Management Analyst

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Veterans Affairs, located in Austin, TX, is seeking a qualified professional for a role within the Financial Payroll Service (FPS) at the Financial Services Center (FSC), Payroll Support Service. The selected candidate will coordinate payroll activities across agency programs and provide expert guidance to senior leaders.

Applicants must meet time-in-grade requirements and submit SF-50 documentation.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience at GS-12 level in payroll analysis and coordination.
• Advises senior executives on payroll planning and projects.
• Implements payroll changes with managers and program officials.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and resolve complex payroll issues.
• Advise executives on payroll programs and projects.
• Coordinate changes with managers and program officials.

Skills

Payroll coordination

Payroll analysis

Policy development

Job description

This position is located in Austin Texas within the Financial Payroll Service (FPS) at the Financial Services Center (FSC), Payroll Support Service, Office of Management, in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Central Office. This organization is responsible for maintaining and updating the Department's current legacy payroll (PR) and human resources (HR) information systems.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/18/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to some former Federal employees applying for reinstatement, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. See the Required Document section below for more information regarding the SF-50s needed to verify time-in-grade. See the Required Document section below for more information regarding the SF-50s needed to verify time-in-grade.

Selective Placement Factor

Selective Placement Factor: This position includes a skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to -and essential for- satisfactory performance of the job. Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration. Evidence of the Selective Placement Factor must be reflected in your resume. The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: Ability and skills to coordinate and monitor payroll activities, within a major financial organization. AND You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

Specialized Experience

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

• Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to analyzing and resolving complex issues related to the payroll aspects of agency-wide programs
• Provides expert advice to senior executives in planning payroll programs and projects
• Works with managers and program officials to implement changes
• Develops procedural guidance and assists in policy development for all payroll matters
• Understands the current and future business processes to ensure new system or enhancements integrates with the various components of the payroll system and meets the agency's business needs

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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: Resume must include job title and employer name, number of hours worked per week, start and end dates (including month and year), list of duties and responsibilities for each position held. In addition, if the experience was a federal position, you must list series and grade for each position held. Failure to include this information may result in an ineligible rating. A full year of work is considered to be 40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements

The work is sedentary. Occasional travel may be required. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be