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Wasco County Assessor and Tax Collector Jill Amery, left, received the Excellence in Leadership Award from Shane Conception of Thomson Reuters. Contributed photo
Wasco County Assessor and Tax Collector Jill Amery, left, received the Excellence in Leadership Award from Shane Conception of Thomson Reuters. Contributed photo
Wasco County Assessor Jill Amery, who also serves as tax collector, has been recognized out of a pool of more than 1,600 municipal governments from across the country and world.
At the Thomson Reuters Tax and Accounting Software and Research Solutions annual conference, Amery was given the Excellence in Leadership Award. She was recognized for implementing a new software system that was left failing with the passing of former assessor Tim Lynn and further complicated by other issues in the county treasurer’s office.
Amery was elected to the position in 2014 after the passing of Lynn. She started working in the office part-time in May and officially took office in January 2015.
From the beginning there were issues with coordinating tax collections with the county treasure and finance department. The county’s audit for fiscal year 2013-14 identified several areas that needed to be brought up to acceptable accounting practices.
“Jill surpassed the challenges that faced her,” a statement issued by Thomson Reuters said. “She harnessed her knowledge of the Oregon business process, quickly learned county complexities and successfully managed cross-functional interactions while fostering interdepartmental collaboration. She regularly engaged with stakeholders, built strong relationships with peers and in the words of her colleague, ‘weathered it all with grace and poise.’”
By June 2015, Amery and other county finance officials had integrated the taxation and general ledger functions and resolved most of the issues associated with the treasurer’s office and audit.
“We are now golden,” Wasco County Administrative Officer Tyler Stone said. “Not just Jill but the entire office came together to help resolve these issues.”
Thomson Reuters provides the computer software for the county’s appraisal, assessment and taxation functions.
According to a press release issued this week by Reuters, the software is “probably the single most important piece of software in the county and has implications not only within the county but also across other jurisdictions such as cities, school districts and special districts.”
“On behalf of all of us at Thomson Reuters I would like to congratulate Jill on this Excellence in Leadership Award,” Vice President of Customer Operation, Tax and Accounting, and Government Diana Flanders said.
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