<p>This position is part of the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 15 Office, Consolidated Managerial Cost Accounting (MCA) Unit. This MCA Program Analyst position provides support to the VISN 15 MCA team, which is responsible for the production of MCA processing and analytics for seven medical centers within the VISN 15 Network. They also serve as the subject matter expert for all things related to MCA at their assigned medical center(s) within the Network.</p> <p>Major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:</p> <ul> <li>Serves as the program coordinator and manager of all MCA operations for assigned station(s). Responsible for being the final reviewer for all outputs of their assigned station(s) including running ad hoc reports, additional audits, quality checks, analysis, benchmarking, reviewing work of other MCA station team members, etc. </li><li>Reviews and analyzes workload data and reports to verify the accuracy of the data, identify trends, and analyzes variances to make recommendations and prepare reports for VISN, facility, and MCA staff. </li><li>Develops site-specific assumptions for account base and cost model. </li><li>Performs and analyzes comparisons of department utilization. </li><li>Performs standard cost review to develop comprehensive, case mix, retrospective, workload adjusted, and productivity budgets based on actual volume and mix of departments. </li><li>Analyzes clinical workload extracts and validates clinical source data with MCA data. </li><li>Perform system tests and validation processes to ensure that the system is properly functioning after each programming change. </li><li>Maintains ongoing updated status of financial data and makes appropriate and authorized adjustments to meet changing needs </li><li>Develop and use established analytical techniques and precedent studies to gather narrative or statistical information. </li><li>Researches, identifies, and implements required corrections to financial and workload capture structures by establishing appropriate interfaces in the database. </li><li>Reviews and evaluates the results of audits/inspections and responses to action items; and, </li><li>Performs other related duties as assigned. </li></ul> <p>Work Schedule: Monday through Friday - 8:00 a.m. CST to 4:30 p.m. CST</p> <p>Telework: This position is eligible for telework on an ad-hoc basis.</p> <p>Virtual: This is not a virtual position.</p> <p>Position Description/PD#: Program Analyst/PD09596A</p>