Compliance Officer, Government

The Position

The Position Incumbent works under the direction of the Douglas County Assessor/Register of Deeds or designee, administering programs/projects, developing/implementing policies and procedures, and liaising with City and County departments, County Board of Commissioners, local, state and federal agencies, the media, and interested citizens groups.

• Confer with the Assessor/Register of Deeds and staff managing operations and assisting in organizing, scheduling and directing work efforts.
• Establish and maintain effective work relationships with clients, supervisors, County employees, elected officials, attorneys, law enforcement, judges, other agencies, and the public.
• Comply with Civil Service Rules, collective bargaining agreements, County policies, department policies and laws to create a cooperative, safe, respectful and quality work environment.
• Execute and provide oversight of legislative requirements relating to tax and bond programs (e.g. tax requests notification process, disparate bond treatment for agricultural land and school bonds, other legislation creating specialized tax programs).
• Assist with the formulation of short- and long-range goals, plan development and execution, and communication to staff.
• Establish procedures and technologies responding to local conditions and statutory requirements.
• Assist with preparing presentations for County Board, legislative bodies, or other governmental entities or civic groups.
• Present and/or testify before the County Board or other legislative bodies or civic groups and attend governmental committee or subcommittee meetings.
• Serve as a County subject matter expert relating to application of state constitutional provisions, state statues, state administrative regulations, and court decisions.
• Assist in the receipt, review and processing of homestead application and personal property tax returns, providing staff guidance on application of state statues and administrative regulations to homestead exemption program and personal property tax process.
• Advise personal property staff regarding changes in state law and impacts on the personal property tax program and review of trust documents.
• Oversee the permissive property tax exemption process (e.g. reviewing and auditing applications), training and advising staff on related state law.
• Manage, review, and determine County property taxability and taxability of property belonging to other state and local political subdivisions, and supervise the issuance of notices of intent to tax.
• Assist staff, government officials and the public in understanding the application processes and available tax programs (e.g. Tax Increment Financing, Valuation Incentive Program, Nebraska law/regulations, property valuation/taxation processes).
• Issue technical and legal updates outlining changes to the taxability of the state or local political subdivision based on changes in legislation or court decisions.
• Assist County Attorneys in preparing for litigation (e.g. Tax Equalization Review Commission).
• Explain assessed values to property owners and defend appealed assessments at public hearings.
• Perform technical reviews of proposed/passed legislation, administrative regulations, court cases and administrative decisions keeping superiors informed of impact, prepare information for legislature or administrative agencies, and provide testimony at legislative or administrative-rules hearings.
• Research, collect data, analyze and prepare legislative fiscal notes, reports and responses to requests for information.
• Maintain job knowledge and skills (e.g. research, webinars, seminars, conferences, continuing education).
• Manage preparation of County Board of Equalization packets.
• Safely operate a motor vehicle when driving on County business.
• Report to work with regular, consistent attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned and directed.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in public administration, business administration or closely related field required.*
• Seven (7) years of working with Nebraska tax programs, including laws pertaining to property…