Program Analyst - Technical Career Field (TCF) Trainee
Role Overview
The Technical Career Field is a national VA workforce-development program intended to replenish technical staff in critically identified positions.
This trainee position is in the Managerial Cost Accounting Section of the Fiscal Service Office and works under a qualified preceptor.
The formal training plan lasts two years and includes training, coaching, and supervision.
This is a developmental position leading toward GS-11; assignments become progressively more complex and require progressively less supervision.
Placement is not guaranteed at a particular facility. The program does not fund relocation for program acceptance or placement.
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Program and role
The Technical Career Field is a national VA workforce-development program intended to replenish technical staff in critically identified positions.
This trainee position is in the Managerial Cost Accounting Section of the Fiscal Service Office and works under a qualified preceptor.
The formal training plan lasts two years and includes training, coaching, and supervision.
This is a developmental position leading toward GS-11; assignments become progressively more complex and require progressively less supervision.
Placement is not guaranteed at a particular facility. The program does not fund relocation for program acceptance or placement.
Major duties
- Use financial and clinical operational skills to support effective use of clinical and administrative resources and quality veteran care.
- Analyze workload-capture systems to determine source data for the Managerial Cost Accounting database.
- Prepare and give oral presentations on facility project objectives and status to medical-center personnel.
- Maintain and audit Managerial Cost Accounting data monthly for accuracy and currency.
- Support network staff with monitoring, processing, or audits of facilities as assigned.
- Analyze PAID FTEE data by medical-center service to allocate support-service costs.
- Maintain and modify the Managerial Cost Accounting program to reflect medical-center functions and VA policy changes.
- Review monthly and quarterly cost and budget reports, verify data, identify trends, and analyze variances.
- Prepare monthly and quarterly cost-summary reports for top management.
- Work with medical-center services to design cost studies that meet their needs.
Program conditions
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens.
- Trainees will be asked to sign mobility, training, and continued-service agreements.
- The program is intended for people who plan to remain with the VA for at least three years after completing training.
- Promotion is at the supervisor’s discretion and depends on satisfactory performance, availability of higher-level work, and funding.
Work schedule
- Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Telework
- Telework may be authorized; eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Compensation
- The listed salary range is $50,460 to $65,599 per year.
- The program is nationally funded to include salary, benefits, and training and travel funds.
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