Oil and Gas Tax Technician 1/2/3

Job Description

Would You Like To Help Safeguard Our State's Fiscal Resources?

The Department of Revenue, Tax Division is recruiting for an Oil and Gas Tax Technician 1/2/3 in Anchorage!

Come join our team and play a key role in supporting Alaska's financial future!

Please Note:

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please visit

https://doa.alaska.gov/dop/recruitment/alaskaRes/

to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing:

Tax technicians' main purpose is to support the Oil and Gas Production Tax Audit group by:

Reviewing incoming taxpayer filings to ensure they were submitted on time, contain all required information, and meet the accuracy standards set by the Tax Division. The work includes performing detailed analytical checks, comparing reported data against expected values or historical trends, and generating reports that highlight discrepancies or areas needing follow-up.

Maintains mathematical accuracy by verifying that all financial transactions, such as payments, credits, and refunds, are calculated correctly and properly allocated within the tax system. Responsibilities include reconciling amounts and identifying and correcting errors.

Regular communication with taxpayers to explain issues found in their filings, answer questions about requirements, request documentation needed to validate reported information, and ensure errors are resolved in a timely and professional manner. You will also coordinate with outside agencies and other departments to obtain data used in comparison reports, filing verifications, and information necessary for taxpayer filings.

Helps to maintain and improve the Tax Division’s system by testing updates or new features, offering recommendations for enhancements that would improve workflow, data accuracy, or user experience, and performing routine system validation to ensure processes continue functioning as intended.

We strongly prefer candidates who have demonstrated experience reviewing and analyzing reports, filings, or other documents for accuracy, completeness, and compliance; communicating their knowledge clearly and professionally, both verbally and in writing, when working with taxpayers and colleagues; thriving in a collaborative team environment by assisting others, sharing knowledge, and actively learning core concepts; and having proficiency with key software tools, including Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.

Mission and Values/Culture:

Our mission is to oversee and administer Alaska’s oil and gas production tax revenue with integrity, accuracy, and transparency. You’ll join a team of highly experienced, long-term professionals who are dedicated, supportive, and genuinely enjoy helping each other succeed. We value strong training and continuous learning, and you can always count on your questions being answered and the support you need to grow.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

Tax Technicians are the backbone of the Oil and Gas Production Tax team, playing a vital role in supporting auditors and helping administer one of Alaska’s largest revenue sources. You’ll enjoy optional flexible work options, including alternative schedules that can give you every other Friday off and opportunities for hybrid in office/telework. This is a flexibly staffed position, meaning you can come in at the level that fits your experience and grow into higher levels without needing to reapply, meaning your development is built into the job. As a State of Alaska employee, you’ll also benefit from a 37.5-hour work week, excellent health insurance and retirement plans, generous leave, regular pay increases, union-negotiated cost-of-living adjustments, and strong representation. If you’re looking for stability, growth, and meaningful work that supports Alaska’s future, this is a great place to build your career.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

Your office will be located in the Atwood Building in downtown Anchorage, just steps away from great food and other amenities, with free parking provided for added convenience. Our secure-floor workspace features personal adjustable standing desks and an open layout designed to make team communication easy and enjoyable.

To view the general description and example of duties for the position please go to the following link:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

If you can imagine yourself in this role, we encourage you to apply!

Minimum Qualifications

Competency Based Minimum Qualifications

This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications. The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Tax Technician 1

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

Attention to Detail

: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

Clerical:

Knowledge of filing, typing, entering data, maintaining records, and using and completing forms.

Computer Skills:

Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.

Oral Communication:

Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Written Communication:

Writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Full proficiency level clerical, bookkeeping, or accounting experience.

Tax Technician 2

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in

Arithmetic/Mathematical Reasoning:

Performs computations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division correctly; solves practical problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical techniques such as formulas and percentages.

Computer Skills:

Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.

Interpersonal Skills:

Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.

Problem Solving:

Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

Oral Communication:

Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Entry level paraprofessional experience in the preparation, review, or examination of tax returns or the examination of licens