Mca Jobs in Oregon (NOW HIRING)

The Program Analyst is aligned under the Managerial Cost Accounting (MCA) Site Manager for the site(s) either in Vancouver, WA or Rosburg, OR. Applicant will be a member of the MCA Site team responsible for the maintenance of Decision Support System (DSS) database for the site(s). MCA is an executive information program that directly impacts patient management by providing data on patterns of care and patient outcomes to VA clinical and administrative managers.Qualifications:To qualify for this position, applicants must meet time-in-grade requirements and specialized experience within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement, 07/23/2026.
Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.
For the GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
Preferred Experience:
At least one year experience in Managerial Cost Accounting.
You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
Specialized Experience:

• You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: communicate information clearly, both orally and in writing; demonstrate knowledge of the Managerial Cost Accounting (MCA) Software package; maintain and merge data into MCA; perform monthly processing steps in various subsystems of MCA; process reports using software packages; operate a personal computer to input data into the MCA system; utilize accounting, budgeting, and statistical principles and techniques to study and evaluate information gathered, making sound judgments and conclusions based on the recommendations. Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Access, and Windows. NOTE: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week. OR,
• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. (Transcripts Required). OR,
• Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond some specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level but less than one year, and I have more than one year, but less than two years of education beyond a master's degree. I have computed the percentage of these requirements that I meet, and the total is at least 100% for the GS-11 grade level. (Transcripts Required).

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.Education:A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.Employment Type: OTHER