DIRECTOR MILITARY PAY OPERATIONS

Department: Department of the Army

Location(s): Indianapolis, Indiana

Salary Range: $147845 - $192197 Per Year

Job Summary: This job announcement uses the USA Hire Assessment to evaluate applicants. For more information, visit USA Hire Assessment.

Major Duties:

Serves as senior advisor and recognized authority for AMPO programs, functions, services, and activities.
Develops, plans, coordinates, and executes policies, plans, and strategies regarding both short term and long-range planning efforts for the execution, oversight, and evaluation.
Provides authoritative interpretations of DoD and DA regulations, policies, and administrative guidelines, as well as legislative changes, directly related to the AMPO services provided.
Maintains a continual review of organizational and administrative operations and support functions.
Ensures DoD, DA, and AMC programs and policies are implemented in accordance with USAFMCOM goals and objectives and are consistent with management objectives of the organization.
Participates in formal and informal management, policy, planning, and decision-making meetings and sessions regarding both short-term and long-range program planning efforts.
Represents USAFMCOM on various DoD and DA on a wide range of initiatives and study groups related to AMPO operations.

Qualifications: Time in Grade:For entry at the GS-15 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-14 or higher grade in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience:For the GS-15, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-14 if outside the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Experience in Providing leadership to a financial management organization regarding Military Pay Operations. Serving as a supervisor, team lead or senior-level expert/consultant providing analysis and assessment on high visibility initiatives or projects as well as daily operations and mission support. Providing advice and recommendations to senior leaders regarding issues impacting financial management standards, policies, processes and operating procedures to ensure efficient delivery of Army Military Pay services. You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.

How to Apply: PLEASE NOTE: You will be considered only for those appointment eligibilities for which you select, attach supporting documentation and are found eligible. Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required assessments, and required documentation as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. The application process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing date. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you will be notified after submitting your application. The notification will be provided in your application submission screen and via email. The notification will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this application" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside at least 3 hours to take the USA Hire assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparation resources at https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-usTo update your application, including supporting documentation: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your application record, and click Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement status or your application status: Click on this: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/. Your application status page is where you can view your application status, USA Hire assessment completion status, and review your notifications sent by the hiring agency regarding your application.

Application Deadline: 2025-11-13