Summary Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OTHER IRS CAREERS? Visit us on the web at www.jobs.irs.gov Responsibilities WHAT IS THE APPEALS (AP) DIVISION? A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas: Independent Office of Appeals, Examination Appeals 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. Holds conferences and negotiates issues with taxpayers/representative to resolve tax disputes in a fair and impartial manner. Taxpayers are often officers of publicly traded companies and representatives are typically from the most prestigious national law and accounting firms. Area 9 is a national program made up of four teams located throughout the country. Area 9 has primary responsibility for the largest cases in Appeals, generally Large Corporate Compliance Program Cases (LCC) and Industry Cases (IC) with multiple complex tax issues with over $10 million dollars in dispute. This work is accomplished by the incumbent and a team of several employees. Team members are typically experts in a particular aspect of federal taxation and are often grade 14 Technical Specialists, International Specialists or Appeals Officers. Communicates and fosters dialogue with peers, customers and partners. Leads several teams that work cases and coaches individual employees in the accomplishment of team objectives and effective problem-solving. Advises and coaches team members regarding their team assignments. Provides appropriate and substantive feedback on team assignments to the team member and his/her immediate manager. This feedback is both written and oral; provided on a timely and ongoing basis; addresses the appropriate critical job elements and aspects; and follows guidelines prescribed by the Chief Appeals, the Director, and the Appeals Area Director as to timing, form and content of the feedback. Requirements Conditions of Employment STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD93207 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. File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on. Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel. We 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: Day shift, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Relocation expenses - No Occasional Travel may be required, 1 to 5 nights per month. If the position(s) are no longer needed prior to the closing date, this announcement may be closed early. Please consider each location carefully when applying. If you are selected for a position at one of your location selections, that location will become your official post of duty. Qualifications You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-15 LEVEL: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience that demonstrates knowledge of professional basic and intermediate accounting principles pertaining to the computations of individual and corporate taxable income; Experience with analysis with respect to tax implications, and recognizing and assessing the complexity of accounting, factual or legal issues; Experience conducting legal research and applying the law to the most complex factual situations where there are uncertainties or conflicts in statutes, regulations, case law, precedence or other guidance to determine and apply the appropriate intent of the law in tax situations; Experience making reasoned decisions involving the most complex matters of fact and law, evaluating the strength of the litigating positions of the contesting parties, and developing new and possibly precedential approaches to arrive at settlements. Experience resolving tax issues in areas such as: mergers, reorganizations, spin-off and split-off issues, stockholder equity, income recognition, international transactions, structured transactions, use of financial products and other special reporting topics, financial characteristics of business entities, journal and ledger entries, present value application, inventory valuation, investments and revenue recognition, auditing standards associated with asset and liability measurement and their related effect on net income. AND MEET 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. AND TIME 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". Federal 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. For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM'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 Information 15 (fifteen) position to be filled in the Independent Office of Appeals, Examination Appeals. 2 vacancies in any of the following locations: Phoenix, AZ Houston, TX Denver, CO Farmers Branch, TX St. Louis, MO Oklahoma City, OK 2 vacancies in any of the following locations: Atlanta, GA Chicago, IL Indianapolis, IN Detroit, MI St. Paul, MN Omaha, NE Des Moines, IA Milwaukee, WI Cleveland, OH Cincinnati, OH Columbia, SC Charlotte, NC Nashville, TN Louisville, KY 1 vacancy in any of the following locations: San Francisco, CA Seattle, WA Portland, OR San Jose, CA 1 vacancy in any of the following locations: Los Angeles, CA Laguna Niguel, CA 1 vacancy in any of the following locations: Los Angeles, CA Laguna Niguel, CA San Francisco, CA Seattle, WA Portland, OR San Jose, CA San Francisco, CA Seattle, WA Portland, OR San Jose, CA 1 vacancy in any of the following locations: Newark, NJ New York, NY 2 vacancies in any of the following locations: Washington, DC Baltimore, MD East Hartford, CT Newark, NJ New York, NY Boston, MA Philadelphia, PA Portsmouth, NH 5 vacancies in any of the following locations: All Appeals PODs If 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): 1/05/2024, 04/05/2024, 07/05/2024, 10/07/2024 . 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) 01/06/2025.