Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time. The accommodation process is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or accommodation in the job application process.

NOTE:

This job posting may close before, or be extended beyond, the listed Target Close Date based on the employment needs of the Merit System. More detail regarding this job is available by clicking Apply.

DISCLAIMER:

This job posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties, responsibilities, or skills and abilities required for this position and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.