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

Duties

WHAT IS THE TAXPAYER SERVICES (formerly Wage and Investment) 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: Taxpayer Services - Return Integrity and Compliance Services-Return Integrity Verification Operations (RIVO) The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. Coordinates the frivolous filer processes. Obtains and maintains statistical information on those processes, developing new or modified procedures, goals, or evaluation plans. Identifies actual or potential problem areas, trends, deficiencies, or other similar factors affecting operations. Seeks counsel advice, coordinates and issues guidance based on the advice. Collects, develops, analyzes and disseminates information related to violations of tax, currency and other Internal Revenue Codes and regulations so as to assist in selecting and conducting complex tax investigations. Analyzes collected information, resolving conflicts in data and reconstructing missing information to produce a comprehensive picture of tax-related activities. Identifies issues to be pursued based on large, unusual or questionable items. Utilizes appropriate tax law and facts needed to resolve them. Presents findings and delivers briefings, some specific to preparer/promoter activities, helping others to understand and accept findings and recommendations. Negotiates solutions to disputed recommendations. Evaluates available data to identify all possible sources of information. Identifies and investigates separate issues that may grow from assigned cases. Assembles strategic and tactical reports concerning tax avoidance arguments and other special projects. Participates in the preparation of strategic enforcement trend analyses and forecasts needed by management for policy planning and resource allocation. Reviews investigative reports and prepares finished reports that assess the impact of events upon specific aspects of tax administration. Develops long-range estimates and evaluations of the growth or decline of tax-related activities. Determines the impact and possible consequences of tax avoidance activities. Makes appropriate recommendations based on the analysis, recognizing badges of fraudulent activity. This position has career progression. If you are selected at a grade level lower than the full working level, you may be non-competitively promoted as your career progresses. For example, you may be hired as a GS-05, but if the position has career progression to GS-11, then you may move from a GS-05 to a GS-11 in as little as three years.

Requirements

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: GS-11 LEVEL: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience analyzing data to identify potentially fraudulent tax refunds or identity theft; Experience in qualitative and quantitative techniques to gather, assemble, and analyze facts, draw conclusions, and devise alternatives; Experience with identity theft and fraud identification emphasizing the ability to perform studies and evaluations, make recommendations for changes and process improvements; Experience applying communication techniques sufficient to present plans and proposals convincingly and negotiate. OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR Three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR LL.M., if related OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-12 LEVEL: You must have one [1] year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Your experience must demonstrate using analytical and evaluative methods to assess and measure effectiveness of program operations, identify wide-spread gaps or conflicts in program information, consolidate findings and recommend alternatives. Experience using cross-functional programs and their interrelationship with assigned program to conduct reviews, studies/projects. Experience working with internal as well as external stakeholder in analyzing data and IRS initiatives. Experience serving as a technical expert in the identification of refund fraud and identity theft resulting in development of identity theft programs and/or procedures to protect and recover revenue. 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-05 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. Click here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.

Contacts

• Address TS - RICS-Return Integrity and Compliance Services 1111 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20224 US
• Name: (ERC) Employee Resource Center
• Phone: 866-743-5748