Angestellter (Besoldungswesen) Kaiserslautern, Germany Ausschreibungsbereich WHO MAY APPLY? Current INTERNAL Local National Employees throughout Germany. This covers all current Local National employees of the U.S. Forces in Germany, including U.S. Air Force and AAFES-Europe within Germany. AND EXTERNAL Local National Applicants, who reside in Germany. Hauptaufgaben Serves as Military Pay Technician performing comprehensive review of military pay documents, review forms, orders, and vouchers for service members, ensuring quality checks and compliance with Government Accountability Office (GAO), Department of Defense (DoD), and Department of Army (DA) policies, pay entitlement laws, regulations, precedent decisions and procedures to determine eligibility of military pay entitlements using current and superseded rules and regulations governing each type of pay. Receives and resolves problem cases involving over payment or under payment of members for prior periods of service. Adjusts the account of the service member which is typically out of balance requiring extensive manual calculations and adjustments of several items of pay. Determines validity of pay change documents and researches actions, correcting questionable items. Receives and analyzes problems relating to military pay. Interprets advisory and reject messages from Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) to determine and initiate the appropriate actions. Checks own computations and those of other Technicians to assure compliance with military pay laws, rules, regulations, and standard operating procedures (SOPs). Performs analysis, conducts investigations, performs research, and reviews pay accounts to settle complicated, numerous, and problematic situations affecting benefits and entitlements such as: special actions, pre-deployment and reintegration processing, customer service, Travel, limited disbursing Inspector General (IG) inquiries, account reconciliation, leave, retirement and debt adjustments. Determines the source of the problem and independently determines detailed standard and/or work around procedures for complex military pay actions, follows through to resolution in any or all of the interrelated automated databases, and reconciles system errors, and audits pay records across significant periods of time to determine validity of claims of under or over payments. Prepares required reports for the supervisor. Assumes responsibility as Military Pay Certifier Officer of military pay documents. Stays abreast of interprets new regulatory changes and policies. Mentors other technicians in processing proper payments to military members. Provides military entitlements, pay, and benefits technical guidance and direct service support to deployed and non-deployed Soldiers, units, Divisions, and Army Finance offices. Conduct and lead separation interviews for military personnel leaving the Army; ensuring separation support documentation are verified daily. Audits and verifies all payments/pay changes are correct to ensure the soldier is paid correctly. Ensures separating military personnel are professionally out-processed and receive the finest service possible, to include pre-auditing of departing members. Ensure all pay accounts 120 days from date of separation and post-audits 20 days after date of separation are done timely. Reviews and processes short notice separations immediately and sends separation worksheets and documents to the PCE. Advises Soldiers of their rights regarding adjudication of request for waiver, remission or cancellation of debts. Responds to military pay inquiries ranging from standard actions to the most difficult and unusual actions involving bonus eligibility, combat zone special pays and tax exclusions, locality pay, overseas entitlements, hazardous duty pay, severance pay, incapacitation pay, capitalized interest, incorrect service computation data, and other controversial complex pay and entitlement issues. Provides technical support to Army Finance offices on processing entitlement and administrative actions for deployed Soldiers. Utilizes travel and financial management automated system to track and prepare government travel vouchers for payment. Audits documents and government travel vouchers for legality, propriety, completeness of documentation and compliance with Joint Travel Regulations (JTR), local regulations, GAO manuals, Army regulations, and adherence to decisions of the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA). Actively enforces the fraud, waste and abuse prevention program. Maintains system files and archive data, to include accounting citation information. Prepares daily disbursing payment upload files and reports. Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifikationsanforderungen Explanations to the E&T Levels (Education & Training Levels) can be found at the link "Description of the Education & Training Levels". https://portal.chra.army.mil/mnrs?sys_id0a86e971cd2d2d10aaffb5ebb50f5ac9&viewsp&idmnrs_kb_article&tablekb_knowledge C-05: E&T Level I: 2 years of creditable experience as defined in A below PLUS 1 year of experience as defined in B below. Current employees who do not meet E&T Level I and who are not in the same or similar occupation must have 2 additional years of creditable experience as described in A below. E&T Level II: 1 year of creditable experience as defined in A below PLUS 1 year of experience as defined in B below. E&T Level III and above: No additional experience required. Current employees who have served one year in the same or similar occupation are qualified for the next higher grade. C-5a: E&T Level I: 2 years of creditable experience as defined in A below PLUS 2 years of experience as defined in B below. Current employees who do not meet E&T Level I and who are not in the same or similar occupation must have 2 additional years of creditable experience as described in A below. E&T Level II: 1 years of creditable experience as defined in A below PLUS 2 years of experience as defined in B below. E&T Level III: 1 year of experience as defined in B below. E&T Level IV: No additional experience required. Current employees who have served one year in the same or similar occupation are qualified for the next higher grade. Experience A: Included clerical work in an office or store, working with computers, bookkeeping, making and recording inventories, telephone marketing, arranging for events or as a cashier, etc. Experience B: Experience in the same or similar line of work as the job for which considered. The experience must demonstrate that the applicant possesses the particular knowledge, skills and abilities required in the position. The predominant experience must have been gained at a comparable level of difficulty to the position to be filled. The amount of the higher level experience must be in a reasonable relation to the required total number of years. • Office automation skills are required. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY LEVEL: • English Language Proficiency level B2 AND German Language Proficiency level A1 required. Description of the Language Levels: https://portal.chra.army.mil/mnrs?sys_id13a66d71cd2d2d10aaffb5ebb50f5aa0&viewsp&idmnrs_kb_article&tablekb_knowledge Auswahlkriterien auswählen General Information for LN Job Announcements - please read: https://portal.chra.army.mil/mnrs?sys_id77e3ac4a5ce32110924578e08ba9227c&viewsp&idmnrs_kb_article&tablekb_knowledge Beschäftigungsbedingungen This is a permanent fulltime position (38.5 hrs./week). Position may be filled at the C-05 or at the full performance level, C-5A. The incumbent may be non-competitively promoted to the next higher or full performance level in accordance with regulatory requirements, upon completion of required training, and recommendation of supervisor. • Employee may perform the work at a location away from the regular worksite (e.g. at home) on a non-routine, ad-hoc basis. This includes work performed to complete a short-term special assignment or to accommodate special circumstances. WE OFFER: - a global employer who stands for cultural diversity and equal opportunities - employment in an international environment with a welcoming atmosphere - high level of job security and attractive pay under German tariff agreements (CTA II; Protection Agreement) including, but not limited to, the following tariff entitlements: - 30 days of annual leave; 36 days for severely handicapped employees (additional time-off on 24 & 31 December per tariff agreement) - vacation and Christmas pay (total of 13 monthly salaries) - various additional social benefits (e.g., employer pension scheme through Allianz group insurance; property accrual payments) Beyond the tariff agreement, - usually time off on 8-9 U.S. holidays due to work hour redistribution (governed by shop agreement) - employer-specific programs for flexible work schedules; mobile work; length-of-service/performance awards - health promotion and fitness programs, including free use of employer-run fitness centers.