Military Pay Technician

• Process or review a wide variety of standard pay actions which establish maintain adjust or close pay accounts to adequately compensate service members active or retired.
• Reviews source substantiating and supporting pay authorization documents to ensure completeness propriety authentication accuracy and compliance with applicable regulations policies and precedents.
• Enters pay transactions into the organizations automated pay system.
• Makes standard adjustments to pay accounts and processes actions to adjust accounts if necessary.
• Provides one-on-one assistance to service members and annuitants explaining standard pay entitlements answers inquiries regarding new accounts cost-of-living adjustments methods of computation etc.

• Must be a U.S Citizen or National
• Background or Security Investigation - Position Sensitivity and Security Levels may vary and is dependent upon position being filled - see the Additional Information field below for more details.
• Registered for Selective Service (males born after)
• Suitable for Federal employment
• Obtain/Maintain Financial Management Certification

This position is being filled under the Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense via delegated authority by the Office of the Secretary of Defense. We reserve the right to close this announcement early or to extend as appropriate based upon the needs of the Agency. Qualified application packages may be referred to management at various points in the selection process depending on the number and timing of applications received. Selections may be made at any point during the announcement open period.

Management has the prerogative to select at any grade level. This recruitment provides promotion opportunity to target position without further competition when selectee is eligible and recommended by management. However promotion is not guaranteed and no promise of a promotion is implied. This announcement will be used to fill positions with an entry grade of GS-05 GS-06 or GS-07 with a target grade of GS-07.

Applicants MUST have related financial experience AND/OR a related financial degree (examples include: Finance Accounting Management Actuarial Science or related) in addition to meeting Office of Personnel Management (OPM) minimum qualification requirements. Substitution of combination of education and experience must still in conjunction minimally satisfy the DHA qualification requirement.

One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade within the federal service which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position is required.

GS-05: Specialized experience is defined as: performing financial duties that support the processing of financial/accounting transactions using standardized procedures to include reviewing documents for accuracy and inputting financial/accounting information into an automated system and correcting invalid/incorrect transactions.

GS-06: Specialized experience is defined as: knowledge of accounting systems policies and procedures of the examination verification and maintenance of accounts and accounting data; Validating monitoring and maintaining accounting transactions and accounting records; Reconciling subsidiary ledgers to general ledgers for accounts; Researching discrepancies and making adjustments.

GS-07: Specialized experience is defined as: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-06) within the federal service which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position is required. Specialized experience is defined as possessing thorough knowledge of the laws rules and regulations pertaining to military payroll reviewing work for technical adequacy and compliance with established policies and procedures; processing final actions to resolve various complicated military pay problems or issues using a variety of techniques; and running reports to monitor workload and providing technical support on standard procedures to coworkers.

Volunteer Experience: 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 knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.

You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade specialized experience education requirement 90 days after competitive appointment requirement and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.