Military Pay Technician (GS-5)

Southern Arkansas University; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a detail-oriented individual to join their team in Indianapolis, IN. This role involves reviewing pay authorization documents and processing various pay entitlement actions for military personnel. Candidates should possess relevant financial experience or a degree in finance, accounting, or related fields. The position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the financial operations of a significant organization while ensuring accuracy and compliance in financial transactions. If you are passionate about finance and eager to make a difference, this could be the right fit for you!

Qualifications

• Must have related financial experience or a financial degree.
• Experience with processing financial/accounting transactions required.

Responsibilities

• Review and process pay authorization documents for military service members.
• Verify accuracy and completeness of documents from support units.

Skills

Financial Experience

Document Review

Automated Systems

Transaction Correction

Education

Finance Degree

Accounting Degree

Management Degree

Actuarial Science Degree

Tools

Automated Financial Systems

Job description

This is NOT a remote work opportunity. The position is located at Indianapolis, IN.

Duties

• Reviews a variety of pay authorization documents, determines entitlements and amounts, and processes a wide variety of pay entitlement actions which start, stop and adjust payments made to military service members.
• Receives and verifies accuracy and completeness of documents from support units and other activities.
• Determines entitlement to pay and allowances and whether collection action is required.
• Corrects erroneous transaction within the automated systems through well established procedural methods and prints daily, weekly, and monthly reports.
• Reviews a wide variety of completed pay actions which have been rejected from the automated system.

Conditions of Employment

• 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.
• Registered for Selective Service (males born after 12-31-1959)
• Suitable for Federal employment
• Please note, this is NOT a 100% virtual/remote position where work may be performed from any location in the US. This position is eligible for local telework near the duty station of the position, subject to management review and approval.
• Position is located in Indianapolis, IN.

Qualifications

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.

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.

To be hired at the GS-05 entry grade level, applicants must minimally have:
One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-04) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required. 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.

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.

Education

GS-05 SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
Four years of successfully completed education above the high school level may be substituted to meet the specialized experience required when it is directly related to the work of the position being filled for which high school graduation, or the equivalent, is a prerequisite. Equivalent combinations of successfully completed education and experience may be used to meet total experience requirements. A percentage of the education (which is directly related to the work of the position being filled) and experience which when combined totals 100% of the necessary education and experience to qualify for this position. (Only education that directly relates to the work being filled beyond the first 60 semester hours will count toward the percentage).

For more information or to apply visit: https://dfas.usajobs.gov/job/811936500