Revenue Manager

The City of Littleton has an opportunity for an experienced Revenue Manager to join our dynamic and dedicated Finance team. The Revenue Manager oversees all revenue activities including sales tax, use tax, and utility billing, as well as supporting the Finance Director in the development and implementation of the city’s financial policies, and ensuring compliance with federal, state and local laws, and accounting standards. The Revenue Manager provides supervision, leadership, and guidance to team members through feedback, coaching, training, and development opportunities.

The ideal candidate is an analytical thinker with an eye for details, has a process improvement focus, and has outstanding communication and people skills. The successful candidate will be collaborative and skilled at motivating and inspiring others to succeed in their work.

The City of Littleton is a vibrant community south of Denver and is consistently voted as one of America’s Best Small Cities, and a top place to raise a family. Learn more about everything Littleton has to offer at VisitLittleton.org. Home to a vibrant and historic downtown, and a variety of shopping venues, restaurants, parks and trails, there is a lot to offer to the wonderful people who live and work here. The City of Littleton offers outstanding benefits and perks to our employees. For more information, see the 2025 Benefit Guide.

The City of Littleton believes in attracting and retaining the best talent and our strategies include hiring in at market pay and creating career development opportunities. In addition to your application, please submit a cover letter that describes why you are the best candidate for this position with the City of Littleton.

Hiring pay range $98,420 - $108,780 per year

This full-time position is exempt per FLSA and is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted until finalists are identified or the position is filled, but preference will be given to complete applications received by May 25, 2025. Those who do not apply by this date may or may not be considered.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manages and evaluates the daily functions, operations and activities of the revenue division.

• Supports the Finance Director by ensuring overall departmental vision and goals are developed, implemented and support city goals and assists the Finance Director in planning and coordinating the department’s work plan.

• Participates in the formulation and implementation of the city’s financial policies.

• Serves as change agent and takes lead on developing and implementing new accounting techniques and systems and in modifying existing methods and procedures for continuous process improvement.

• Directs staff responsible for all revenue functions, including sales/use tax program and utility billing, balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries and all related tasks to ensure timely, efficient, and accurate processing and reporting of transactions and holds them accountable.

• Participates in the development, implementation and oversight of departmental policies and procedures related to all revenue activities, including sales/use tax and utility billing, and customer service.

• Manages the city’s sales/use tax program and utility billing functions.

• Maintains, validates, and analyzes sales/use tax and utility billing data.

• Oversees and conducts sales/use tax collection and audits.

• Facilitates timely collection of all monies due researches and makes decisions on past due items.

• Oversees business and sales/use tax licensing program including other required licensing.

• Verifies the accuracy of daily cash transactions reviews and/or posts cash receipts.

• Recommends and implements improvements in the department’s policies and procedures including tax collection strategies/techniques.

• Ensures accuracy in utility billing according to fee schedules.

• Assists in the compilation of the sewer and storm drainage utility financial plans and rate analysis.

• Prepares, reviews and approves journal entries.

• Supervises or conducts reconciliation of general ledger accounts to subsidiary ledgers.

• Audits general ledgers, checking for correctness and completeness.

• Assists in the revision of applicable ordinances and regulations.

• Assists in the annual audit, year-end closing and aspects of the comprehensive annual financial report.

• Reviews, analyzes, reconciles various reports.

• Ensures compliance with federal, state and local laws, and accounting standards.

• Leads key functional areas for ERP related enhancements, reporting, and related integrated systems.

• Works collaboratively with other departments regarding operational matters that raise policy or other special questions and do not follow prescribed patterns and procedures.

• Develops service level (SLA) agreements for key transactional processes, holds staff accountable for meeting SLAs, and fosters an environment of proactive engagement, collaboration, and customer service excellence.

• Performs other assignments and projects as required.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Encourages an environment of collaboration and teamwork.

• Selects, trains, and evaluates employees.

• Completes assigned supervisory training.

• Provides guidance and assists employees in the fulfillment of responsibilities.

• Assigns and directs work; addresses and resolves issues.

• Manages employee performance, and fosters growth and development through meaningful, timely feedback and check-ins.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, or a closely related field; and

• Three (3) years of progressively responsible governmental accounting experience with at least one (1) year of supervisory or team lead experience; or

• An equivalent combination of education, training and work experience that produces the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position may be considered.

• Must be able to pass a pre-employment criminal background check.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Workday

• Municipal sales tax collection experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Requires knowledge of the principles and practices of accounting, GAAP and GASB.

• Requires knowledge of various statutes and regulations pertaining to municipal accounting.

• Ability to develop and implement complex financial analyses and projections.

• Sound reason, judgement, and decision-making skills.

• Understanding and ability to apply accounting pronouncements and financial trends.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Strong technical skills including experience with different financial systems, analytical and reporting tools, and the ability to learn new tools and manage system updates.

• Requires strong interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with a variety of individuals within and outside the organization using effective problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.

• Requires a growth mindset and expert skills and abilities that include critical thinking, analyzing data, breaking down problems, identifying relationships between issues, making complex plans and displaying high attention to detail with assigned projects and tasks.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES:

• Work is performed indoors in a standard office environment.

• Occasional lifting and carrying of files or other objects weighing up to 20 pounds with or without assistance.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The City of Littleton is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and intends to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and job applicants regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other non-job related characteristic, and to hire and retain the best-qualified individuals without regard to any of these factors. This prohibition includes unlawful harassment based on a protected class.

The City of Littleton will consider reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process and employment. Applicants and employees can request an accommodation by contacting Human Resources at 303-795-3857 or emailing hr@littletongov.org.

Drug- and Alcohol-Free Workplace

The City of Littleton is committed to the health and safety of all its employees. To ensure a safe and productive work environment the city prohibits the use, sale, dispensation, manufacture, distribution or possession of alcohol, drugs, controlled substances or drug paraphernalia on any city premises or worksites. No employee shall report to work or be at work with alcohol or with any detectable amount of prohibited drugs in the employee's system. A detectable amount refers to the standards generally used in workplace drug & alcohol testing. This prohibition specifically includes marijuana, and decriminalized psychedelics whether used for medical purposes or obtained legally under state law.