Senior Tax Analyst

• Consider each location carefully when applying. If you are selected for a location, that location will become your official post of duty.
• In the event that a building is closed due to rent management, new hires may be placed in a local commuting location.
• Additional jobs may be filled from this announcement or any other source to fill these vacancies.

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Qualifications:

Federal experience is not required. Experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or through Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume.


You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

GS-14 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:

• Addressing identity theft and refund fraud, policy and procedures, including Frivolous Return Program.
• Providing recommendations for procedural guidance, including collaboration with Counsel for opinions when necessary.
• Utilizing Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS), Accounts Management System (AMS), Report Generation Software (RGS) or Electronic Fraud Detection System (EFDS) to analyze taxpayer data.
• Assisting taxpayers through telephone contact or correspondence involving tax related issues and adhering to disclosure procedures.
• Applying adjustment procedures, statute procedures and unpostable research.
• Building queries and creating reports within Selections and Analytics Platform (SNAP).
• Investigating and researching accounts, refund fraud and identity theft.
• Applying the methods, precedents, and guidelines related to individual and/or business accounts.
• Providing guidance and serving as a policy expert to prepare complete decision packages, studies, and recommendations.
• Researching cross-functional programs and their interrelationship with assigned program to provide recommendations for improvement.
• Experience with IRS functions, programs, policies, regulations, procedures, and operations to evaluate programs plans and determine impact of changes on program goals.
• Applying technical methods and practices such as program analysis, process analysis, management reporting procedures and available system capabilities to resolve operating problems and provide statistical data or other management information reports.
• Identifying tax issues that impact assigned programs to make recommendations.
• Applying and written communications to exchange information, to prepare reports, explaining program differences and recommending improvements and/or corrective action.

AND

You must also meet the following requirements:

• TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT (TACA): Current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens".
• TIME IN GRADE (TIG): For positions above the GS-05,applicants must meet applicable time-in-­grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the grade you are applying for. For positions at the GS-5, you cannot advance to the GS-05 if you have held a GS-02 in the past 52 weeks. There is no TIG restriction for GS-02, 03, or 04 positions.

For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

Responsibilities:

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. If this vacancy includes more than one grade and you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this position.

• Performs assignments that are agency-wide in scope and have significant impact on issues facing the operating unit. Conducts business impact assessments of field and headquarters operations, serves on task forces or study groups, and performs independent analyses of area or nationwide program operations.
• Comprehensively plans, analyzes, determines cost/benefit relationships, and coordinates a variety of functions, operations, teams, or interfacing administrative systems.
• Independently studies complex problems facing operating unit functions or those of particular concern within specialized areas of the organization. This may require coordinating input from activities outside the division and identifying new methods of performing work.
• Participates with cross-functional representatives on nationwide activities within the operating unit, including workplans, business plans, etc. Conducts studies and analyses to support operational reviews, measure achievement of goals, execution of plans, compliance with directives, and utilization of resources.
• Analyzes assigned program area(s) to discern trends in program delivery. Consolidates report data to measure effectiveness in meeting baselines or the degree to which program plans and achievements support strategic agency initiatives.

STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD21315
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Salary : $125,776