DECEDENT PROPERTY AGENT

The ideal candidate must be able adjust to changing workloads and assignments, adhere to concise description of tasks and timetable completion, develop work plan and timeliness for completing tasks and manage multiple projects at one time. The candidate must be willing and able to follow standardized practices, adapt to changing priorities and relate well and communicate effectively with co-workers and the public.  Due to the high level of confidentiality and nature of the work, the candidate must maintain the highest standards of confidentiality, ethics and integrity.    Operational Public Administrator Duties:  1) Conduct apartment and home searches. 2) Oversee and assist in the move of decedent property. 3) Keep detailed records of estate property moved. 4) Keep detailed records of apartment searches. 5) Prepare for and coordinate estate properties for auction sales.    Note: These duties may require some physical activity.  Operational Public Administrator Investigator Duties:  â¢ Accurately research the search documents and notes on decedentâs place of death and verify the decedentâs place of death. â¢ Communicates with NYPD Precincts and Central Property Clerks to locate and retrieve the decedentâs property from local precincts. â¢ Schedule and contact management of a decedentâs building and schedule apartment/residence searches. â¢ Conduct accurate and thorough on-site investigations of a decedentâs premises. â¢ Ability to work in hoarder condition environments or in properties damaged  as a result of extreme conditions such as infestation, fire or water damage and deaths from homicides,          suicides, etc. â¢ Search for, obtain, secure and safeguard all assets, wills, record of kinship, mail, next of kin and pertinent information. â¢ Inventory personal property from the decedentâs residence, hospital or other facilities and assume custody of the property. â¢ Locate and notify next of kin, and interact with decedentâs family members to obtain pertinent information on the decedent. â¢ Write concise and timely narrative report detailing the investigatorâs actions and facts found during the investigation of the decedentâs premises. â¢ Schedules appointments with appraisers. â¢ Schedule, arrange and supervise estate moves. â¢ Enter a summary of all investigative reports into the computer system.  â¢ Monitor and conduct closed-bid auctions.   ***Note: These duties are on as-needed basis.  Operational Office Liaison Duties Include Assisting the Office Liaison with: â¢ Coordinating the retrieval of decedent property from the NYPD, hospitals and other facilities. â¢ Processing and securing all property received from the NYPD, hospitals and other facilities. â¢ Preparing for the auction of estate vehicles and boats. â¢ Notifying and scheduling moves with moving companies and coordinating all moves for investigators. â¢ Monitoring and maintaining moving company time sheet billing invoices, locksmith invoices, storage invoices and parking garage invoices. â¢ Assisting the Deputy Commissioner during personal property appraisals. â¢ Other related office duties that are helpful in assisting the Office Liaison.  The candidate must possess a valid NYS drivers licenses and must drive to various locations.

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ACCOUNTANT

The Public Administrator County of New York is an agency of the City of New York. Each borough of New York City has its own Public Administrator. The Public Administrator County of New York administers the estates of New York County residents who primarily die without a will and with no one else eligible or willing to administer the estate. The primary duty duties of the public administrator include collecting and distributing the assets of the deceased person, arranging appropriate funerals, and administering estates that would otherwise remain un-administered. The agency is primarily charged with protecting the assets of any estate it is administering.	  Job Description:  â¢ Ensures the daily financial operation of the agency, including the monitoring of financial transactions on estate files.  â¢	Performs monthly reconciliations on all estate bank accounts.  â¢	Makes bank deposits.  â¢	Post all interest income to estate accounts and provides interest income reports quarterly to PA Counsel and CPA.  â¢	Opens and inventories decedentsâ safe deposit boxes.  â¢	Makes revenue estimates, monitors current city revenues, and transmits monthly Commissions & Costs and Unknown Distributees to NYC Finance Department.  â¢	Compiles monthly reports regarding closed estates for the Surrogates, NYC Comptroller and OMB.  â¢	Assists with the preparation of the PAâs annual report to the Office of the Court Administration.  â¢	Assist in the preparation of the Public Administrator's Semi-Annual and Annual Reports.  â¢	Coordinates all agency audits.  â¢	Monitors tax reserves.  â¢	Prints daily balances of all estate accounts.

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