Compensation Technician

IFAS LLC • Charleston, SC

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The U.S. Department of State (DoS), The Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, Charleston has a requirement for a Compensation Technician in the Office of Global Compensation. The Compensation Technician position will be responsible for payroll processing, analysis, auditing and monitoring of payroll in the office of American Pay Processing (CGFS/GC/PPR/AMP).

Global Compensation Overview: Global Compensation provides compensation services to U.S. Foreign Service employees, Department of State Civil Service employees and Locally Employed (LE) staff. They provide both American and LE Staff payroll services for U.S. Agencies Overseas and Annuity services for Foreign Service Retirees. With locations in Charleston, South Carolina and Bangkok, Thailand, Global Compensation manages one of the most complex compensation environments in the world, providing compensation services in 180 countries and 140 currencies. Services include time and attendance, payroll, annuity payments, customer support, withholding, benefits, record keeping and reporting for our employees working domestically and overseas at our Embassies and Missions. Global Compensation’s primary goal is to provide world-class compensation services to its customers.

American Pay Processing (AMP): Provides compensation services to U.S. Foreign Service, Department of State Civil Service and Foreign Service Retirees. We also provide American payroll services for U.S. Agencies Overseas. AMP manages a diverse foreign affairs payroll environment, providing our services to our Civil and Senior Executive Service employees domestically, U.S. Foreign Service employees in the U.S., and overseas, and Annuity services to Foreign Service Retirees. Our services include time and attendance, payroll, annuity payments, customer support, withholding, benefits, record keeping and reporting for our employees and Annuitants. Our primary goal is to provide world-class compensation services to our customers.

Requirements

• Must possess superior multi-tasking, customer service, analytical, organizational, oral, and written communication skills.
• Requires experience with computer-based applications including word-processing, spreadsheets, and database management systems. MS Excel and MS Word experience at an intermediate level is required.
• Must have payroll and/or financial experience working in high volume work environments
• Requires a strong attention to detail and analytical problem-solving skills
• Must be eligible to qualify for a Secret Security Clearance

Nice To Haves

• An Associates or four-year degree from an accredited university or college is preferred.
• Experience in supporting the development/implementation of large, complex financial management systems is preferred.
• Experience with some of the systems and technologies supporting DoS accounting and financial services preferred.
• Relevant professional experience with mainframe, web based or client-server technologies and experience performing business systems analysis; experience performing the analysis of technical and financial tasks; working independently or as part of a team.
• Ability to analyze data, accounting and payment records, reports and obtain the necessary information to correct problems.
• Professional and technical certification programs and years of experience may be substituted for years of education, based on credit hour equivalents

Responsibilities

• Responsible for accuracy of calculating and processing T&A into various proprietary financial systems, ensuring timeliness and accuracy of information. This includes processing a variety of transactions which affect pay, leave, taxes, benefits, and other deductions.
• Receive, research, analyze, and process pay actions under Separation Actions such as, but not limited to: Agency Change, Death Package, General Inquiry – Separations & Historical, Lump Sums, Overpayment & Overpayment Response Separations, Refund/Recredit of Lump-Sum Payment, Upon Reemployment, Separations, Supplemental – Separations, T&A Processing, T&A Processing Manual Submission, Transfer of Leave (Separating), Year-to-Date Adjustment (YTDA) – Separations.
• As needed, the following Separations Monitoring may be required: T&A Adjustment Monitoring, Employees Not Paid Report, SCALP Report, Automated Adjustment Report, T&A Correction Errors by Org Code and Calculations Exception

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree