We have an exciting leadership opportunity for Treasury’s Banking and Accounting Supervisor predominately working remotely.  
  
This position supervises six team members in the Banking and Accounting unit. The team is responsible for administering the County's banking services contract, cashiering, warrant redemption, bank account reconciliation, and processing of incoming and outgoing electronic payments as part of the Treasury Operations team. Our Treasury Section collects, distributes, and invests property taxes and other public revenues, as well as manages long term debt payments, for King County and other taxing districts. Treasury Operations

Our ideal candidate is known for their leadership skills and for providing excellent service to internal and external customers who can establish and maintain positive relationships.

The Finance and Business Operations Division's mission is to provide exceptional customer value for accounting, procurement, treasury, and small business services. We are actively seeking employees whose behavior is in alignment with our division's core values: Respect, Teamwork, Results, and Innovation.  Our Division

Scope of Job Duties: To be considered for this opportunity, you must at a minimum, demonstrate knowledge, skill, and ability to:
 

• Supervise staff. Establish priorities and work schedules; coach, motivate and evaluate job performance; recommend hiring and disciplinary actions; identify and recommend training needs and provide training.
• Lead the day-to-day operations of the Banking and Accounting unit.
• Ensure outstanding customer service is provided by all staff.
• Lead, develop, and create a healthy workplace culture.
• Lead business process standardization using technology.
• Develop and implement operational business plans.
• Maintain and update cash handling policies and procedures.

• Experience supervising a team of more than five people in Banking and/or Accounting functions, including leading, prioritizing, and assigning work. 
• Accounting and/or banking experience.
• Strong communication skills, presentation skills, ability to facilitate meetings and interact with various audience at all levels.
• Ability to work collaboratively and build and maintain positive relationships with staff, supervisors, agencies, and customers.
• Ability to lead, encourage, and support continuous improvement efforts with the ability to think strategically and be analytical when understanding problems, can anticipate potential issues, and uses data and metrics to drive decision making.
• Experience managing projects, ideally with a technology focus. Ability to move forward on key initiatives and work to improve services.
• Ability to make sound decisions in a timely manner.
• Ability to perform research, analyze, and solve problems. 
• Ability to work individually and collaboratively as a team member. 
• Ability to think differently, are eager to try new things, and challenge yourself to improve processes.
• Intermediate level of technology proficiency using MS Office Productivity tools in your daily work. 
• Ability to manage your time and adapt to changing priorities, work on multiple priorities and projects simultaneously, meet quick deadlines, and produce timely and quality work products.
• Ability to uphold our Division’s values.
• Ability to work in a remote work environment.

• Experience and knowledge of complex billing systems (Over 700,000 customers).
• Knowledge of property tax collection process.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, public administration, accounting, finance, or economics.
• Experience with LEAN processes and principles.
• Experience with SharePoint, MS Teams, and other collaborative online tools.

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Guided by our "True North", we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles--we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.

Covid-19 Vaccination Requirement

As of October 18, 2021, most* King County employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If hired, you will be required to submit proof of vaccination by October 18th. People are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after their second dose in a two-dose series or two weeks after a single-dose vaccine. Employees may make requests for a reasonable accommodation based on a medical disability or for sincerely held religious beliefs. Philosophical, political, scientific, or sociological objections to vaccination will not be considered for an exemption or accommodation.

This directive applies to employees in the Executive branch*, the Assessor's Office, Elections, the King County Sheriff's Office, and the Executive Office.

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No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.

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