Systems and Procedures Analyst

Full Job Description

This position is located at VA Financial Services Center (FSC) in Austin, TX, under Financial Payroll Service, Payroll Field Operations-Reports Division (PFO-R).

PFO-R provides Centralized Payroll functions on DCPS reports and RSD reports to VHA, VBA, NCA, and Staff Offices (VACO) to include those HR offices that service them.

PFO-R provides support and handles issues and concerns for the stations centralized to FSC regarding errors and rejects that arise from payroll processing reports.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/11/2026.

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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07.

The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. 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 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.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: For the GS-07 level: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Specialized experience is defined as customer service skills and experience serving as a mentor and/or subject matter expert in financial systems within a call center environment.

OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 1 full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement; OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond a 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree.

For the GS-09 level: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Specialized experience is defined as call center and customer service experience, with background in federal regulations/policies, financial accounting concepts and transactions; and experience in mentoring, resolving complex problems, and developing solutions with minimal supervision; OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B.

or J.D., if related; OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond 1 full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Accountability Arithmetic/Mathematical Reasoning Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork 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: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 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 primarily sedentary.

Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work; however, there may be some walking and standing required to attend meetings, seminars, and conferences with other VA employees and other government agencies.

Some travel to VA field facilities may be necessary.

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 qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy.

To be found well qualified, applicants must meet the above qualifications defined under Specialized Experience.

Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Major Duties:

The initial application review cut-off for this job announcement is 100 applications. The first 100 applications received will be considered first.

Applications received after the initial cut-off number (100 applications) may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management.

If management requests additional certificates, applicants will continue to be reviewed in groups of 100 in the order they applied.

*Note: Submitting multiple applications will change the order in which your application is reviewed. This position is aligned under Payroll Operations Service, Management Reports Division (MRD).

Major Duties: - Performs reviews of payroll reports out of DCPS, RSD/ EOS Thinclient, and HRsmart, researching policies, procedures, knowledge bases, and reference materials for functional and technical incidents to provide guidance for resolving the issue or for the incumbent to resolve the issue.

- Performs as an analyst in major FSC and VA projects, including, but not limited to planning and deployment of upgrades or new systems that relate to those above.

- Troubleshoots issues in critical or emergency situations, such as the transmission of missing time reports to DFAS.

- Documents the technical details for each issue on the report line item for further review of management to determine if a system change is warranted.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.

Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: 08:00 AM - 04:30PM Compressed/Flexible: Yes, with Supervisory Approval.

Telework: AdHoc telework (situational telework) available as determined by the agency policy. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: PD19906A and PD19905A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required