Lead Tax Examining Technician UPDATED

Summary

WHAT IS SMALL BUSINESS/SELF EMPLOYED (SB/SE)?
A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions

• Position(s) are to be filled in following area(s):
  • SBSE CAMP EXAM -

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. If this vacancy includes more than one grade and you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this position.
Distributes and balances workload among employees in accordance with established workflow, priorities, and/or job specialization; assures timely accomplishment of assigned work and that each employee has an adequate workload.
Monitors the status and progress of work and makes day-to-day adjustments in assignments in accordance with established priorities; obtains assistance from the supervisor on problems that cannot be resolved at the leader level, such as significant backlogs or resource constraints.
Maintains current information on workload, assignments, and production, and reports on work accomplishments, progress, and anticipated completion times, as requested by the supervisor.
Instructs employees in specific tasks and job techniques, and makes available written instructions, reference materials, and supplies; ensures employees are aware of and follow established procedures.
Maintains a current knowledge of applicable procedures, policies, and directives, and provides technical guidance to employees; obtains needed information or clarification from the supervisor on issues not clearly covered by existing guidance.
STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD26232
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Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Probationary Period - A person who is required to go through a probationary period and then is transferred, promoted, demoted, or reassigned before he or she completes such period is required to complete the remainder of the probationary period in the new position.
• Government Credit Card - Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.

Qualifications

Federal experience is not required. Experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or through Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/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.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To qualify for this position, you must meet the qualification requirements outlined below:
Specialized Experience GS-08: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:
- Providing guidance, workload coordination, and quality oversight to team members in accordance with organizational goals and objectives.
- Resolving sensitive taxpayer account problems involving multiple tax periods, prior account activity, and conflicting information within the accounts.
- Overseeing the impact of corrective actions on account accuracy and related transactions made by team members and/or colleagues' work
- Ensuring account resolution through the computation of taxes, penalties, and interest, including restricted interest
- Applying tax laws and regulations to make determinations in sensitive taxpayer cases that includes the statute of limitations provisions.
- Supporting taxpayer voluntary compliance by ensuring account discrepancies or other issues are addressed timely, contributing to the administration of applicable tax laws across Campus Examination Automated Underreporter (CEA).
Your experience must include:
- Applying transaction codes within processing systems (e.g., Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS), Audit Information Management System (AIMS), Enterprise Case Management (ECM)) to determine account discrepancies or unpostable conditions.
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You must also meet the following requirement(s):

• TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT (TACA): 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"
• TIME IN GRADE (TIG): For positions above the GS-05,applicants must meet applicable time-in-­grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the grade you are applying for. For positions at the GS-05, you cannot advance to the GS-05 if you have held a GS-02 in the past 52 weeks. There is no TIG restriction for GS-02, 03 or 04 positions.

For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

Education

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.
We recommend choosing an evaluator from a member organization of one of the following national associations of credential evaluation services: National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE).

Additional information

• Consider each location carefully when applying. If you are selected for a location, that location will become your official post of duty.
• In the event that a building is closed due to rent management, new hires may be placed in a local commuting location.
• Additional jobs may be filled from this announcement or any other source to fill these vacancies.
• Alternative work schedule, staggered work hours may be available.
• Salary: General Schedule (GS) Locality Pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.
• Positions in Fresno, CA (CA7456) will be filled on Day Shift. Actual TOD will be determined at the time of selection.
• Positions in Ogden, UT (UT1486) will be filled on Swing Shift. Actual TOD will be determined at the time of selections.
• Positions in Covington, KY (KY3005), Chamblee, GA (GA1016), Austin, TX (TX2225), and Philadelphia, PA (PA0809) / Memphis, TN (TN0005) will be filled on Day or Swing Shift. Actual TOD will be determined at the time of selection.

• 4 vacancies-(CA7456) 1325 Broadway Plaza, Fresno, California
• 1 Vacancy- (GA1016) 4800 Buford Highway, Chamblee, Georgia
• 4 Vacancies - (KY3005) 300 Madison Ave, Covington, Kentucky
• 1 Vacancy- (TX2225) 2191 Woodward Street, Austin, Texas
• 5 vacancies -(UT1486) 2365 Lincoln Avenue, Ogden, Utah
• 10 vacancies- (PA0809) 2970 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / (TN0005) 5333 Getwell Road, Memphis, Tennessee

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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