Military Pay Technician

About the role

The Military Pay Technician position at Rome, NY involves resolving pay and allowance problems, verifying eligibility, computing pay and allowances, and managing debt collection cases.

Responsibilities

• Resolves pay and allowance problems such as correcting a pay account which may include retroactive claims involving extensive research and manual computations, taxes, and allotment reconciliation.
• Reviews pay accounts and service records to resolve problems affecting enlistment extension and reenlistment eligibility and bonuses.
• Verifies eligibility and computes pay and allowance cases using rules and regulations governing each pay entitlement.
• Manages, resolves, and processes a wide range of debt collection cases which requires extensive research, review, and application of prior year laws, regulations, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) decisions, and other procedures and audits.
• Audits pay accounts to resolve issues involving several months and/or many years of pay history.

Requirements

• Suitable for Federal Employment
• Registered for Selective Service (if applicable)
• Obtain/Maintain Financial Management Certification
• This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• New employees to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.
• For GS-05: Performing duties that support the processing of financial/accounting transactions using standardized procedures that may include reviewing financial/accounting systems information/documents for accuracy/completeness, inputting financial/accounting information into automated systems, or correcting invalid financial/accounting transactions.
• For GS-06: Processing a variety of non-routine payroll actions, such as establishing, adjusting and closing payroll accounts; or preparing and balancing a variety of payroll reports.