Introduction of my office

Since I already worked for almost a month, it is time to talk about the place I am working.

Firstly, background of the office. Maricopa County Treasurer’s Office was established in 1891 and has been the ex-officio tax collector and the treasurer of all school and special districts with Maricopa County. According to the statute, the County Treasurer is charged to collect, invest and disburse taxpayer funds. So the mission of the office is to provide receipt and safekeeping of all taxes collected upon real and personal property of the county, all public monies arising from any source to accruing under the provisions of the law to the county and so on. The office try to provide the residents convenient accessibility to pay their fair share of taxes using online technology to access real-time information and make payments.

And my mainly duties are:

·         Create and update policies to address ambiguity, improve efficiency, or fix business processes.

·         Serve as a gatekeeper for access, update with deliverables as needed, and create task lists to track project statutes.

·         Identify funding sources and possible uses of dollars, research fees and create an inventory explained in statute, conduct annual forecasting.

·         Track legislation affecting the Treasurer’s Office, analysis possible impacts, coordinate with Government Relations Office to advance office initiatives.

It is a really good and interesting place to learn how the office operate and gain more experience of doing budget and analyzing policies. People in the Office are very nice and friendly and I really enjoy working here.