Program Analyst

Summary This position is located in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, National Finance Center, Government Employee Services Division, Payroll Accounting Directorate, Payroll Reconciliation Branch, Section 3, Military Deposit and Reconciliation Section in New Orleans, LA. The incumbent serves as Program Analyst within the Office of Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), National Finance Center (NFC), Government Employees Services Division (GESD). Responsibilities Assist in analyzing the scope of the project and determines and recommends resources needed to accomplish the project in a timely and cost effective manner. Assists in coordinating changes or improvements with system designers, programmers, and requirements personnel. Prepares a comprehensive report of analysis and discusses with management and agency officials the result of findings, including the impact on the system and interrelated systems. Analyzes and evaluates data to identify actual or potential problems and trends. Analyze proposed system changes and/or enhancements to any of the myriad of automated processing systems such as the Payroll/Personnel System, W-2 system (WTWO), EARN and Administrative Billings and Collections(ABCO). Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. Time-in-Grade Requirements: Merit promotion applicants holding or having held a GS position in the past 52 weeks must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements. One year at the GS-5 is required to be eligible for the GS-7. Time-in-Grade requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Applicants MUST submit an SF-50 that illustrates time-in-grade and reflects title, series, and grade. No Award SF-50 will be accepted. GS-7: One year of specialized experience, equivalent to the (GS-5) level in the Federal service or equivalent responsibility in the private sector/pay systems that has equipped me with the particular competencies to successfully perform as a Program Analyst. Examples of such experience include: Experience reviewing public laws and federal regulations concerning payroll/personnel issues; Experience utilizing payroll/personnel automated systems; Experience communicating effectively orally and in writing; Experience operating a variety of office automation equipment, such as personal computer, telephone, fax machine, printer, and copier; to extract, update, retrieve, record, revise, search, assemble, verify, print, fax, copy, contact, keyboard, and/or email information/data. NOTE: This experience must be demonstrated on your resume/supporting documents. 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; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Education GS-7 Education may be substituted for specialized experience in the following: Successfully completed one full year of graduate education or a bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement. (Transcripts are required at the time of application) GS-7 Combination of Education and Experience may be substituted for experience in the following: You may combine education and experience to meet the specialized experience requirement. It must total at least 100 percent. To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. (Only education above a bachelor's degree is creditable towards meeting the requirement at the GS-07 grade level.) Transcripts are required at the time of application. Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. Foreign education must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency in order to be considered for this position. Please include this information in your resume. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html Additional Information Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL), or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): Visit the OPM website for information on how to apply as a CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP eligible. To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP/ICTAP candidates must be rated and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluation of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evaluated section. When assessed through a score-based category rating method, CTAP/ICTAP applicants must receive a rating of at least 85 out of a possible 100. Veterans who are preference eligible or who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after three years or more of continuous active service are eligible for consideration under the Veteran's Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA). Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Employees: Permanent County employees without prior Federal tenure who are selected for a Civil Service position under Public Law 105-277 will be given a career-conditional appointment and must serve a 1-year probationary period. Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) provides current or former temporary or term employees of federal land management agencies opportunity to compete for permanent competitive service positions. Individuals must have more than 24 months of service without a break between appointments of two or more years. Service must be in the competitive service and have been at a successful level of performance or better. Refer to PUBLIC LAW 114-47-AUG. 7, 2015 for more information. This position may be eligible to telework up to four days per week, based upon the duties of the position. This position may also be eligible for flexible work arrangements as determined by agency policy and any applicable collective bargaining agreements. If you are selected for a position with further promotion potential, you will be placed under a career development plan, and may be non-competitively promoted if you successfully complete the requirements and if recommended by management. However, promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed. This is a bargaining unit position aligned to the American Federation of Government Employees, Local 2341.