Daniel Herche

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FACTOR 1:   Mastery of financial reporting and analysis principles, Federal statues and government-wide policies related to accountability and transparency in Federal financial assistance and procurement reporting, concepts and practices/procedures with the demonstrated ability to apply this knowledge to a variety of broad and difficult financial analysis assignments.

 

While serving as Statistician for the United States Department of Agriculture, from 1988 to present, I handle a broad range of financial reporting and financial analysis responsibilities. I collaborated with policy planning staff in the production of the annual Information Publication 201-1.  We consistently generated a detailed analysis and summary of all financial and operating data submitted to USDA by rural electric cooperatives who have borrowed money from USDA to provide electric service to rural communities.  I successfully assisted in the analysis of financial data submitted by 750 borrowers.  I was responsible for performing comparative trend analysis on each individual borrower and on the group of borrowers as a whole.  I consistently checked all data for any statistical anomalies, ensuring report accuracy.

            I have extensive financial reporting and analysis training and hands-on skills, with a complementary Bachelors of Science in Statistics from Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, in 1987. As a Fiscal Control Specialist, I was tasked with managing all financial reporting operations and streamlining reporting processes, effectively consolidating reporting across multiple financial data sets.

I worked with the Rural Development operations and management teams in the development of the innovative Rural Utilities Data Collection System. We strategically designed a detailed web application with a Sequel Server database to collect all financial and operating data of rural electric borrowers. I successfully tested Use Cases and reported any bugs or errors in the system. I consistently prepared weekly ARRA Status reports for the RD CIO, detailed and financial reporting, data analysis and operational issues with the potential to negatively impact the overall mission.

 

Daniel Herche

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FACTOR 2:   Demonstrated ability to analyze complex programs and financial assistance accountability and transparency issues, sufficient to draft policy and to recommend solutions to intricate problems.

 

I have over 22 years experience in the development, analysis, maintenance, and troubleshooting of intricate financial date and complex technical programs. I successfully developed a Microsoft SharePoint List, effectively consolidating all agency reports into one extensive report for the entire USDA. I consistently utilized the list in checking the proper coding of all data fields. I am responsible for identifying coding errors and contacting specific agency to facilitate the repair of any issues. Export all correct and verified data to Excel Workbook for in-depth comparative analysis. I use a broad range of pivot tables to spot anomalies and inconsistencies by categories such as TAFS and Agency Code. I oversaw the entire USDA compilation report development, covering 4,500 records of data and $13 Billion dollars in obligations. I personally deliver the report workbook to the OCFO every Tuesday to brief all executive staff. Once approved, reports are sent to Recovery.gov to be posted on the USDA page so that the public may see the progress of federal dollars being spent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daniel Herche

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FACTOR 3:   Demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate, and direct technical and administrative activities of an ad hoc team or committee, composed of matrixed and lower level staff members.

           

            I have extensive experience leading, directing and training personnel teams to handle a broad range of technical and administrative duties. I am currently collaborating with the USDA OCFO staff and Washington Communications and Technology Service in the development of the ARRA Data Collection Web Application to collect the USDA ARRA Weekly Financial and Activity Report data. I organize teams from different departments in various aspects of the application development process. This application will be used application will replace the SharePoint reporting process as outlined above.

            I served as liaison between the RD CIO staff, RD Program Area staff, and senior officials, facilitating productive communication and organizing staff in all activities. I successfully represented the RD OCIO at the RD ARRA Executive Committee, efficiently providing information, gathering data, responding to problems, presenting material, and preparing detailed reports.

I received numerous awards for exceptional on the job performance, including Spot Award 2002, Cash Award 2004, Cash Award 2005, Cash Award 2006, Cash Award 2007, Cash Award 2008, Cash Award 2009, and Performance Award 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daniel Herche

0000 xxxxxx xxxx , xxxx , xxxxx 00000

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abc@xyz.com

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FACTOR 4:   Skill in oral communications, sufficient to discuss technical matters on a professional level.

 

I have consistently utilized dynamic verbal communication skills in explaining technical projects to staff and delivering detailed progress reports to executives. I was responsible for scheduling, managing and conducting detailed demonstrations of the Rural Development ARRA Executive Dashboard to the RD Under-Secretary and Deputy Under Secretaries, RD Administration Senior Executives, and members of the Office of the Chief Information Officer for USDA. Successfully provided in depth technical explanations of RD ARRA Executive Dashboard web-based decision tool used to give a visual representation of the status of RD s implementation of ARRA funds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daniel Herche

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abc@xyz.com

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FACTOR 5:   Skill in written communication, sufficient to prepare written reports on complex fiscal matters at a professional level.

 

I successfully co-authored a Concept of Operations document that outlined the detailed data collection process of the ARRA weekly reporting operations, defining the policy, roles and responsibilities of all parties involved in the reporting process. I co-authored an innovative Users Guides for the ARRA Related Reporting. I strategically provided the step-by-step instructions for the Weekly Financial and Activity Report SharePoint Collection processes. I wrote clear descriptions of the roles and responsibilities of the USDA ARRA Reporting group.

I have attended numerous communication-related training courses and seminars, including the Writing Performance Work Statement Course by Management Concepts in 2005, the Contracting Officer s Representative Course by Management Concepts in 2005 and the Social Media in Government Workshop by Potomac Forum in 2009. I have actively utilized all written communication training courses in handling a broad range of financial reports, data analysis reports and written documentation.