Duties Help Duties Summary WHAT IS THE WAGE AND INESTMENT (W&I) DIVISION: The Wage & Investment Division (W&I) serves about 122 million taxpayers who file upwards of 94 million returns each year. W&I provides high-quality taxpayer assistance, and enable taxpayers to transact and communicate electronically to file their returns and make payments. See Other Information for Locations. Learn more about this agency Responsibilities WHAT DOES A TAX ANALYST DO? A Tax Analyst plans, coordinates and conducts analytical studies, and projects. In this role, you will be responsible for performing both technical and analytical staff work. You will be required to participate on teams to design, build, test and deploy electronic employee leave productivity-enhancing tools by partnering with our customers to meet evolving business commitments and simplify taxpayer account processing. As a Tax Analyst you will: Develop and interpret guidance on program planning, execution, and evaluation for the compliance, accounts management and/or taxpayer education and communication functions. Participate on teams to design, develop, test and implement applications relating to the W&I AM E-Leave system. Support the maintenance of existing applications software. Analyze assigned program areas to discern trends in program delivery and consolidate report data to measure the effectiveness in meeting baselines or the degree to which program plans and achievements support strategic initiatives. Document customer business rules. Develop flow diagrams and/or pseudo-code. Provide technical guidance on issues, proposals and activities impacting program operations. Ensure units are in alignment with regulatory and administrative provisions and requirements. Test and debug programs according to detailed requirements and submit completed applications software to the project leader. Review proposals to alter or modify concepts, processes or functions for compatibility with program goals and objectives. Evaluate new requirements, policies, and modifications for impact on program operations, systems, and resources. Present findings, conclusions, and recommendations as a result of program studies, projects or reviews conducted. Disseminate revised procedures and changes in program operations. WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OTHER IRS CAREERS? If you want to find out more about IRS careers, visit us on the web at www.jobs.irs.gov Travel Required Occasional travel - 1 to 5 days a month Supervisory status No Promotion Potential 13 Job family (Series) 0501 Financial Administration And Program Requirements Help Requirements Conditions of Employment Refer to Other Information Click "Print Preview" to review the entire announcement before applying Must be a U.S. Citizen or National IRS Employees with Career or Career Conditional Appointments Must have experience building web applications with SharePoint Designer 2007, Visual Studio, and SQL Server 2014. Ability to develop and maintain web-based, data driven applications, making use of relational databases and Microsoft asp, asp.net and SharePoint. Demonstrate Knowledge of a variety of web technologies including asp, asp.net Hypertext markup Language (HTML), Cascading style sheets CSS. JavaScript VB and C# programming languages. Knowledge of relational database design, Structured Query Language (SQL) including Microsoft Transact SQL, stored procedures, and data manipulation language (DML triggers. Ability to analyze a set of data or process and develop a database schema that will accurately represent/reproduce that data/process within an application. Must be knowledgeable to ensure web applications are in compliance with the IRM website and security guidelines. Qualifications You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. GS-13: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience creating products for assigned programs (i.e. web pages using multiple programming languages such as ASP.NET, VB, SQL). Experience in leading and delivering projects involving multiple directorates using Agile project management disciplines. Experience using IRS programs, policies, regulations, procedures, and operations to evaluate program plans and determine impact of changes on program goals. Experience using analytical and evaluative methods in order to assess and measure effectiveness of program operations, identify gaps or conflicts in program information, consolidate findings and, recommend alternatives by importing and exporting data into various software applications (i.e. Excel and Access) utilizing an SQL server. Experience recognizing significant tax issues and enforcement changes that impact assigned programs in order to revise procedures or recommend changes in basic implementing regulations. Experience in oral and written communications to conduct briefings, prepare reports, document findings and, disseminate procedural and regulatory information. Experience providing guidance and serving as a technical program and policy expert in order to prepare complete decision packages, studies, and recommendations. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following, if applicable: You must have been at the GS-12 level for 52 weeks (time-in-grade requirement). Education SDL2017
