2nd Deputy Cashier
Position Information
Job Title: 2nd Deputy Cashier
EEO Classification: Administrative Support Workers
Department: Treasurer
EEO4 Function: Financial Admin
Supervisor: Chief Deputy Treasurer
Job Grade: 2
Work Schedule: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Monday–Friday
Status: Full-time
FLSA Status: Nonexempt, overtime eligible
Position Type: Hired
Job Category: COMOT (Clerical-Comp, Office Machine Operations, Technician)
Effective Date: November 24, 2009
Equal Employment and Reasonable Accommodation
To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed
in this document are representative of the knowledge, skills, and
abilities required.
Delaware County provides reasonable accommodation to qualified
employees and applicants with known disabilities who require
accommodation to complete the application process or perform
essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would
cause an undue hardship.
Position Summary
The incumbent serves as Second Deputy Cashier for the Delaware
County Treasurer’s Office, responsible for performing cashier
duties and assisting the public.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Answers telephone calls and greets office visitors, responding
to inquiries, providing information and assistance, taking
messages, and directing callers or visitors to the appropriate
individual or department.
- Receives payments in person and via mail and enters payment
information into the computer. Balances the cash drawer and
prepares bank deposits daily.
- Receives quietus forms from departments, processes payments
through the computer, and files paperwork accordingly. Balances
the cash drawer and prepares bank deposits daily.
- Performs various clerical duties, including making copies,
processing paperwork, maintaining files, and filing judgments
and other documents as necessary.
- Processes mobile home permits and liquor license applications,
including researching tax delinquencies, completing and signing
necessary forms, and filing documents accordingly.
- Maintains bill codes by verifying contact information and
confirming parcel information with bill code owners. Saves
spring and fall bill code files to the Treasurer’s shared
file location. Emails bill codes to owners, except those who
request delivery by mail.
- Contacts all banks and credit unions twice annually during
tax collection periods to provide information regarding tax
collection dates, statement identification, and related matters.
- Occasionally assists with tax sales, including receiving and
receipting payments, researching tax sale histories, calculating
payments, and receiving redemption payments. May attend and
assist with tax sales in the absence of the Head Cashier.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
I. Job Requirements and Difficulty of Work
- High school diploma or GED. Previous experience in customer
service, cash handling, and/or office or banking work preferred.
- Ability to meet all employer hiring requirements, including
passage of a drug test.
- Working knowledge of state laws pertaining to tax collections
and the policies, practices, and legal requirements of the
Department, with the ability to effectively respond to inquiries
and apply appropriate procedures.
- Working knowledge of standard office procedures and computer
software used by the Department, with the ability to apply
such knowledge to a variety of interrelated processes, tasks,
and operations.
- Working knowledge of standard English grammar, spelling, and
punctuation, and the ability to prepare forms and documents
as required.
- Knowledge of standard filing systems and the ability to create
and maintain accurate, organized files.
- Ability to properly operate standard office equipment, such
as a computer, keyboard, adding machine, telephone, copier,
and fax machine.
- Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with
co-workers, other County departments, mortgage and title
companies, real estate companies, banks, credit unions, tax
collection agencies, the State Auditor’s Office, and the public.
This includes sensitivity to professional ethics, gender and
cultural diversity, and disabilities.
- Ability to provide public access to or maintain confidentiality
of Department information and records according to state
requirements.
- Ability to comply with all employer and Department policies
and work rules, including, but not limited to, attendance,
safety, drug-free workplace, and personal conduct.
- Ability to competently serve the public with diplomacy and
respect, including occasional encounters with irate or hostile
persons.
- Ability to understand, memorize, retain, and follow oral and
written instructions, make determinations, and present findings
orally or in writing.
- Ability to compare or observe similarities and differences
between data, people, or things.
- Ability to make simple arithmetic calculations.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and
with others in a team environment, often amidst frequent
distractions and interruptions and while handling multiple
tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to occasionally work extended and/or evening hours
and occasionally travel out of town for conferences, sometimes
overnight.
II. Responsibility
The incumbent performs duties according to standard Department
policies and procedures, with priorities primarily determined
by public service needs and seasonal deadlines.
Assignments are guided by definite objectives using a variety
of methods or procedures. The incumbent refers unusual matters,
such as policy interpretations, to the supervisor. Decisions
are always determined by specific instructions or existing,
well-established policies and procedures.
Errors in work are primarily detected or prevented through
standard bookkeeping checks and procedural safeguards.
Undetected errors could result in lost time correcting errors,
financial loss to the Department, and/or inconvenience to
other agencies or the public.
III. Personal Work Relationships
The incumbent maintains frequent contact with co-workers,
other County departments, mortgage and title companies,
real estate companies, banks, credit unions, tax collection
agencies, the State Auditor’s Office, and the public for
the purpose of exchanging information.
The incumbent reports directly to the Chief Deputy.
IV. Physical Effort and Work Environment
The incumbent performs duties in a standard office environment,
involving sitting and walking at will, sitting for extended
periods, keyboarding, close vision, hearing sounds and
communication, speaking clearly, and handling, grasping,
and fingering objects.
The incumbent maintains regular contact with the public and
may be exposed to irate or hostile persons.
The incumbent occasionally works extended and/or evening
hours and may travel out of town for conferences, sometimes
overnight.