Tax Analyst
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| Employer: | Internal Revenue Service - IRS |
| Category: | Finance |
| Job Type: | Full Time |
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Summary Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OTHER IRS CAREERS? Visit us on the web at www.jobs.irs.gov Learn more about this agency This job is open to
Clarification from the agency Open to IRS Career/Career-Conditional, Treasury/IRS CTAP, & IRS RPP employees Videos Duties WHAT IS THE SMALL BUSINESS/SELF EMPLOYED DIVISION? A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas: SB/SE Operations Support, Business Support Office The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. Develop and/or interpret guidance on /program planning, execution, and evaluation for compliance with IRS tax interest policies and regulations to ensure the accuracy of interest reported in the IRS Financial Statements. The employee plans, analyzes, determines cost/benefit relationships, and coordinates a variety of functions, operations, and teams, such as a cost/benefit analysis to identify material aspects of the IRS implementing a policy change. Independently studies highly complex and difficult interest related issues and problems facing operating unit functions or those of particular concern within the organization assigned. This may require coordinating input from activities outside the division and identifying new methods of performing work. This requires the incumbent to demonstrate analytical, technical, and process analysis skills. Analyzes assigned program areas to ensure compliance with tax interest policy. Consolidates report data to measure the effectiveness in meeting baselines or the degree to which program plans and achievements support strategic initiatives. Requirements Conditions of Employment STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD22162 and PD22160 Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions.
Qualifications Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/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: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GRADE-12: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Using IRS functions, programs, policies, regulations, procedures, and operations to evaluate program plans and determine impact of changes on program goals; Experience with cross-functional programs and their interrelationship with assigned programs to conduct reviews, studies/projects and coordinate systems and resource utilization of program operations; Experience with a wide range of conditions such as inconsistencies in computer computation; numerous computational errors from prior adjustments to tax, penalty and interest on multiple tax years; and multiple adjustments to compute complex interest calculations to resolve an extensive range of issues or problems. Experience using the principles of management planning, program and process analysis, management reporting procedures and available system capabilities to resolve operating problems, and providing statistical data or other management information reports; Experience in oral and written communications to conduct briefings, prepare reports, document findings and, disseminate procedural and regulatory information. In addition to the above, you MUST have all of the following: Expert experience with applying the Tax Laws (e.g., 6601-6603, 6611, 6621, 6404, 7508) impacting the determination of interest and experience with interest rates and statutory limits for assessing tax, penalty and interest and methods for calculating interest. Experience with research of account data using computational tools including "ACT/DMI InterestNet" or COMPA. Experience interpreting Internal Revenue Code, Regulations, court decisions and Internal Revenue Manuals to develop interest related policy and procedures and/or to recommend resolution of the most complex interest calculation issues. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GRADE 13: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes experience evaluating programs and policies to determine the impact of changes on program goals and experience with cross-functional programs and their interrelationship with assigned program to conduct reviews, studies/projects. Experience with a wide range of conditions such as inconsistencies in computer computation; numerous computational errors from prior adjustments to tax, penalty and interest on multiple tax years; and multiple adjustments to compute complex interest calculations to resolve an extensive range of issues or problems; Experience using a wide range of analytical and evaluative methods in order to develop new approaches to existing programs such as compliance, accounts management and/or taxpayer education and communication functions; Experience in oral communication to present plans and proposals including top-level managers and field employees land experience in written communication to prepare comprehensive written reports, disseminate policy information, and document findings and conclusions.In addition to the above, you MUST have all of the following: Expert experience with applying the Tax Laws (e.g., 6601-6603, 6611, 6621, 6404, 7508) impacting the determination of interest and experience with interest rates and statutory limits for assessing tax, penalty and interest and methods for calculating interest. Experience with research of account data using computational tools including "ACT/DMI InterestNet" or COMPA. Experience interpreting Internal Revenue Code, Regulations, court decisions and Internal Revenue Manuals to develop interest related policy and procedures and/or to recommend resolution of the most complex interest calculation issues. AND MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: You must meet applicable TIG requirements to be considered eligible. To meet TIG for positions above the GS-12 grade level, you must have served at least one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade (or equivalent) in the normal line of progression for the position you are applying to. Advancement to positions up to GS-05 is permitted if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade held within the preceding 52 weeks. AND TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement, by the cut-off date) specified in this job announcement, 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 For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards . Education A copy of your transcripts or equivalent documentation is required for positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying based on education or a combination of education and experience. An official transcript will be required if you are selected. If the position has specific education requirements and you currently hold, or have previously held, a position in the same job series with the IRS, there is no need to submit a transcript or equivalent at this time. Applicants are encouraged, but are not required, to submit an SF-50 documenting experience in a specific series. A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page . FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. 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How You Will Be Evaluated You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. Your application includes your resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a "not qualified" determination. Applicants who disqualify themselves will not be evaluated further. Rating: Your application will be evaluated on the Critical Job Elements (CJE) of the position to be filled, in accordance with Article 13 of the IRS/NTEU National Agreement. Your application will also be rated and ranked among others, based on your responses to the online questions/assessment. Your experience, education, training, prior performance, and awards, relevant to the position being filled, will be considered throughout the hiring process. IRS employees may obtain most recent awards listing at https://persinfo.web.irs.gov/ . Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview (telephonic and/or in person at the discretion of the Selecting Official in accordance with hiring polices). We will not reimburse costs related to the interview such as travel to and from the interview site. If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee eligible for Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) , you must receive a score of 80 or better to be rated as well qualified to receive special selection priority.
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