Deputy Treasurer

This position is responsible for the administrative oversight, leadership, planning, coordinating, and management of the Treasury Division for the City.   This position manages and directs the operations of the Division under the general supervision of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO).                                                                                                                             The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. 

1. Provides leadership, directs the work and manages the staff of the Treasury Division: Interviews and selects new employees; provides training and instructions; assigns tasks, reviews work, and prepares performance evaluations; recommends employee reclassifications, disciplinary actions, and discharges.
2. Analyzes and evaluates existing objectives, goals, standards, priorities, policies, and procedures.
3. Researches, recommends, develops, and implements policies and procedures for program effectiveness.
4. Develops work plans and strategies to meet business needs, both short term and long term; develops and directs the implementation of goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and work standards to ensure success.  Ensures proper implementation and conformance to related legislative requirements.
5. Administers the City's Property Taxation program:
   • Allocates tax revenue to the proper city fund, school district, college, county, and State of Michigan.
   • Prepares settlement with the county on real and personal property taxes.
   • Oversees production and distribution of tax bills to all City property holders.
   • Prepares all Tax Warrants and Settlements and provides required notifications.
   • Prepares required forms and annual report of taxes.
   • Ensures reconciliation of tax collections to the general ledger and to the BS&A Tax Receivables. 
   • Prepares tax audit schedules.
6. Processes changes into the City's electronic tax system: creates affidavits and balances tax roll for all property tax roll changes from Michigan Tax Tribunal, State Tax Commission, Department of Treasury, Assessor, Board of Review, Winter Pre-and Personal Property Rescissions, re-bills or refunds.
7. Oversees Treasury functions with CFO.
   • Monitors, verifies, and provides for the recording of all banking activity; resolves discrepancies found with the bank.
   • Sends ACH payable and payment files; transfers funds.
   • Wires funds.
   • Record transactions to the general ledger.
8. Assists with the management of the City Investments.
   • Assists with the management of the City's Investment Portfolio.
   • Performs investment functions during an absence of CFO. 
9. Oversees Special Assessment processes; Petitions of Objection, Public Hearing Notices, Confirmation of Roll Notice, Notice to Bill and Collect and amortization schedules.  Bills annual installments of the special assessments.
10. Provides customer service to internal and external customers; addresses and resolves customer inquiries, requests, or complaints.  
11. Works with the Procurement Division to develop RFPs for related Treasury software and other service providers. 
12. Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Eight (8) years professional level experience in treasury functions. 
• Three (3) years supervisory experience.
• Michigan Certified Professional Treasurer (MiCPT) certification
• Certified Public Finance Administrator (CPFA)
• Intermediate proficiency with office computers and associated business software.
  • Advanced user experience with ERS electronic payment and cash receipting systems.
  • Intermediate user experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, such as JDE or BS&A.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Certified Public Funds Investment Manager (CPFIM) 

• Advanced CPFA

PHYSICAL AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical and work environment characteristics described in this description are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions or as otherwise required by law.  Requests for reasonable accommodation should be submitted to the Human Resources Department.  

• This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 25 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting, frequently requires standing, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel and repetitive motions and occasionally requires walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling and reaching with hands and arms.
• Work has standard vision requirements.
• Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels.
• Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data and observing general surroundings and activities.
• Work has no exposure to environmental conditions.
• Work is generally in a moderately noisy office setting (e.g. business office, light traffic).

APPLICATION PROCESS
Please complete an on-line application, located on the City's website at http://www.rochesterhills.org by 5:00 p.m., Friday, June 19, 2026. 

Oral Evaluation of Qualifications:  To evaluate technical knowledge, decision-making/problem solving skills, employment history, communication skills, and other factors related to successful performance in this position.

Note:  The above examination information may be modified for this or future postings.   

Note Regarding Starting Wage: Each position at the City of Rochester Hills has an assigned Pay Grade consisting of 6 steps.  New employees generally start at Step 1 to allow for growth and wage progression, aligned with the City’s annual review process. The City will evaluate the applicant’s skills and experience to determine whether a higher Step placement is appropriate.

We value diversity, equity and inclusion as a foundation for innovation and seek candidates who represent avariety of backgrounds and perspectives.

Salary : $113,046 - $131,050