Tax Analyst (Quality Analyst)

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. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-9 Level: 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: Experience in the Correspondence Imaging System (CIS) or Correspondence Imaging Inventory (CII) and Accounts Management System (AMS) to follow processes and procedures for Individual Master File (IMF) and Business Master File (BMF) adjustments and Advanced IMF (including but not limited to First Read, Injured Spouse Claims, Scrambled and Duplicate Accounts, Decedent Accounts, Payments, Balance Due, No Merge and Carrybacks) to provide technical assistance as it relates to the various functional processes; Experience interpreting and applying the Internal Revenue Manual (IRM) to provide technical assistance; Experience applying the methods, precedents, and guidelines related to individual and/or business accounts and the specialization of the assigned workload; Experience working, researching accounts; Experience utilizing self-directed inventory management procedures to complete reviews and conduct research; Experience using knowledge of cross-functional programs and their interrelationship with assigned program to conduct pre-selected reviews; Experience using technical methods and practices such as program analysis, process analysis, management reporting procedures and available system capabilities to resolve operating problems, and provide statistical data or other management information reports; Experience in recognizing tax issues that impact assigned programs in order to make recommendations; Experience using oral and written communications to exchange information, to prepare reports, explaining program differences and recommending improvements and/or corrective action; Experience using the Embedded Quality Review System/National Quality Review System and writing non-evaluative/evaluative reviews from taxpayer contacts. OR Master's or equivalent graduate degree if related. OR Two years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. OR LLB or JD, if related. OR A combination of experience and graduate level education equivalent to that described above. AND You must also meet the following requirement(s): TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT (TACA): 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-5, 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.