OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?

Duties

This Financial Administrative Specialist position is located in the VISN 12 Great Lakes Finance Service (GLFS) at the Hines VA Hospital in Hines, IL. The incumbent serves in the Payroll Section as the Payroll Specialist. DUTIES INCLUDE: Processes highly complex payroll actions and completes unusual and/or unique payroll adjustments. Provides technical payroll support by providing information to National and Regional Programs, Special Projects, and statistical information to the VISN office. Trains and develops subordinate staff to enhance program responsiveness to an increasing variety of new payroll tasks and processes. Plans work to be accomplished by payroll technicians, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, assigns work to payroll technicians, and identifies developmental training needs. Incorporates new processes, procedures, training, resolutions, remedy tickets, and biweekly reports with the DFAS payroll system. Assists the Payroll Supervisor in the development of training programs for non-payroll staff (timekeepers, supervisors, approving officials). Assists Payroll Supervisor in planning organizational activities necessary for the accurate and timely processing of payroll. Assists Payroll Supervisor in responding to confidential and sensitive inquiries on the technical aspects of the pay and leave management process of the VA. Assists the Payroll Supervisor in the development and roll-out of technical training programs for payroll technicians, timekeepers, supervisors and approving officials. Assists in developing payroll implementation procedures for new programs with little or no instruction. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, normal business hours Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Financial Administrative Specialist/PD15167O Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/04/2023. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: GS-9 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 grade level which provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of a Financial Administrative Specialist. Specialized experience includes but is not limited to: Experience with policies, procedures, and regulations relating to pay, leave, and benefits. Experience using automated systems to enter and correct errors for pay actions. Experience completing forms, reports, and routing correspondence regarding requests for information. Experience providing technical assistance to unit timekeepers, supervisors, and management officials. Experience making retroactive adjustments which require complex research. OR GS-9 EDUCATION: Applicants may substitute education for the experience required for the GS-9 level which is 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to Master's Degree or equivalent graduate degree or LL.B or J.D., if related. This education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work and be directly related to the duties of this position. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) OR GS-9 COMBINATION OF SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: Applicants may possess a combination of education and experience to qualify at the GS-9 level. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Attention to DetailCommunicationFlexibilityQuality AssuranceTechnical Competence Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary. Some walking and standing may occur in the course of a normal work day in connection with travel to and from meetings and conferences. May carry light items such as reports, data products, and notebooks. No special physical ability is required. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address VISN 12 Directors Office 5000 West National Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53295 US
• Name: Lesley Hynes
• Phone: 414-712-8259
• Email: [email protected]