Assistant Director Office of Business Taxes

Summary Statement

The incumbent reports to the Director of Revenue and isresponsible for managing Corporate and Business Audit and Personal Income TaxAudit with oversight of a staff of 60 employees through subordinatemanagers. The incumbent will utilizemanagement skills and experience to develop performance plans developmentalgoals and overall objectives for each Audit section in the Division ofRevenue. The incumbent will provideleadership to audit managers and subordinate staff as well as negotiate andact as the directing point of contact for Revenues external audit vendorcontracts. The role is responsible foran operational budget in excess of $7.5 million.

Essential Functions

Essential functions are fundamental core functions common to all positions in the class series and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties for any one position in the class. Since class specifications are descriptive and not restrictive incumbents can complete job duties of similar kind not specifically listed here.

• Recruits trains supervises and evaluates the performance of subordinate staff.
• Develops criteria and policies and procedures for the Office of Business Taxes in order to process taxes and enforce the business tax statutes equitably.
• Evaluates document processing systems establishes smooth document flow and monitors the production statistics.
• Evaluates the hardware and software systems used to process business taxes and makes recommendations for new system design and acquisition of necessary hardware.
• Provides technical opinions to attorneys CPAs and tax practitioners regarding business tax problems at issue. Prepares private letter rulings and tax newsgrams regarding tax issues.
• Coordinates exchanges of information agreements with other states and agencies within the State.
• Develops the compliance programs for the Special Investigations Unit and provides legal and technical advice to the tax auditors and tax examiners.
• Develops staffing capital requirements and operational budget for Office of Business Taxes.
• Conducts conferences with business taxpayers and their representatives on complex tax matters negotiating closing agreements in contested cases prior to the issuance of a notice of assessment. May testify at court proceedings.
• Responsible for design and update of all business tax forms and instructions.

Job Requirements

JOB REQUIREMENTS for Assistant Director Office of Business Taxes

Applicants must have education training and / or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas :

Conditions of Hire

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The State of Delaware Executive Branch participates in the Federal E-Verify system where the State will provide the federal government with each new hires Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information refer to our job seeker resources.

Applicant must completesatisfactory criminal background check reference checks confirmation of compliance with federal and state tax laws and any other required condition of employment.

All new hires are required to report to the Statewide New Employee Orientation (SNEO) on their first day of employment. Sessions are held at designated locations in Kent or New Castle County.

Benefits

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The application and supplemental questionnaire are evaluated based upon a rating of your education training and experience as they relate to the job requirements of the position. It is essential that you provide complete and accurate information on your application and the supplemental questionnaire to include dates of employment job title and job duties. For education and training list name of educational provider training course titles and summary of course content. Narrative information supplied in response to the questions must be supported by the information supplied on the application including your employment education and training history as it relates to the job requirements.

Once you have submitted your application on-line all future correspondence related to your application will be sent via email. Please keep your contact information current. You may also view all correspondence sent to you by the State of Delaware in the My Applications tab .

Accommodations

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities in all phases of the application and employment process. TDD users may request an auxiliary aid or service by calling or by visiting . You may also call or email for additional applicant services support.

The State of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity employer and values a diverse workforce. We strongly encourage and seek out a workforce representative of Delaware including race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression.

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1