Tax Analyst

Internal Revenue Service•Fresno, CA

About The Position

The Tax Analyst serves as an expert analyst responsible for developing and interpreting guidance on program planning, execution, and evaluation for compliance, accounts management, and/or taxpayer education and communication functions. The role plans, analyzes, determines cost/benefit relationships, and coordinates functions, operations, and teams. It independently studies problems affecting operating-unit functions or other organizational concerns, coordinates input from outside the division when needed, and identifies new methods of performing work. The position requires analytical, technical, and process-analysis skills. The analyst examines assigned program areas to identify trends in program delivery and consolidates report data to measure effectiveness against baselines and assess how program plans and achievements support strategic initiatives. The role provides technical advice and staff assistance to executives, field managers, and employees; and develops operating guidelines, instructions, and other materials for assigned program areas. The announcement lists vacancies in Taxpayer Services, Non-Service Center, Accounts Management Headquarters: one in Business Adjustments and one in Identity Theft Victim Assistance (ITVA).

Requirements

For the GS-13 level, one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 level in the Federal service.
Experience applying analytical and evaluative methods to assess and improve programs, including compliance, accounts management, and taxpayer education and communication functions.
Experience providing technical guidance and serving as a technical advisor, including preparing decision packages, conducting studies and analyses, and developing recommendations for program objectives, operational improvements, and executive decision-making.
Experience using cross-functional programs and their relationship to assigned programs to recommend improvements based on internal-control program reviews.
Experience reviewing proposed changes to concepts, processes, or functions for alignment with program goals and objectives and evaluating new requirements.
Experience using IRS functions, programs, policies, regulations, procedures, and operations to evaluate plans, assess the impact of changes, and provide technical guidance.
Experience applying program-analysis, process-analysis, management-reporting, and system-capability methods to resolve operating problems and provide statistical or management information.
Experience communicating orally and in writing to exchange information, prepare reports, explain program differences, and recommend improvements, corrective action, or operational changes.
Current civilian employees must meet the time-after-competitive-appointment requirement of at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest qualifying non-temporary competitive appointment.
Applicants for positions above GS-05 must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements; one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade is required for the grade applied for.
Foreign education used to meet requirements must be shown to be equivalent to conventional U.S. education.

Responsibilities

Develop and interpret guidance for program planning, execution, and evaluation in compliance, accounts management, and/or taxpayer education and communication.
Plan, analyze, assess cost/benefit relationships, and coordinate functions, operations, and teams.
Independently study operating-unit or organizational problems, coordinate input from other activities when necessary, and identify new methods of performing work.
Analyze program areas for trends in program delivery.
Consolidate report data to measure effectiveness against baselines and assess alignment with strategic initiatives.
Provide technical advice and staff assistance to executives, field managers, and employees in assigned program areas.
Develop operating guidelines, instructions, and other materials for assigned program areas.