This position is part of the Office of the Secretary IBC HRD Payroll Operations Division (POD), Payroll Operations Branch. The incumbent serves as a Quality Control Specialist which will be responsible for performing in the areas of internal control management, process improvement and development, research, and reporting. The selectee must physically report to the duty station in Lakewood, Colorado. This is not a 100% remote position.

Duties

Utilizing common payroll laws, policies, regulations, and procedures to evaluate overall payroll delivery services. Conducts verification and third-party accountability reviews to identify trends or gaps, compliance with laws, regulation, and consistency of payroll processing. Perform workflow review to identify process improvement, productivity, and accuracy. Interpret policy and regulatory requirements to maintain existing processes, work instructions, guides, and technical courses. Draft training proposals to bridge gaps. Work independently on routine or continuing current and retroactive payroll actions utilizing Federal Personnel Payroll System to research payroll output discrepancies in correlation with federal law, pay scales and internal processes. Analyze generated reports to identify payroll records that require corrective actions due to retroactive pay and or leave discrepancies. Proactively present alternate approaches to minimize reoccurring payroll processing issues. Present trends and findings to all levels of Payroll.

Requirements

Qualifications

At the GS-09 level, you must meet one of the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 level. Specialized experience is that which has equipped the applicant with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience for this position includes includes experience with federal payroll rules, regulations, procedures, and policies; experience with a of broad range of pay plans (e.g. differing entitlements, leave, work schedules, benefit programs, retirement administration, debt collection, and/or tax regulation.) OR B. A master's or equivalent graduate degree; or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.B. or J.D., if related in one of the following fields: Business Administration, Finance, HR Management, Communication, etc. (Note: Applicants who select this response must provide transcripts as verification of their education). OR C. A combination of specialized experience and graduate level education as defined above which equals 100%. For example, 6 months of specialized experience and 1 year and 6 months of graduate level education. (i.e. 41 quarter hour or 27 semester hours of education. Note: Applicants who select this response must provide transcripts as verification of their education). At the GS-11 level, you must meet one of the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level. Specialized experience is that which has equipped the applicant with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience for this position includes experience with federal payroll rules, regulations, procedures, and policies to recommend process improvements; experience with a broad range of pay plans (e.g. differing entitlements, leave, work schedules, benefit programs, retirement administration, debt collection, and/or tax regulation); and experience with conducting verifications and/or workflow reviews to process current and retroactive complex payroll discrepancies. OR B. A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.M., in a related field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. (Note: Applicants who select this response must provide transcripts as verification of their education). OR C. A combination of specialized experience and graduate level education as defined above which equals 100%. For example, 6 months of specialized experience and 2 year and 6 months of graduate level education. (i.e. 68 quarter hours or 45 semester hours of education. Note: Applicants who select this response must provide transcripts as verification of their education). Applicants must carefully review the information in the "How You Will Be Evaluated" section for important information and instructions pertaining to the multi-hurdle assessment process for this position. Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered. TIME-IN-GRADE: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). A written test is not required. 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; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

If qualifying based on EDUCATION you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

Only education from institutions which are accredited or pre-accredited/candidate for accreditation may be used to meet education requirements.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address IBC HRD Payroll Operations Division Interior Business Center One Denver Federal Center, Building 48 Denver, CO 80225 US
• Name: Heather Heumann
• Email: [email protected]