Senior Advisor

Duties

WHAT IS THE LARGE BUSINESS AND INTERNATIONAL (LB&I)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:

Large Business and International Director Pass Thru Entities, Any team in PTE

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.

• Provides in-depth expertise and analysis on international or domestic tax issues, practices, and trends, and top-level advice related to short- and long-range program policies, strategies, and objectives for the Deputy Commissioner for International or an Industry Director, to promote and facilitate the implementation of Service-wide and LB&I priorities and policies and to ensure consistency of approach, technical correctness, and fair and equitable treatment of customers.

• Provides expert international or domestic tax analysis and advice to the Deputy Commissioner International or an Industry Director on legislative issues, litigation matters, international or domestic tax administration priorities and policies, new or revised program priorities, significant technical issues, and sensitive or critical policy. .

• Leads coordination with the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (International), the Office of Chief Counsel, the Treasury Office of International Tax Counsel, the Office of Pre-filing and Technical Guidance, LB&I Operating Division Counsel, and others on published guidance, litigation, and other technical international tax administration issues.

• Provides analysis and coordinates with the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (International), the Office of Chief Counsel, the Office of Pre-filing and Technical Guidance, and others on competent authoritative matters and cases which raise technical or sensitive critical policy issues. Reviews outgoing position papers and sensitive correspondence.

• Participates in appropriate Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) initiatives, including Working Party No. 1 on tax treaty issues.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD):

PD96693

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.

• A 1-year probationary period is required (unless already completed).

• Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.

Qualifications

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-timework 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:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-15: To be eligible for this position at this grade level, you must have one (1) 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: Advising directors and senior managers on tax laws impacting High Income, High Wealth, and multi-tier passthrough entities including partnerships, S-corporations, and Trusts. Experience in leading projects on strategic initiatives involving passthrough entities. Qualifying examples could include leading projects on Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA), Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) as they relate to High Income, High Wealth and multi-tier partnerships, S-corporations, and multiple entity Partnerships.

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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.

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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".

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

• 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 non-bargaining unit position.

• Tour of Duty: 8:00AM-4:30PM Monday-Friday

• Alternative work schedule, staggered work hours or telework may be available.

• In the event that a building is closed due to rent management, new hires may be placed in a local commuting location.

• The employment of any candidate selected for this position, including a current employee or a new hire, selected for this position may be conditional upon classification and/or audit of federal tax returns. This audit may include up to 2 years of returns.

• Pay retention may be offered based on applicable laws and regulations.

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