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Duties

WHAT IS THE SB/SEDIVISION? 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: SB/SE (Small Business Self Employed)-Headquarters Examination, Field & Campus Policy, Business Masterfile Document Matching The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. The incumbent serves as an expert analyst responsible for developing and/or interpreting guidance on program planning, execution, and evaluation for the compliance, accounts management and/or taxpayer education and communication functions. The employee plans, analyzes, determines cost/benefit relationships, and coordinates a variety of functions, operations, and teams. Independently studies problems facing operating unit functions or those of particular concern within the organization assigned. This may require coordinating input from activities outside the division and identifying new methods of performing work. This requires the incumbent to demonstrate analytical, technical, and process analysis skills. Analyzes assigned program areas to discern trends in program delivery. Consolidates report data to measure the effectiveness in meeting baselines or the degree to which program plans and achievements support strategic initiatives. Provides technical advice and staff assistance to executives, field managers, and employees in the assigned program area. Develops and prepares operating guidelines, instructions, and other material pertaining to assigned program areas.

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-12 You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specified experience for this position includes: Experience with IRS functions, programs, policies, regulations, procedures and operations to evaluate program plans and determine impact of changes on program goals. Analyzing and evaluating methods in order to assess and measure effectiveness of program operations, identifying gaps or conflicts in program information, consolidating findings and recommending alternatives. Experience with cross-functional programs and their interrelationship with assigned program to conduct reviews, studies/projects and coordinate systems and resource utilization of program operations. Analyze and recognize significant tax issues and enforcement changes that impact assigned programs to revise procedures or recommend changes in basic implementing regulations (i.e., determining underreported income and applicable taxes and penalties for businesses and individuals, imminent statutes identification; analyzing document-matching data manually using Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS), Integrated Automation Technologies (IAT) tools and/or Microsoft Access Database). Experience identifying discrepancies and anomalies using one or more software/applications such as: AUR (Automated Underreporter), Consolidated Annual Tax Reporting System (CATRS) CAWR/FUTA programs(Combined Annual Wage Reporting/Federal Unemployment Tax Act), for BUR (Business Underreporter)) to propose recommended solutions. Experience in management planning, program and process analysis, management reporting procedures and available system capabilities to resolve operating problems including providing statistical data or other management information report, conducting briefings, preparing reports, documenting findings and disseminating procedural and regulatory information to improve assigned program areas. Analyzing and providing guidance/recommendations for procedural changes to ensure accuracy (i.e., analyzing tax returns, determining income is reported accurately, and the proper amount of taxes paid). SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-13 You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specified experience for this position includes: Experience in IRS functions, programs, policies, regulations, procedures and operations to evaluate program plans and determine impact of changes on program goals. Experience defining policies and procedures related to the assigned program (i.e. Underreporter) and applying them, developing and presenting program briefings to executives, providing guidance, and serving as a technical program and policy expert to prepare complete decision packages, studies and recommendations. Experience applying processes (i.e., document matching Underreporter) such as: AUR (Automated Underreporter), CAWR/FUTA (Combined Annual Wage Reporting/Federal Unemployment Tax Act), or BUR (Business Underreporter) to conduct studies to analyze effects of legislative changes, inconsistencies and/or resource monitoring. Recognize and analyze significant tax issues and enforcement changes to revise or recommend changes in basic implementing regulations, using various systems or programs (i.e.; Microsoft products (EXCEL), Integrated Automation Technologies (IAT), Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS), Consolidated Annual Tax Reporting System (CATRS)) to compare and analyze assessments. Experience using analytical and evaluative methods to assess and measure effectiveness of program operations, identifying gaps or conflicts in program information, develop new approaches to existing programs such as compliance functions; Experience with management planning, program and process analysis to develop, design, apply and disseminate new or revised policies and procedures; prepare comprehensive written reports, document findings and conclusions and recommending alternatives. Present plans and proposals to individuals and groups, including executives and top-level managers. Prepares final reports on identified issues after they have been developed, and the service's position has been formulated. Interprets, develops, adapts, and coordinates analytical reviews of new policies, procedures, and program requirements of the Service and their impact on operations and resources. Experience with cross-functional programs and their interrelationship with assigned program to conduct reviews, studies/projects and coordinate systems and resource utilization of program operations. 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 (Section 3, Explanation of Terms) or here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.

Contacts

• Address SBSE EXAM - Examination Deputy Operations 1111 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20224 US
• Name: (ERC) Employee Resource Center
• Phone: 866-743-5748