Job opening: MILITARY PAY TECHNICIAN
Salary: $42 407 - 55 126 per year
Published at: Aug 21 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) mission is to lead the DoD in finance and accounting by ensuring the delivery of efficient, exceptional quality pay and financial information.
Duties
Resolves complicated pay and allowance problems such as correcting a pay account which may include retroactive claims involving extensive research and manual computations, taxes, and allotment reconciliation.
Reviews pay accounts and service records to resolve problems affecting enlistment extension and reenlistment eligibility and bonuses.
Manages, resolves, and processes a wide range of debt collection cases which typically require extensive research, review, and application of prior year laws, regulations, GAO decisions.
Reviews pay accounts and service records to resolve retirement pay problems and issues requiring audit of several months to many years of pay history.
Audits pay accounts to resolve issues involving several months and/or many years of pay history.
Computes and corrects any irregularities or if action is to be returned to input source, provides specific guidance for corrective action.
Requirements
- Must be a U.S Citizen or National
- Registered for Selective Service (males born after 12-31-1959)
- Suitable for federal employment
- This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination
- Position is located in Indianapolis, IN.
- Please note, this is NOT a 100% virtual/remote position where work may be performed from any location in the US. This position is eligible for local telework near the duty station of the position, subject to management review and approval.
- Obtain/Maintain Financial Management Certification
Qualifications
GS-06: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-05) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required. Specialized experience is defined as: experience using automated pay systems to process pay actions researching and making necessary corrections to resolve problem pay actions. Experience processing a wide variety of pay actions which require carrying out different and unrelated steps and procedures to resolve pay problems of different specialties.
Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement. Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-5 or higher grade in Federal Service.
Education
GS-06: Six months of graduate education may be substituted to meet the specialized experience requirement when it is
directly related to the position being filled.
If you are using education to substitute for the qualifying experience, you must submit transcripts at the time you apply. Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be used to substitute for the specialized experience requirement. To be creditable, education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. You must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions that are recognized by the
U.S. Department of Education.
Contacts
- Address DFAS - MILITARY PAY OPERATIONS - INDIANAPOLIS
8899 E. 56th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46249
US
- Name: HR Customer Care Center
- Phone: (317) 212-0454
- Email: [email protected]
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