Directs and supervises the Department of Finance for the Gila River Indian Community which includes Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cashiers, Payroll, Fund Accounting and Fixed Assets. Report to the Community Treasurer on policy and procedural changes. Reviews department monthly, quarterly and annual reports on activity. Monitors accuracy of Community’s financial statements.

Assist clients with Indian taxation codes in the areas of transaction privilege, sales, tobacco, alcohol and fuel excise tax. Also assist with the preparation of personal income tax for federal and state income tax returns.

Conduct tax audits of taxpayers operating within the Gila River Indian Community. Review tax returns for compliance with timely filing, payment and clerical accuracy. Issue tax assessments for late filing, payment or clerical accuracy of tax returns. Input tax return data into database. Develop quarterly reports on tax collections. Reviewing Community Tax ordinance for amendments to current tax sections. Working with Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program to prepare and submit federal and state income tax returns.

Work with Gila River Indian Community programs that have federal, state and other external grants; monitoring program activity to grant goals; monitoring program spending of grant funding to budget availability; conduct program compliance reviews; and assist programs with grant applications, Assist with the Community's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for federal and state tax return preparation.

Conduct internal audits of community government programs. Assist with individual federal and state income tax preparation at the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site setup within the Gila River Indian Community

Conduct internal audits of health care programs.

as a part time job, i worked as a Customer Service Representative at a local Circle K. i assisted customers with the sales, Cleaned the store and stocked the inventory. Being a tax collector and a customer, it was a very different experience being a cashier.

Managed Community’s Tax Program, composed of four taxes and four staff (two Tax Auditors, Tax Accountant and Property Assessor); reviewed tax audits; analyzed revenue collected; monitored federal, state and Indian tax activity; advised Community Treasurer, President and Council on tax issues; and developed amendments to the Community Tax Ordinance.Served on the Salt River Housing and Salt River Financial Services Institute Board of Directors as the Treasury Office liaison.

Managed Community’s Tax Program, composed of four taxes and one tax auditor; reviewed tax audits; developed Community’s annual property tax rates; assessed property tax on business leases within the Community; analyzed tax revenue collection; monitored federal, state and Indian tax activity; advised Community Treasurer, President and Council on tax issues; developed amendments to the Community Tax Ordinance; and developed department expansion.

Managed four supervisors and 18 support staff; administered the seven Navajo taxes; reviewed tax audits; developed seven year tax revenue projections for budgeting purposes; worked on Executive Branch Budget Team, reviewing department's budget proposals; analyzed tax revenue and advised President and Council on trends; monitored federal, state and Indian activity within taxation; prepared amendments and reviewed proposed legislation to the Navajo Tax Statutes.

Managed Finance and Accounting division; supervised three supervisors and 35 staff; monitored utility revenue; worked with enterprise's new financial software.

Served as tribal liaison during implementation of new financial software, working with consultants and tribal programs in design.

Supervised three accounting and five compliance department staff; reconciled monthly revenue and budget ledgers; developed annual budget for office; reviewed work prepared by accounting and compliance staff; maintained Audit Assessment log; prepared quarterly payment to the State of Arizona for FET taxes collected; developed distribution plan for Navajo Sales Tax revenue.

Supervised three staff; reviewed tax assessments developed by department staff; performed monthly reviews of SEV and FET tax returns and assessed for non-compliance; updated oil production database; developed database for fuel distribution and sales activity; maintained Audit Assessment log; and prepared quarterly payment to State of AZ for FET taxes collected.