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Technical Project Manager Finance & Property Tax Systems

GTN Technical Staffing
  • Phoenix, AZ
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30+ days ago

Job Description





Technical Project Manager –Finance & Property Tax Systems

HIGHLIGHTS

Location: Phoenix, AZ (must be onsite 5 days a week)

Position Type: Contract

Hourly/Salary: Per hour rate

Residency Status: USC or GC

Position Summary:

The Technical Project Manager is responsible for leading complex technology initiatives that support Finance, Accounting, and Property Tax operations within a government agency. This role serves as the bridge between business stakeholders, finance professionals, IT teams, and external vendors to successfully deliver technology solutions that improve operational efficiency, ensure regulatory compliance, and support accurate property tax administration.

The ideal candidate combines strong project management expertise with deep knowledge of governmental finance, accounting principles, and property tax processes. This position requires experience managing enterprise system implementations, process improvements, data integrations, financial reporting initiatives, and cross-functional technical projects.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead multiple technical projects from initiation through implementation and post-production support.
  • Develop project charters, business cases, work plans, budgets, timelines, and resource plans.
  • Manage project scope, risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests.
  • Monitor project progress and provide regular status updates to executive leadership and stakeholders.
  • Ensure projects are completed on schedule, within budget, and aligned with organizational goals.
  • Partner with Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Assessor, Treasurer, and Property Tax departments to identify business needs.
  • Translate business requirements into functional and technical specifications.
  • Coordinate with software developers, infrastructure teams, database administrators, and vendors to deliver technical solutions.
  • Facilitate requirements-gathering sessions, process mapping, and workflow analysis.
  • Support solution design while ensuring compliance with government policies and accounting standards.
  • Manage projects involving property tax billing and collections, assessment and valuation systems, levy calculations, tax roll processing, financial reporting, general ledger integrations, budgeting and forecasting, revenue accounting, and tax distribution and apportionment.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable state statutes, governmental accounting standards, and internal financial controls.
  • Support audit readiness and documentation requirements.
  • Coordinate system implementations, upgrades, migrations, and enhancements.
  • Oversee unit testing, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, and production validation.
  • Manage data conversion and reconciliation activities.
  • Coordinate interfaces among ERP systems, property tax applications, GIS systems, document management systems, and reporting platforms.
  • Ensure data quality, security, and governance standards are maintained.
  • Build strong relationships with executive leadership, department directors, finance teams, technical teams, and external vendors.
  • Facilitate steering committee meetings and executive presentations.
  • Communicate technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders and drive consensus across teams.
  • Identify project risks, implement mitigation strategies, and maintain comprehensive governance documentation.
  • Ensure compliance with government procurement policies, cybersecurity standards, and financial regulations.
  • Support internal and external audits related to financial systems and technology projects.

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 7+ years of project management experience leading enterprise technology projects.
  • 5+ years of experience supporting Finance, Accounting, or Property Tax operations.
  • Experience working within a city, county, state, or other government agency.
  • Strong understanding of governmental accounting practices, budgeting, and financial reporting.
  • Experience with enterprise resource planning or comparable government financial systems.
  • Experience managing software implementation and system integration projects.
  • Strong knowledge of the software development lifecycle and Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid project management methodologies.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Project Management Professional certification.
  • Certified ScrumMaster or another Agile certification.
  • Certified Government Financial Manager certification.
  • Certified Public Accountant certification or an accounting background.
  • Experience with property tax administration systems.
  • Experience with GIS integration, SQL, reporting tools, and business intelligence platforms.
  • Knowledge of project-tracking, collaboration, scheduling, and productivity tools.

Technical Skills:
  • Project management
  • ERP financial systems
  • Property tax systems
  • General ledger
  • Budgeting and forecasting
  • Financial reporting
  • Business process improvement
  • Requirements gathering
  • Software development lifecycle
  • Agile and Waterfall methodologies
  • Risk management
  • Vendor management
  • Data integration
  • SQL
  • Project scheduling tools
  • Work management platforms
  • Business intelligence tools
  • Advanced spreadsheet skills

Core Competencies:
  • Strategic planning
  • Financial acumen
  • Government operations
  • Technical leadership
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Change management
  • Problem-solving
  • Decision-making
  • Communication
  • Team leadership
  • Process improvement
  • Analytical thinking
  • Customer service
  • Collaboration
  • Accountability

Success Measures:
  • Delivering projects on time and within budget.
  • Improving the efficiency of Finance and Property Tax operations.
  • Maintaining compliance with governmental accounting and regulatory requirements.
  • Reducing operational risk through effective project governance.
  • Building strong partnerships across Finance, IT, and business departments.
  • Delivering technology solutions that enhance public service and operational excellence.

 

 

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Numbers & Facts

LocationPhoenix, AZ

Skills

  • Acceptance Testingunmatched
  • Accountingunmatched
  • Accounting Certificationsunmatched
  • Accounting Standards and Regulationsunmatched
  • Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Budget Managementunmatched
  • Budget Reportingunmatched
  • Budgetingunmatched
  • Business Administrationunmatched
  • Business Caseunmatched
  • Business Intelligence Softwareunmatched
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)unmatched
  • Certified ScrumMasterunmatched
  • Change Managementunmatched
  • Change Requests/Ordersunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Computer Scienceunmatched
  • Credit and Collectionsunmatched
  • Cross-Functionalunmatched
  • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
  • Data Managementunmatched
  • Data Processingunmatched
  • Data Qualityunmatched
  • Database Administrationunmatched
  • Document Managementunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
  • Executive Relationshipsunmatched
  • External Auditunmatched
  • Financeunmatched
  • Financial Analysisunmatched
  • Financial Controlunmatched
  • Financial Managementunmatched
  • Financial Regulationsunmatched
  • Financial Reportingunmatched
  • Financial Systemsunmatched
  • Forecastingunmatched
  • General Ledger Accountingunmatched
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)unmatched
  • Governmentunmatched
  • Government Accountingunmatched
  • Government Policiesunmatched
  • Government Standardsunmatched
  • Information Systems/Technology IS/IT Administrationunmatched
  • Information/Data Security (InfoSec)unmatched
  • Integration Testingunmatched
  • Internal Auditunmatched
  • Internet Securityunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Maintain Complianceunmatched
  • Multitaskingunmatched
  • Needs Assessmentunmatched
  • Operational Improvementunmatched
  • Operational Strategyunmatched
  • Operations Managementunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Production Supportunmatched
  • Project Developmentunmatched
  • Project Management Certificationunmatched
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)unmatched
  • Project Management Softwareunmatched
  • Project Planningunmatched
  • Project Trackingunmatched
  • Project/Program Managementunmatched
  • Property Maintenanceunmatched
  • Property Taxunmatched
  • Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
  • Reconciliationunmatched
  • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
  • Regulatory Requirementsunmatched
  • Requirements Managementunmatched
  • Revenue Accountingunmatched
  • Revenue Forecastingunmatched
  • Risk Analysisunmatched
  • Risk Managementunmatched
  • SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
  • Software Developmentunmatched
  • Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)unmatched
  • Spreadsheetsunmatched
  • State Laws and Regulationsunmatched
  • Strategic Planningunmatched
  • System Integration (SI)unmatched
  • System Testunmatched
  • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
  • Tax Accountingunmatched
  • Tax Operationsunmatched
  • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
  • Technical Deliveryunmatched
  • Technical Leadershipunmatched
  • Time Managementunmatched
  • Treasuryunmatched
  • Unit Testunmatched
  • Validation Testingunmatched
  • Vendor/Supplier Managementunmatched
  • Waterfall Model of Software Developmentunmatched
  • Workflow Analysisunmatched

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