Senior Economist
Company: Department of the Treasury
Location: Portland
Posted on: May 8, 2024
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Job Description:
DutiesWHAT IS THE LARGE BUSINESS AND INTERNATIONALDIVISION? A
description of the business units can be found at: Vacancies will
be filled in the following specialty areas: Large Business and
International Director Treaty and Trans Pric Ops The following are
the duties of this position at the full working level. If this
vacancy includes more than one grade and you are selected at a
lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to
perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this
position. Serves as an authoritative technical advisor within TTPO,
contributing technical information regarding economic analysis,
informed interpretation of observed economic phenomena, and
evaluations of economic movements.Performs research and analysis of
tax issues involving economics, transfer pricing, and valuation.
Tasks include providing economic analysis to Examination Teams
and/or APMA Team Leaders in planning, directing, and coordinating
the examination of international transfer-pricing
issues.Responsible for seeing that policy makers and agents are
provided with accurate, meaningful, and properly evaluated and
understood economic information.Tasks include providing
authoritative advice to IRS personnel regarding subject matter
areas such as the migration of intangibles, cross-border services,
discount rates, inversions, risk shifting, financial analysis, and
knowledge of specific industries and business functions.Assumes
full technical responsibility for the effective use of resources
and for the interpretation and application of findings.Requirements
Conditions of EmploymentSTANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD):
PD98962 Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position
descriptions.Telework Eligible Positions: Telework eligible
positions do not guarantee telework. Employees must meet and
sustain IRS telework eligibility requirements (e.g., reporting at
least twice a pay period to your assigned Post of Duty (POD)) and
supervisor's approval to participate in the IRS Telework Program.
Employees must also be within a 200-mile radius of their official
assigned post-of-duty (POD) while in a telework status. As a
reminder - If you are selected for a position, you are responsible
for reporting to your designated POD (location) on the negotiated
start date or as directed by management.Obtain and use a
Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
QualificationsFederal experience is not required. 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. You must meet the following requirements by
the closing date of this announcement:BASIC REQUIREMENT: BASIC
REQUIREMENTS All GRADES: Degree: economics, that included at least
21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics,
accounting, or calculus.OR Combination of education and experience:
courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above,
plus appropriate experience or additional education. Examples of
qualifying experience include: individual economic research
assignments requiring planning, information assembly, analysis and
evaluation, conclusions and report preparation; supervisory or
project coordination assignments involving a staff of professional
economists, and requiring the evaluation and interpretation of
economic information; or teaching assignments in a college or
university that included both class instruction in economics
subjects and one of the following (1) personal research that
produced evidence of results, (2) direction of graduate theses in
economics, or (3) service as a consultant or advisor on technical
economics problems. Experience in related fields that did not
involve the use and understanding of economic principles and
theories may not be used as qualifying experience for these
positions. Special attention on this point should be given to
certain types of work that may or may not have provided
professional economic experience. The following examples of work
require special care in such determinations: economic statistics;
industrial surveys; management of individual business enterprises,
including farms; industrial planning; writing or editorial work in
economic subjects; and financial market analysis. In addition to
meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position
you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:GS-14 LEVEL: In addition to the basic
requirements, you must have at least one year of specialized
experience equivalent to the grade 13 level. Specialized experience
for this position includes: Experience applying of methods and
techniques utilizing economic factors related to transfer pricing
and transfers of tangible and intangible property, high value
services, risk allocation and transfer pricing of foreign
controlled corporations; Experience with development and analysis
of transfer pricing factual information to recognize and evaluate
significant and critical factors, solve complex problems, conduct
comparability analyses, draw rational economic conclusions, prepare
comprehensive reports; Experience applying an in-depth knowledge of
the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code Sec. 482 sufficient to
interpret data secured from tax returns and to understand sections
applicable to assigned cases; Experience preparing and delivering
written and oral communications to explain and defend transfer
pricing related research findings, hold conferences with taxpayers
and their representatives and maintain professional relationship;
and experience serving, where necessary, as a qualified witness for
the government in litigation cases.ANDMEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG)
REQUIREMENT: You must meet applicable TIG requirements to be
considered eligible. To meet TIG for positions above the GS-05
grade level, you must have served at least one year (52 weeks) at
the next lower grade (or equivalent) in the normal line of
progression for the position you are applying to. Advancement to
positions up to GS-05 is permitted if the position to be filled is
no more than two grades above the lowest grade held within the
preceding 52 weeks.ANDTIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: By the
closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement, by the
cut-off date) specified in this job announcement, current civilian
employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian
service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a
competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive
appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one
where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open
to "All US Citizens". For more information on qualifications please
refer toOPM's Qualifications Standards.Education A copy of your
transcripts or equivalent documentation is required for positions
with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying based on
education or a combination of education and experience. An official
transcript will be required if you are selected. If the position
has specific education requirements and you currently hold, or have
previously held, a position in the same job series with the IRS,
there is no need to submit a transcript or equivalent at this time.
Applicants are encouraged, but are not required, to submit an SF-50
documenting experience in a specific series. A college or
university degree generally must be from an accredited (or
pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these
criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation
page.FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or
universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show
proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least
equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program.
It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
Click here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.
Additional informationWe may select from this announcement or any
other source to fill one or more vacancies. Additional jobs may be
filled.The salary range indicated in this announcement reflects the
minimum locality pay up to maximum locality pay for all duty
locations listed. The range will be adjusted for selected duty
location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under
Salaries & Wages.This is a bargaining unit position.Tour of Duty:
Monday - Friday - 6:00AM - 6:00PMRelocation expenses - NoIf the
position(s) are no longer needed prior to the closing date, this
announcement may be closed early. This is an open continuous
announcement which will be used to fill vacancies in the locations
listed as they become available for the next 12 months contingent
upon funding and space requirements. Applicants must apply and/or
update their applications by 11:59 pm ET at the close of the
following cutoff dates to be considered: Cutoff date(s): 2/9/2024,
3/11/2024, 6/13/2024, and 10/17/2024. This announcement may be
amended to include additional cut-off dates within the 12 month
period if needed, not later than 10 days prior to the additional
cut-off date(s). Eligible applicants who apply by the initial
cut-off date, will be referred in score order. If additional
vacancies exist, remaining applicants will be considered in score
order as needed. Selections from this announcement may be made no
later than (NLT) 1/28/2025. Help Review our benefitsHow You Will Be
EvaluatedYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you
meet the qualifications above. Your application includes your
resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting
documents. Please be sure that your resume includes detailed
information to support your qualifications for this position;
failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in
a "not qualified" determination.Rating: Your application will be
evaluated on the Critical Job Elements (CJE) of the position to be
filled, in accordance with Article 13 of the IRS/NTEU National
Agreement. Your application will also be rated and ranked among
others, based on your responses to the online questions/assessment.
Your experience, education, training, prior performance, and
awards, relevant to the position being filled, will be considered
throughout the hiring process. IRS employees may obtain most recent
awards listing at .Referral: If you are among the top qualified
candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting
official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a
selection interview (telephonic and/or in person at the discretion
of the Selecting Official in accordance with hiring polices). We
will not reimburse costs related to the interview such as travel to
and from the interview site. If you are a displaced or surplus
Federal employee eligible for Career Transition Assistance Plan
(CTAP), you must receive a score of 80 or better to be rated as
well qualified to receive special selection priority.
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