What are the responsibilities and job description for the Unemployment Tax Officer position at DC Department of Human Resources?
This position is located in the Office of Unemployment Compensation (OUC), Department of Employment Services (DOES), Tax Division. The incumbent in this position will be a senior manager responsible for leading employer tax operations for the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program, ensuring compliance with federal acceptable levels of performance, and aligning operations with District law. The position oversees employer registration, liability determinations, audits, collections, wage reporting compliance, delinquency enforcement, and performance standards related to misclassification, State Unemployment Tax Act (SUTA) dumping, and federal audit measures.
The incumbent provides strategic leadership to supervisory staff, establishes performance expectations, ensures accountability, and manages budgets, workforce planning, and internal controls to prevent improper rate assignments and fraud. Responsibilities include advising agency leadership on tax rate projections, trust fund solvency, economic trends, and the fiscal impact of legislation; monitoring and projecting trust fund revenue and cash flow needs; coordinating federal reporting; leading modernization and policy initiatives; and representing the agency before legislative bodies, executive leaders, federal officials, and employer stakeholders to ensure the integrity and financial sustainability of the Tax Division, within the District’s UI program.
Duties And Responsibilities
Develops and makes recommendations on a wide range of policies, programs and procedures for the Division of Tax. Incumbent must exercise overall direction, control and coordination of the tax compliance operation. Plans, initiates, formulates, executes, directs and controls the agency's entire employer tax accounting and tax enforcement programs. This includes special studies, continuing projects, and the development of workload projections for budget presentation to the U.S. Department of Labor, the Congress, 0MB, and the Council of the District of Columbia. Establishes and maintains a tax compliance system that determines employer liability, registers employers, receives and accounts for tax revenues, and audits and collects delinquent taxes. Directs the program to promote understanding by employers of the pertinent laws, rules and regulations and to foster good relationships with personnel in all aspects of the department's functions, with particular emphasis on public relations aspects.
Conducts staff meetings periodically for the purpose of discussing functions and operations of the division, inter-sectional and interdepartmental problems, procedural changes and methods of obtaining maximum efficiency within the Division. Meets with employers or employer groups to discuss or interpret the application of the Unemployment Compensation Act and related rules and regulations, and to gain support in the enforcement of compliance with the law and regulations. Represents the Associate Director, Office of Unemployment Compensation (on a rotating basis) at meetings with business or labor or labor organizations directly or indirectly concerned with the Unemployment Tax Program.
Qualifications And Education
Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the grade 13 level, or its non-District equivalent. Specialized experience is experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position and has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
Seven (7) years of professional level experience in UI tax or benefits work or in the monitoring of programs for compliance with statutes and/or other programs requirements is preferred. At least three (3) years supervisory experience preferred.
Bachelor’s and or master’s degree in business administration, economics, finance, public administration, or a related degree preferred.
Licensures and Certifications
None
Working Conditions/Environment
The work is performed in a normal office setting.
Other Significant Facts
Tour of Duty: Monday-Friday 8:30 am- 5:00 pm
Operational Status: In-person reporting with limited telework and flexible work schedules available upon eligibility.
Promotion Potential: None
Duration of Appointment: Management Supervisory Service (MSS), At-will. Positions in the Management Supervisory Service serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and may be terminated at any time with or without cause.
Pay Plan, Series, Grade: MS-0501-14
Salary: $114,441-$160,216; Based on qualifications and funding
Collective Bargaining Unit (non-Union): This position is not in a collective bargaining unit.
Position Designation: This position is designated as Security Sensitive. The incumbents of this position will be subject to enhanced suitability screening pursuant to Chapter 4 of DC personnel regulations, Suitability.
Residency Preference: Applicants claiming “Residency Preference” will be required to maintain residency in the District of Columbia for a minimum of seven (7) years from the date of employment. You will be required to present documents (proofs) to show District residency and failure to maintain bona-fide District residency for the seven-year (7-year) period will result in forfeiture of employment.
Residency Requirement: If the position you are applying for is in the Career, Management Supervisory, or Educational Service at an annual salary of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) or more, you must establish residency in the District of Columbia within one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date of the appointment and continue to maintain residency within the District of Columbia throughout the duration of the appointment.
EEO Statement: The District of Columbia Government does not discriminate or retaliate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, family responsibilities, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, homeless status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, participation in a legally protected activity, parental status, matriculation, personal appearance, credit information, status as a victim or family member of a victim of domestic violence, sexual offense, or stalking, military service, or other non-merit factor.
The incumbent provides strategic leadership to supervisory staff, establishes performance expectations, ensures accountability, and manages budgets, workforce planning, and internal controls to prevent improper rate assignments and fraud. Responsibilities include advising agency leadership on tax rate projections, trust fund solvency, economic trends, and the fiscal impact of legislation; monitoring and projecting trust fund revenue and cash flow needs; coordinating federal reporting; leading modernization and policy initiatives; and representing the agency before legislative bodies, executive leaders, federal officials, and employer stakeholders to ensure the integrity and financial sustainability of the Tax Division, within the District’s UI program.
Duties And Responsibilities
Develops and makes recommendations on a wide range of policies, programs and procedures for the Division of Tax. Incumbent must exercise overall direction, control and coordination of the tax compliance operation. Plans, initiates, formulates, executes, directs and controls the agency's entire employer tax accounting and tax enforcement programs. This includes special studies, continuing projects, and the development of workload projections for budget presentation to the U.S. Department of Labor, the Congress, 0MB, and the Council of the District of Columbia. Establishes and maintains a tax compliance system that determines employer liability, registers employers, receives and accounts for tax revenues, and audits and collects delinquent taxes. Directs the program to promote understanding by employers of the pertinent laws, rules and regulations and to foster good relationships with personnel in all aspects of the department's functions, with particular emphasis on public relations aspects.
Conducts staff meetings periodically for the purpose of discussing functions and operations of the division, inter-sectional and interdepartmental problems, procedural changes and methods of obtaining maximum efficiency within the Division. Meets with employers or employer groups to discuss or interpret the application of the Unemployment Compensation Act and related rules and regulations, and to gain support in the enforcement of compliance with the law and regulations. Represents the Associate Director, Office of Unemployment Compensation (on a rotating basis) at meetings with business or labor or labor organizations directly or indirectly concerned with the Unemployment Tax Program.
Qualifications And Education
Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the grade 13 level, or its non-District equivalent. Specialized experience is experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position and has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
Seven (7) years of professional level experience in UI tax or benefits work or in the monitoring of programs for compliance with statutes and/or other programs requirements is preferred. At least three (3) years supervisory experience preferred.
Bachelor’s and or master’s degree in business administration, economics, finance, public administration, or a related degree preferred.
Licensures and Certifications
None
Working Conditions/Environment
The work is performed in a normal office setting.
Other Significant Facts
Tour of Duty: Monday-Friday 8:30 am- 5:00 pm
Operational Status: In-person reporting with limited telework and flexible work schedules available upon eligibility.
Promotion Potential: None
Duration of Appointment: Management Supervisory Service (MSS), At-will. Positions in the Management Supervisory Service serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and may be terminated at any time with or without cause.
Pay Plan, Series, Grade: MS-0501-14
Salary: $114,441-$160,216; Based on qualifications and funding
Collective Bargaining Unit (non-Union): This position is not in a collective bargaining unit.
Position Designation: This position is designated as Security Sensitive. The incumbents of this position will be subject to enhanced suitability screening pursuant to Chapter 4 of DC personnel regulations, Suitability.
Residency Preference: Applicants claiming “Residency Preference” will be required to maintain residency in the District of Columbia for a minimum of seven (7) years from the date of employment. You will be required to present documents (proofs) to show District residency and failure to maintain bona-fide District residency for the seven-year (7-year) period will result in forfeiture of employment.
Residency Requirement: If the position you are applying for is in the Career, Management Supervisory, or Educational Service at an annual salary of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) or more, you must establish residency in the District of Columbia within one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date of the appointment and continue to maintain residency within the District of Columbia throughout the duration of the appointment.
EEO Statement: The District of Columbia Government does not discriminate or retaliate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, family responsibilities, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, homeless status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, participation in a legally protected activity, parental status, matriculation, personal appearance, credit information, status as a victim or family member of a victim of domestic violence, sexual offense, or stalking, military service, or other non-merit factor.
Salary : $114,441 - $160,216