Job Summary

This position is located in the Support Services Division of the Louisville Regional Office, you will perform accounting, civilian payroll and accounts receivable functions in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures under the supervision of the Supervisory Financial Administrative Specialist.

Job Description

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/11/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5 level. For a GS-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-6 level. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Do NOT submit an Award SF-50, or a General Adjustment SF-50 as proof of status or Time in Grade. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade is required. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position being filled. For GS-6: One year of specialized experience which was equivalent to a GS-5. Examples of specialized experience would include: Computing pay requests through independent research of technical manuals; Processing recurring, official pay adjustment documents; Familiarity with automated payroll systems and actions required to input, correct and obtain information; Advising on pay plans and retirement systems in accordance with company guidelines/regulations; Providing technical advice to all employees regarding payroll, time and leave matters. For GS-7: One year of specialized experience which was equivalent to the GS-6 level. Examples of specialized experience would include: Performing quality reviews of Federal pay request actions; Researching and troubleshooting unusual or one-of-a kind Federal pay adjustments; Extensive knowledge of various Federal pay systems to include advising employees on Federal guidelines for pay plans and retirement systems; Auditing and reconciling various advanced payroll reports; Providing senior-level technical advice to Federal employees regarding payroll, time and leave matters. 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualifi