Associate Chief Counsel (Income Tax And Accounting)

## Associate Chief Counsel (ITA) - Senior Executive Service

This Senior Executive Service (SES) position seeks a highly experienced legal professional to provide critical tax law counsel and leadership within the Chief Counsel's office.

### Key Responsibilities:

• Develop nationwide legal strategies and offer dedicated support to top-ranking IRS officials.
• Provide high-quality legal advice and services to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Apply comprehensive professional knowledge of tax laws related to ITA subject matter.

### Minimum Qualifications:

• Possess a Juris Doctor (J.D.) or LL.B. from an American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law school.
• Be an active member in good standing of the bar of a State, U.S. Commonwealth, U.S. territory, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico.
• **Senior Executive Service (SES) Requirement:** Demonstrate progressively responsible executive leadership and supervisory experience indicative of senior executive-level managerial capability (typically at the GS-15 level or equivalent in federal or private sector).

* Experience supervising multiple employees through subordinate managers. * Proven ability in hiring, developing, and evaluating employees.

### Desired Qualifications:

• An LL.M. in Taxation.
• Seven (7) years of professional legal experience in tax law.
• A thorough understanding of the operations and organization of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Office of Chief Counsel.

### Application Requirements & Key Qualifications:

Your two-page resume must clearly demonstrate possession of the following:

• *Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs):**
• **Commitment to the Rule of Law and the Principles of the American Founding:** Knowledge of the American government system and commitment to the Constitution.
• **Driving Efficiency:** Strategic resource management, effective budgeting, and pursuit of process and technological improvements.
• **Merit and Competence:** Demonstrated ability to produce work of exceptional quality.
• **Leading People:** Ability to inspire, lead, and develop teams towards organizational goals, fostering a high-performance, high-accountability culture.
• **Achieving Results:** Proven ability to achieve individual and organizational results aligned with strategic goals.

* *Note: Written ECQ narratives are not required for the resume but must be prepared for a structured interview with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Review Board (QRB).* Current/former career SES employees and OPM Candidate Development Program (CDP) graduates are exempt from addressing ECQs.

• *Technical Qualifications (TQs):**
• Ability to develop nationwide strategies and provide dedicated legal support/advice to high-profile IRS officials and internal/external customers.
• Comprehensive professional knowledge and application experience of tax laws affecting ITA subject matter (e.g., gross income, personal deductions, business expenses, like-kind exchanges, tax accounting methods, and tax procedure).

### General Information:

• All qualifying experience, including volunteer work (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps), will be credited. Please indicate employment dates (month/year) and hours worked per week on your resume.