Senior Payroll & Processing Specialist

Title:Senior Payroll & Processing Specialist Location:Remote Company Background At APV, were more than a technology company were a mission-driven powerhouse transforming organizations through advanced technology and human ingenuity.

Our expertise spans AI/ML, data architecture, low-code/no-code development, Agile DevSecOps, and cloud services, delivering scalable and meaningful solutions.

In our Emerging Technology Lab, innovation drives progress.

Our teams create intelligent chatbots, AI-powered assistants, robotic process automation (RPA), essay graders, and data analytics platforms.

If youre passionate about solving complex challenges and shaping the future, APV is the place for you.

Since 2007, weve partnered with federal and state agencies to deliver IT, training, and consulting solutions that achieve mission-critical outcomes.

Built on accountability, integrity, and quality, we go beyond expectations.

With 70+ prime contracts and a proven record of client success, APV continues to grow and were looking for exceptional talent to grow with us.

At APV, we Always Provide Value Role: APV is seeking a Senior Payroll & Processing Specialist to provide advanced support to DHS OCHCO and component HR offices on federal pay administration and personnel action processing.

The Senior Specialist independently handles complex pay corrections, retroactive actions, debt collection cases, and contested NOAC determinations, and serves as a senior point of contact for NFC, OGC, employees, and component HR partners.

This role requires deep working knowledge of the OPM Guide to Processing Personnel Actions, Title 5 pay authorities, FLSA, the Back Pay Act, and DHS policy.

The Senior Specialist drafts SOPs, leads quality reviews, mentors journeyman specialists and HR assistants, and coordinates complex NFC service requests and audit responses.

Duties: The Senior Payroll & Processing Specialist will: Complex Pay Administration & Corrections Process and reconcile complex pay actions, including back pay under the Back Pay Act, retroactive promotions, retroactive within-grade increases, and settlement-driven payments.

Adjudicate pay setting cases, including highest previous rate, superior qualifications appointments, saved pay, and special rate determinations.

Process premium pay administration, including overtime, Sunday and holiday pay, night differential, hazard pay, environmental differential, LEAP, and AUO.

Lead complex debt collection cases under 5 USC 5514, including waiver requests, hearings, and offset coordination with NFC and OGC.

Process Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments (VSIP), Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA), severance pay, and lump-sum annual leave payments.

Personnel Action Processing & NOAC Quality Process the full range of personnel actions, including appointments, conversions, promotions, reassignments, details, separations, and retirements.

Apply the OPM Guide to Processing Personnel Actions (GPPA) to ensure correct NOAC select...