Senior Economist - Direct Hire (12 Month Register) AMENDED

Duties

WHAT IS THE LARGE BUSINESS AND INTERNATIONAL DIVISION?

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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.
• Responsible for seeing that policy makers and agents are provided with accurate, meaningful, and properly evaluated and understood economic information.
• Assumes full technical responsibility for the effective use of resources and for the interpretation and application of findings.
• Tasks include determination of methodology and preparation of procedures and materials needed for assuring the adequacy of the study's design.

Develops and presents support for research plans and findings.

Reviews economic, statistical and subject matter literature for data relevant to the assigned economic issue.

Requirements

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.

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National and provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. (Birth certificate showing birth in the U.S; Unexpired U.

S. Passport; Certificate of Citizenship or Naturalization; or Report of Birth Abroad of a U.S. Citizen (Form FS-240))

Must successfully complete a background investigation, including a FBI criminal history record check (fingerprint check).

Qualifications

Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or 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.

BASIC REQUIREMENT : Degree : economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus.

IOR BASIC REQUIREMENTS : You must have a Bachelor's or higher degree in economics from an accredited college or university, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus OR A combination of education and experience.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE : In addition to meeting the basic requirements, you must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service.

• Specialized experience for this position includes : Application 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;
• and 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;
• and 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;

and Expertise in 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 serves where necessary as a qualified witness for the government in litigation cases.

Education

For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent.

An official transcript will be required if you are selected.

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.

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.

Additional Information

• A 1-year probationary period is required.
• Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit / Electronic Funds Transfer.
• We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Additional jobs may be filled.
• This is a non-bargaining unit position.
• Tour of Duty : Monday - Friday - 6 : 00AM - 6 : 00PM
• Relocation expenses - No
• Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.

If the position(s) are no longer needed prior to the closing date, this announcement may be closed early.

Required Documents

The following documents are required and must be provided with your application. All application materials, including transcripts, must be in English.

• Online Application - Questionnaire
• Education - See Education Section above
• Registration / License (If Applicable) - active, current registration / license
• High School Diploma (or equivalent) - If you are 16 or 17 years of age, you MUST submit documentation of graduation from high school (or equivalent);

OR completion of a formal vocational training program; OR statement from school authorities agreeing with your decision to pursue employment rather than continuing your education.

Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).

How to Apply

This Direct Hire Public Notice is to gather applications that may or may not result in a referral or selection. Your application will remain active through the open period of this Public Notice.

Applicants will be referred on a first in, first out basis. Those applicants who are applying earlier in the process will stand a much better chance of being referred for consideration in the selection process.

The following instructions outline our application process. You must complete this application process and submit any required documents by 11 : 59 p.

m. Eastern Time (ET) on 02 / 05 / 2025 in this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8 : 00 a.

m. - 4 : 00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday).

Agency Contact Information

ERC) Employee Resource Center

Phone

Website

Address :

LBI - Director Treaty and Trans Pric Ops

1111 Constitution Ave NW

Washington, DC 20224

Next Steps

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We will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; please contact us if you require this for any part of the application and hiring process.

Once your application package and online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email. You are responsible for checking status updates and notifications in USAJOBS.

Hard copy notifications will not be sent to you. You may check the status of your application for this position at any time by logging onto the USAJOBS "My Account" tab and clicking on "Application Status."

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