OPU Compensation Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Essential Job Functions :

Global Compensation provides compensation services to U.S. Foreign Service employees, Department of State Civil Service employees and Locally Employed (LE) staff. They provide both American and LE Staff payroll services for U.S. Agencies Overseas and Annuity services for Foreign Service Retirees. With locations in Charleston, South Carolina and Bangkok, Thailand, Global Compensation manages one of the most complex compensation environments in the world, providing compensation services in 180 countries and 140 currencies. Services include time and attendance, payroll, annuity payments, customer support, withholding, benefits, record keeping and reporting for our employees working domestically and overseas at our Embassies and Missions. Global Compensation’s primary goal is to provide world-class compensation services to its customers.

Global Compensation requires a contractor to provide Analyst support to the Office of Global Compensation, Pay Systems, Overpayments Division. The Office of Pay Systems provides advisory, liaison, and support services for the Office of American, LE, and Annuitant Pay Processing Operations. They are responsible for defining user requirements for system modifications and communicating them to the Information Resource management (IRM) Bureau. They manage the System Request database and set priorities for the efficient allocation of IRM resources. They also provide liaison between the Department of State and the Office of Personnel Management’s Employee Express Service. As part of the larger Global Compensation Directorate, they participate in the GFS quality management process, striving to continuously improve our services. They also play a key part in the Global Foreign Affairs Compensation System (GFACS) Implementation, and we recently participated in the implementation of GFACS for the Retirement Accounts Division, replacing the legacy Foreign Affairs Retirement and Disability System (FARADS). They are currently participating in the replacement of the legacy Consolidated American Payroll & Pension System (CAPPS) with a modern state-of-the-art GFACS Payroll and Time and Attendance system. The position provides support to the Director of Pay Systems.

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Job Responsibilities

OPU Compensation Analyst primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following :

Skills :

Our most Successful Employees in this Position Demonstrate :

Preferred Skills, but not Required :

Knowledge of DoS accounting and financial policies

Qualifications :

Minimum Requirements :

Provides business process analysis, systems analysis and system support services requiring knowledge and experience with the automated systems that support financial services, overseas and domestic, or in-depth functional knowledge of financial operations that provides a basis for analyzing business processes, information flows and relationships to the supporting automated systems. This analysis supports the organization in resolving production system issues, identifying system gaps, assessing the impact of proposed changes to existing automated systems, documenting system requirements for proposed enhancements, assisting implementation of new and modified systems, supporting system users in the area of help desk support, training and other activities requiring an in-depth understanding of the function and / or the automated systems that support the function. The analysis also supports the design of new workflows, new procedures and new or revised automated systems. This analysis also supports the continuous improvement in reconciliation of general ledger accounts with Treasury and the production of cyclic financial statements through the identification of transaction errors, causes and corrective actions – either through system modifications or user training.

Work Schedule :

The employee will work an 8-hour shift between the hours of 6 : 15 am to 6 : 00 pm with a non-compensated 45-minute lunch (See your Project Manager for work schedule and department policies). Additional hours may be required and must be authorized by your Project Manager and DoS Management. This is an on-site position.