Tax Clerk

Delinquent Tax Collection Department Administrative Assistant

Under occasional supervision, performs a variety of administrative and bookkeeping duties for the Delinquent Tax Collection Department to facilitate efficient and accurate payment collection of delinquent taxes.

Examples Of Duties

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Receiving payments
• Preparing correspondence, researching and locating addresses, and performing general secretarial duties.
• Prepares and maintains a database of delinquent personal property taxes that are submitted for collection through the Set Off Debt Program.
• Prepares and runs daily collection reports at end of day and balances funds for deposits.
• Performs money counts in drawers to ensure all received payments are balanced with receipts.
• Collects redemption payments from tax sale and prepares receipts.
• Prepares and processes a variety of correspondence such as bidder notifications, delinquent tax reminders, seizure notices, mortgage notifications, etc.
• Researches new addresses or change of ownership information utilizing various programs from other departments as well as returned mail.
• Performs various abstracting and paralegal duties to include deed and mortgage research.
• Reports to the Tax Collector

Typical Qualifications

Requires a high school diploma or equivalent supplemented by one to two years of secretarial, administrative, or bookkeeping experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities. Must have excellent people skills. Must have a valid South Carolina driver's license.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lancaster County, SC