Tax Analyst

Internal Revenue Service • Kansas City, MO

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About The Position

The Tax Analyst works in the IRS Taxpayer Services Division, Accounts Management, in Kansas City. The role provides technical guidance on issues, proposals, and activities affecting program operations, and ensures operating units comply with regulatory and administrative requirements. It reviews proposed changes to concepts, processes, or functions for alignment with program goals and evaluates how new requirements, policies, and modifications may affect operations, systems, and resources.

The position coordinates site visits for briefings, studies, program initiatives, and effectiveness reviews, and identifies needed system or work-process revisions. It advises and assists field managers and employees, adapts and prepares operating guidelines and instructions for local use, and writes reports explaining program differences and recommending operational improvements or corrective actions. The announcement describes grade 11 and grade 12 qualification pathways and notes that employees selected at a lower grade may receive training to perform the full-level duties.

Requirements

• For grade 11, one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-09, including knowledge of IRS functions, programs, policies, regulations, procedures, and operations; recognizing significant tax issues and enforcement changes; communication skills for briefings, reports, findings, and procedural information; and management planning, program and process analysis, reporting procedures, and system capabilities. Qualifying alternatives include a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, three full academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a doctoral degree in a related field, a related LL.M., or an equivalent combination of qualifying graduate education and experience.
• For grade 12, one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11, including experience with cross-functional programs and their interrelationships; knowledge of IRS functions, programs, policies, regulations, procedures, and operations; analytical and evaluative methods for measuring program effectiveness and identifying gaps or conflicts; recognition of tax issues and enforcement changes; management planning, program and process analysis, reporting procedures, and system capabilities; and oral and written communication skills for briefings, reports, findings, and procedural information.
• For grade 12, experience using the Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS) Accounts Management Programs, such as the Individual Master File or Business Master File, to assess risk involving internal and external stakeholders for revenue protection.
• Meet applicable time-in-grade requirements for the grade sought; generally, one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade is required for positions above GS-05.
• Current civilian employees subject to the time-after-competitive-appointment requirement must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest qualifying non-temporary competitive appointment by the applicable announcement deadline.
• Education used to qualify must generally be from an accredited or pre-accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Foreign education requires evidence of equivalency to U.S. education.
• Meet the probationary-period requirements if applicable.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance on issues, proposals, and activities affecting program operations and ensure operating units align with regulatory and administrative requirements.
• Review proposals to alter or modify concepts, processes, or functions for compatibility with program goals and objectives.
• Analyze and evaluate the impact of new requirements, policies, and modifications on program operations, systems, and resources.
• Coordinate site visits for briefings, studies, program initiatives, program-effectiveness reviews, and identification of needed system or work-process revisions.
• Provide technical advice and staff assistance to field managers and employees in the assigned operational program area.
• Adapt and prepare operating guidelines, instructions, and other materials for local use.
• Prepare reports explaining program differences and recommending improvements or corrective actions, including where viewpoints differ or compete.

Benefits

• The announcement states that federal employees receive a comprehensive benefits package and that employees and their families have access to a range of benefits; specific benefits depend on position eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed