Compensation Analyst (Separations)
Essential Job Functions:
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.
The U.S. Department of State (DoS), The Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, Charleston has a requirement for a Compensation Analyst in the Office of Global Compensation. The Compensation Analyst position will be responsible for payroll processing, analysis, auditing and monitoring of payroll in the office of American Pay Processing (CGFS/GC/PPR/AMP).
American Pay Processing (AMP): Provides compensation services to U.S. Foreign Service, Department of State Civil Service and Foreign Service Retirees. We also provide American payroll services for U.S. Agencies Overseas. AMP manages a diverse Foreign affairs payroll environment, providing our services to our Civil and Senior Executive Service employees domestically, U.S. Foreign Service employees in the U.S., and overseas, and Annuity services to Foreign Service Retirees. Our services include time and attendance, payroll, annuity payments, customer support, withholding, benefits, record keeping and reporting for our employees and Annuitants. The primary goal is to provide world-class compensation services to customers.
Job Responsibilities
The Compensation Technician’s primary responsibilities are Time and Attendance (T&A) reporting (bi-monthly), pay calculation, individual leave accounts, allotments of pay, and other individual pay matters for those paid by Department of State. Specific Duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Responsible for accuracy of calculating and processing T&A into a various proprietary financial systems, ensuring timeliness and accuracy of information. This includes processing a variety of transactions which affect pay, leave, taxes, benefits and other deductions.
• Receive, research, analyze, and process pay actions under Separation Actions such as, but not limited to: Agency Change, Death Package, General Inquiry – Separations & Historical, Lump Sums, Overpayment & Overpayment Response Separations, Refund/Recredit of Lump-Sum Payment, Upon Reemployment, Separations, Supplemental – Separations, T&A Processing, T&A Processing Manual Submission, Transfer of Leave (Separating), Year-to-Date Adjustment (YTDA) – Separations.
• As needed, the following Separations Monitoring may be required: T&A Adjustment Monitoring, Employees Not Paid Report, SCALP Report, Automated Adjustment Report, T&A Correction Errors by Org Code and Calculations Exception.

Skills:
Our most Successful Employees in this Position Demonstrate:

• Analytical
• Attention to detail
• Initiative
• Process Oriented

Qualifications:
Minimum Requirements:

• Senior level experience in any of the following is preferred but not required: management, budget, program analysis, procurement, personnel management, auditing, or inspecting with significant experience reviewing foreign affairs operations. The Management Analyst V will provide senior level business process analysis and management analysis services to overseas posts and domestic bureaus. Provide workflow analysis, re-engineering, procedures development, project management, resource management, cost analysis, personnel management, budget analysis, auditing or inspecting. Once a problem or project is defined the management analyst researches relevant facts and information, conducts interviews, compiles results, prepares documentation that supports a recommended course of action and prepares supporting material, such as flow charts, graphs, tables or spreadsheets. Develops new or revises procedures, techniques, schedules, work assignments and steps to achieve a recommended solution. The level of support is based on the experience of the analyst and the scope of the problems or projects defined.
• This position require a “Secret” Clearance and all candidates must be able to obtain this clearance level.

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 DoS Management. This is a hybrid position with 3 days teleworking and 2 days on-site.