The incumbent serves as a Senior Civilian Pay Technicians -CPT performing work in direct support of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), under the Finance Service. The Senior CPT works closely with the Supervisory CPT; junior GS-0544-06 CPTs; VA's Finance Service Center (FSC); servicing Human Resources (HR); all levels of VAMC supervisors, employees and union partners on all matters relating to payroll.

Duties

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Developing written procedures when there are no well-established procedures. Working with the supervisor to regularly pull payroll reports to review/monitor, interpret/isolate errors and identify systemic issues/trends or areas where CPTs, HR staff or overall systems and/or guidelines need to improve. Communicating errors to the Supervisory CPT or, as delegated, HR leadership to ensure training and future errors are reduced, further guidance developed/updated and improvement of the integrity of the overall Payroll program. Working with CPTs on, and independently conduct, various audits on all employees' type of pay and leave accounts to identify areas to improve. Independently researching, resolving and responding to complex and/or non-routine verbal and written pay and leave inquiries from employees, supervisors, FSC, HR, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) and VA Central Office (VACO) staff. Resolving the most complex and sensitive payroll issues to include: court cases; Congressional inquiries/complaints; direct Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue (IRS), Department of Labor (DOL) or other federal agency (outside of VA) related requests/actions. Along with the Supervisory CPT, tracing errors involving correction of pay covering long periods of time, requiring extensive research to identify and resolve pay issues. Interpreting impact of new or updated policies and regulations to determine impact to CPTs, overall Payroll program and/or VAMC staff and provide the results to the Supervisory CPT. Determining proper application of pay and leave regulations, laws, rules and agency policies, guidelines, coding, etc. for each separate pay plan involved and appropriate leave system impacted. Interpreting and apply regulations and policies regarding appointment entitlements, leave earnings, charges of leave, leave without pay, advance sick leave and compensatory time. Using knowledge of varying premium pay and benefit entitlements for employee specific pay plans when implementing tours of duty regulations/policies to include 24-hour coverage, irregular tours, compressed tours, flex tours, etc. Completing retroactive actions, to include timecard corrections that routinely occur every pay period and actions which are known to impact areas of an employee record in a predictable way. Pulling daily reports and regularly monitor reports generated in multiple systems; review reports to ensure consistency and ensure any errors found are resolved based on well established procedures. Auditing all employee type of pay and leave accounts to identify and correct delinquent and/or erroneous personnel actions or time-keeping errors. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm (Subject to change based on the needs of the facility). 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. Position Description/PD#: Civilian Pay Technician/PD99376S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not approved Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/30/2024. 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-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-6. 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 as described below: You must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-06) in the Federal Service, that is directly related to the work of the position and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties as a Senior Civilian Payroll Technician. Qualifying specialized experience includes performing a full range of payroll and timekeeping duties including applying pay and leave regulations for multiple schedule types and pay schedules; verifying accuracy of payroll and making adjustments and corrections as needed; calculating overtime/comp time, etc.; preparing time and attendance/payroll information for reporting purposes; and utilizing pay systems. NOTE: One (1) 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. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: CompensationCustomer ServiceProblem SolvingTechnical 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 CPT performs sedentary work. There may be some walking, standing, bending, and lifting up to 25 pounds. The CPT's work is normally performed in an office setting. The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts, which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms. 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

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Fayetteville AR VA Medical Center 1100 North College Avenue Fayetteville, AR 72703 US
• Name: Ashley Britton
• Phone: 504-460-0184
• Email: [email protected]