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MILITARY PAY TECHNICIAN

US Army Financial Management Command · Posted 35 days ago

On-site Fort Wainwright, AK $41K – $76K Apply by Aug 25, 2026 Military Pay ESTJESTPISFPISTP Trades
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About the Role

This position is being filled under the Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense using hiring authority in 5 USC 9905. Veterans Preference: Veterans preference does not apply under this Direct-Hire Authority (DHA).

What You'll Do

  • Process or review a wide variety of standard pay actions which establish, maintain, adjust or close pay accounts to adequately compensate service members, active or retired.
  • Reviews source, substantiating and supporting pay authorization documents to ensure completeness, propriety, authentication, accuracy, and compliance with applicable regulations, policies and precedents.
  • Enters pay transactions into the organization's automated pay system.
  • Makes standard adjustments to pay accounts and processes actions to adjust accounts, if necessary.
  • Provides one-on-one assistance to service members and annuitants explaining standard pay entitlements, answers inquiries regarding new accounts, cost-of-living adjustments methods of computation, etc.

Requirements

  • This position is being filled under the Direct Hire Authority (DHA) for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense via delegated authority by the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
  • Applicants MUST have related financial experience AND/OR a related financial degree (examples include: Finance, Accounting, Management, Actuarial Science, or related), in addition to meeting Office of Personnel Management (OPM) minimum qualification requirements.
  • Substitution of combination of education and experience must still, in conjunction, minimally satisfy the DHA qualification requirement.
  • GS-05 SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Four years of successfully completed education above the high school level may be substituted to meet the specialized experience required when it is directly related to the work of the position being filled for which high school graduation, or the equivalent, is a prerequisite.
  • Equivalent combinations of successfully completed education and experience may be used to meet total experience requirements.
  • A percentage of the education (which is directly related to the work of the position being filled) and experience which when combined totals 100% of the necessary education and experience to qualify for this position.
  • (Only education that directly relates to the work being filled beyond the first 60 semester hours will count toward the percentage).
  • GS-06 Substitution of Education for Experience: Six months of graduate education may be substituted to meet the specialized experience required when it is directly related to the work of the position being filled.
  • If you are using education to substitute for the specialized experience, you must submit transcripts at the time you apply.
  • To be creditable, education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S.
  • Department of Education (http://www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html).
  • GS-07 Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience: (1-grade interval) Substitution of Education for Experience: One full year of graduate level education may be substituted to meet the specialized experience required when it is directly related to the work of the position being filled.
  • Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and experience may be used to meet total experience requirements.
  • If you are using education to substitute for the specialized experience, you must submit transcripts at the time you apply.

Personality Fit

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Job ID: 065060a9-d2c7-4dab-aca1-bea23d9b4670

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