Senior Tax Analyst

This Senior Tax Analyst position is with Internal Revenue Service (Department of the Treasury) in Glendale, AZ. WHAT IS TAXPAYER SERVICES? 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): TS - CARE-Customer Assistance, Relationship and Education SPEC-Stakeholder Partnerships, Education and Communication (SPEC), Products, Systems and Analysis (PS&A) REVIEW THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS Key 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. Performs assignments that are agency-wide in scope and have significant impact on issues facing the operating unit. Conducts Business Reviews of field and headquarters offices, serves on task forces or study groups, and performs independent analyses of area or nationwide program operations. Comprehensively plans, analyzes, determines cost/benefit relationships, and coordinates a variety of functions, operations, teams, or interfacing administrative systems. Independently studies complex problems facing operating unit functions or those of particular concern within specialized areas of the organization. This may require coordinating input from activities outside the division and identifying new methods of performing work. Participates with cross-functional representatives on nationwide. Conducts studies and analyses to support operational reviews, measure achievement of goals, execution of plans, compliance with directives, and utilization of resources. Analyzes assigned program area(s) to discern trends in program delivery. Consolidates report data to measure effectiveness in meeting baselines or the degree to which program plans and achievements support strategic agency initiatives. STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD95089 Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions. 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. QUALIIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-14: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes: Experience with IRS functions, programs, policies, regulations, procedures, and operations to recognize significant tax issues and changes and develop new or revised procedures or training products and write tax law content f assigned programs. Experience applying a wide range of analytical and evaluative methods to develop new approaches for existing programs such as training product development and updates, and taxpayer education and communication functions. Experience applying principles of management planning, program and process analysis to develop, design, and implement new or revised policies, procedures and training products and publications. Experience communicating orally to present findings and proposals to individuals and groups, including external stakeholders and vendors,senior-level managers and field employees. Experience communicating in writing to prepare and update omprehensive training products and reports, disseminate policy information, and document findings and conclusions. Experience providing guidance, and serving as a technical program, policy and tax law expert to prepare decision packages, studies, training products and major recommendations. Experience with federal budget process, including evaluating fiscal management and budgetary functions and planning and carrying out all phases of budget formulation and execution processes. AND 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. View the full announcement and apply on USAJOBS.gov.