Tax Regulations Specialist 2 (HELPS)

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Date Posted 09/02/26

Applications Due09/17/26

Vacancy ID223086

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NY HELPYes

AgencyTaxation & Finance, State

TitleTax Regulations Specialist 2 (HELPS)

Occupational CategoryFinancial, Accounting, Auditing

Salary Grade23

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $86681 to $109650 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? Yes

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Albany

Street Address WA Harriman State Office Campus

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12227

Duties Description Under the supervision of a Tax Regulations Specialist 3, the Tax Regulations Specialist 2 will perform the following essential functions:

• Draft, review, revise, and maintain guidance documents that explain technical tax issues such as technical memoranda, notices, tax bulletins, publications, tax forms and instructions for both paper forms and web applications, and web pages, including FAQs for the web; and update the applicable referral, workflow, and tracking systems.
• Effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing, to provide guidance, and supervision to any assigned staff through leadership and training.
• Review for technical accuracy and comment on documents drafted by others, including proposed legislation, draft regulations, draft advisory opinions, and audit guidelines.
• Review and determine the impact of other tax related material such as Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) determinations, Tribunal decisions, court cases, and enacted Federal and State tax legislation.
• Keep apprised of pertinent technical, legal, policy and economic developments; read pertinent articles appearing in tax journals.
• Navigate various computer systems, applications, and electronic reference tools; perform legal research using a variety of electronic and/or manual resource tools.
• Travel when needed to attend meetings and confer with Department staff and, at times, representatives of other State agencies, tax practitioners and industry representatives.
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in response to technical inquiries from legal representatives, taxpayers and other department staff and update the contact database.
• Speak before taxpayers, tax practitioners and Department personnel to explain various aspects of the Tax Law, Regulations and Department policy.
• Adhere to Departments time and attendance rules and regulations.
• Create and submit various administrative reports such as probation reports, performance evaluations, and other reports requested by management for any assigned staff.
• Adhere to Department policies and procedures, Affirmative Action, Code of Conduct, Ethics, and Internal Control rules and discipline procedures.
• Perform such other duties that are necessary for the efficient operation of the unit or that may be assigned by the TRS3 or TRS4. These duties will vary depending upon the unit to which the TRS2 is assigned.

Minimum Qualifications This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).

For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply.

At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

NY HELPS PROMOTION MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

One year of permanent service as Tax Regulations Specialist 1

NON-COMPETITIVE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Seven years of accounting, auditing or tax examination experience. Substitutions: an associate's degree including or supplemented by 6 semester credit hours in accounting, auditing and/or taxation may substitute for two years of experience. A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 6 semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, and/or taxation may substitute for four years of experience.

COMPETITIVE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Current NYS employee eligible for transfer in accordance with Civil Service Laws, Rules, and regulations.

OR

• Reachable on the appropriate eligible list for this title and location. If you are canvassed, you must reply to the canvass.

55-b/c ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES:

You must meet the requirements for a subsequent 55-b or 55-c appointment, please include your letter of eligibility from the Department of Civil Service dated within the last three (3) years with your application.

Additional Comments New York State is an equal opportunity employer. It's the policy of the state of New York to provide for and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, disability, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or an arrest or criminal conviction record unless based on a bona fide occupational qualification or other exception.

Some positions may require additional or a background check to verify your identity.

Any candidate selected for this position will be subject to a review of their tax return submissions by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.

Employment of a candidate is conditioned upon a finding by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance that the candidate is in compliance with all local, state, and federal tax laws. In accordance with federal government requirements, the employment of any candidate selected for this position is conditioned upon successfully completing a background investigation including a criminal history record check (fingerprint check).

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Kacey Eutermarks

Telephone 518-402-2871

Fax

Email Address External.Application@tax.ny.gov

Address

Street W A Harriman State Office Campus

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12227

Notes on ApplyingQualified candidates should copy the below web address into your browser to complete the online application for the Department of Tax and Finance. Within the application, you will attach your resume & unofficial transcript.

https://www7b.tax.ny.gov/HELP/gateway/HELP.home

If you have less than the minimum required 7 years of experience and will provide educational substitution as noted in the minimum qualifications, you will need to include unofficial transcripts with your online application.

Acceptable proof of degree for US accredited schools: unofficial transcripts or diploma showing ALL of the following information:

• Your name
• School name
• Degree was earned/awarded/conferred
• Degree concentration/major
• Date degree was earned

Degrees earned from schools outside the United States:

You must provide an evaluation from one of the approved evaluators listed here: https://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfm

Applicants may be contacted for their Social Security Number to verify their NYS employment.

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