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OPU Analyst

IFAS LLC
Charleston, SC Other
POSTED ON 6/19/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/18/2026

Essential Job Functions: (what will the candidate do on the job) 

 

Global Compensation provides compensation services to U.S. Foreign Service employees, Department of State Civil Service employees and Locally Employed (LE) staff. They provide both American and LE Staff payroll services for U.S. Agencies Overseas and Annuity services for Foreign Service Retirees. With locations in Charleston, South Carolina and Bangkok, Thailand, Global Compensation manages one of the most complex compensation environments in the world, providing compensation services in 180 countries and 140 currencies. Services include time and attendance, payroll, annuity payments, customer support, withholding, benefits, record keeping and reporting for our employees working domestically and overseas at our Embassies and Missions. Global Compensation’s primary goal is to provide world-class compensation services to its customers. 

 

Global Compensation requires a contractor to provide Analyst support to the Office of Global Compensation, Pay Systems, Overpayments Division. The Office of Pay Systems provides advisory, liaison, and support services for the Office of American, LE, and Annuitant Pay Processing Operations. They are responsible for defining user requirements for system modifications and communicating them to the Information Resource management (IRM) Bureau. They manage the System Request database and set priorities for the efficient allocation of IRM resources. They also provide liaison between the Department of State and the Office of Personnel Management’s Employee Express Service. As part of the larger Global Compensation Directorate, they participate in the GFS quality management process, striving to continuously improve our services. 

 

Minimum/General Requirements:

  • A four-year degree from an accredited college or university is required.
  • Provides support like a Senior Financial Analyst, but in a narrower range of operations and under closer supervision of more senior personnel. 

Functional Responsibility:

 

OPU Compensation Analyst primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Processing and auditing overpayment transactions (prior year and current year) related to salary, benefits, and allowances.
  • Researching and interpreting policy to determine eligibility for payment of salary, allowances, entitlements, and benefit contributions.
  • Notifying customers of overpayments (preparing initial notification of indebtedness via letter from Global Compensation. 
  • Answering Payroll Customer Support (PCS) inquiries and general inquiries from internal customers 
  • Retrieve, research and analyze pay history in the proprietary financial systems 
  • Calculating overpayments made with automated tools and/or manually due to personnel actions, time and attendance adjustments, Post arrival/departure, etc. 
  • Establishing a method of repayment per debt collection authorizations, and proposing alternate repayments schedules, if necessary 
  • Filing all work and correspondence by indexing in Document Imaging System (DIS)
  • Professionally communicate with co-workers, management, and customers (internal/external) via email, IM (instant messaging) and in person about overpayment transactions. 
  •  Monitoring debt collections, including payments submitted to Accounts Receivable, Pay.Gov, and salary deduction Creating cases in the Debt Management Database and completing ongoing updates until the case has been closed
  • Processing actions to correct overstated earnings, including preparing letters of credit, W2 Corrections, and manual adjustments in the pay processing system
  • Performs other payroll project duties as assigned. 

Skills: (what are the skills required for the role)

  • Personnel shall possess superior multi-tasking, customer service, analytical, organizational, oral, and written communication skills, as well as a strong attention to detail. 
  • Requires experience with computer-based applications including word-processing, spreadsheets, and database management systems. MS Excel and MS Word experience at an intermediate level is required. 
  • Experience with processing payroll including manual creation of W-2s and 1099’s is highly preferred. 

Qualifications: (what are the required minimums for the position)

Education Requirements: A four-year degree from an accredited university or college 

 Professional and technical certification programs and years of experience may be substituted for years of education, based on credit hour equivalent

Work Schedule:


The employee will work an 8-hour shift between the hours of 6:15 am to 6:00 pm with a non-compensated 45-minute lunch (See your Project Manager for work schedule and department policies). Additional hours may be required and must be authorized by your Project Manager and Federal Leadership. This is an on-site position.

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