SharePoint Design Grad Intern

NOTE: Must be enrolled in law/graduate school for the Fall term 2025.

NYC Department of Finance (DOF) is responsible for administering the tax revenue laws of the city fairly, efficiently, and transparently to instill public confidence and encourage compliance while providing exceptional customer service.

The Customer Operations Division has oversight of the Department of Finance business centers, City Register’s Office, and the Land Records, Adjudication, and Collections divisions. Customer Operations is charged with the processing of tax payments, parking violations payments, and all other charges collected by DOF. The division is also responsible for recording property transfers, adjudicating parking and camera violations, and managing the full life cycle of the department’s enforcement activities related to unpaid business and excise taxes, parking fines, and Environmental Control Board summonses.

The Land Records Division and its Office of the City Register record and maintain all official documents related to real estate, including deeds, mortgages, and leases. The division has offices in every borough except for Staten Island, where the Office of the County Clerk provides these functions. Land Records records approximately 550,00 documents annually and collects over $5 billion annually in real property transfer and mortgage recording taxes. The Division maintains and updates New York City property ownership records and provides review and research services for those records. The Land Records Division also administers the property tax lien sale for property tax enforcement, interacting with the NYC Law Department, the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget, and the Lien Trust Program.

The selected candidate will work closely with the Business Operations Specialist and will report directly to the First Deputy City Register and participate in bi-weekly status update meetings with the Assistant Commissioner, First Deputy, and Business Operation Specialist on project progress and provide and updated training document on the changes to the site at the end of the project timeframe.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

- Re-design and update the SharePoint site that expresses the division’s brand on SharePoint, including logos, site name, and description
- Create and update pages, reports, and forms within the SharePoint site, if necessary
- Must have command of visual design capabilities, including composition, layout information hierarchy, typography, and color
- Work directly under the Business Operations Specialist and Finance’s IT SharePoint team with the development and redesign implementation of the updated site
- Review and update current forms and links as needed
- Give suggestions and ideas that will enhance the site overall
- Work closely with division managers and capture their ideas on improving the page
- Attend and participate in meetings with the Assistant Commissioner, and First Deputy to provide updates on the project
- Produce a training document on changes to the site


Additional Information:
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

The student will be asked to sign a Tax Secrecy agreement and should understand the rules that prevent nondisclosure of Department of Finance information.

Candidates must be currently enrolled in a graduate degree program in an accredited college, university or law school.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.