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I know. I could apply to a different agency. I have, but ironically this is the agency that I’m getting furthest with.
Scenario:
I am the treasurer of a $3,000,000 non profit organization. At the initial onset of my coming onto the board the organization was only $2,000,000 a year.
I used my professional education and financial intuition to identify the organization was susceptible to internal and external fraud/theft and the organization didn’t have the means to identify the magnitude of this exposure, nor reconcile where the exposure could come from. Needless to say, my opinions really ticked off veteran board members.
One of those fellow board members was a retired Financial Crimes Lt. who sat on the finance committee of the board, and was a previous Treasurer of the organization. He and I ended up being political enemies, and he came really close to getting me removed from the board. In the end my observations proved to be correct, and worse, I also underestimated the problem. The Lt. didn’t run for another term, the house of cards fell, and I rooted out a lot of the problems, established stronger controls, eventually got the organization in compliance with state reporting requirements, and effectively played a very large role in getting revenues to increase another $1,000,000.
The agency the Lt. was from is also the agency that is responsible for regulating and overseeing the portion of the business model that my non profit was victimized from.
Anyone hazard to guess which agency I may soon enter backgrounds with?
In my oral board interview the interviewing Lt. asked me if I knew the retired Lt. My blood ran cold…….. “Yes, I doâ€, I answered, and said, “he and I don’t like each otherâ€. So the connection has been made to the organization, myself and the retired Lt. I think it would be tactically prudent if the agency didn’t look into this association other than confirmation, but I suspect by default they will.
How does one dance around a topic that will only air out the agency’s dirty laundry the deeper they go and not mine? If say for instance the retired Lt tried to discredit me things could get ugly and embarrassing for everyone other than myself. I’m not going to even go into the details about why.
I just though some of you might be entertained by contemplating a much different background issue than say the random criminal conviction 20 years ago.
Before you ask, I’ve tried folks. I’ve applied to 28 different agencies and then one day said “what the heck, it’s only a reserve positionâ€, and applied to them as well. Ironically, this is turning out it could materialize.
My previous prejudice against them blinded me from noticing they were the best agency to be a reserve for in my parts, and I’m glad things are panning out as they are. However, you can bet if I wash out of background I’ll never completely be satisfied with the reasons “whyâ€, but I will recognize I might be better off anyway.
Scenario:
I am the treasurer of a $3,000,000 non profit organization. At the initial onset of my coming onto the board the organization was only $2,000,000 a year.
I used my professional education and financial intuition to identify the organization was susceptible to internal and external fraud/theft and the organization didn’t have the means to identify the magnitude of this exposure, nor reconcile where the exposure could come from. Needless to say, my opinions really ticked off veteran board members.
One of those fellow board members was a retired Financial Crimes Lt. who sat on the finance committee of the board, and was a previous Treasurer of the organization. He and I ended up being political enemies, and he came really close to getting me removed from the board. In the end my observations proved to be correct, and worse, I also underestimated the problem. The Lt. didn’t run for another term, the house of cards fell, and I rooted out a lot of the problems, established stronger controls, eventually got the organization in compliance with state reporting requirements, and effectively played a very large role in getting revenues to increase another $1,000,000.
The agency the Lt. was from is also the agency that is responsible for regulating and overseeing the portion of the business model that my non profit was victimized from.
Anyone hazard to guess which agency I may soon enter backgrounds with?
In my oral board interview the interviewing Lt. asked me if I knew the retired Lt. My blood ran cold…….. “Yes, I doâ€, I answered, and said, “he and I don’t like each otherâ€. So the connection has been made to the organization, myself and the retired Lt. I think it would be tactically prudent if the agency didn’t look into this association other than confirmation, but I suspect by default they will.
How does one dance around a topic that will only air out the agency’s dirty laundry the deeper they go and not mine? If say for instance the retired Lt tried to discredit me things could get ugly and embarrassing for everyone other than myself. I’m not going to even go into the details about why.
I just though some of you might be entertained by contemplating a much different background issue than say the random criminal conviction 20 years ago.
Before you ask, I’ve tried folks. I’ve applied to 28 different agencies and then one day said “what the heck, it’s only a reserve positionâ€, and applied to them as well. Ironically, this is turning out it could materialize.
My previous prejudice against them blinded me from noticing they were the best agency to be a reserve for in my parts, and I’m glad things are panning out as they are. However, you can bet if I wash out of background I’ll never completely be satisfied with the reasons “whyâ€, but I will recognize I might be better off anyway.
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