I love the fact that we are in the business
of protecting and helping others. And that
makes this agency -- just in my opinion -- a
notch above. I work in the Office of Financial
Management but I am actually a contracting officer’s
representative, so I manage several contracts
in the agency. I also work on the -- what
was formerly the performance and accountability
report team, where we actually report to Congress
all of the financial standings of the SEC.
I think a lot of people here at the SEC, we
take a lot of pride in what we do. We take
it very seriously. We know that we’re an
agency that is designed to protect. And that’s
what we want to do: protect investors. And
so I think the Office of Financial Management
is particularly interested in making sure
that the SEC itself looks good, is in a good
place, because if you’re going to govern
other agencies or companies, you need to make
sure that your things are in order. So we
just take a lot of pride in making sure that
we do our best. We cross the t’s and we
dot the I’s to make sure that the SEC is
well-represented in the public light and,
you know, behind closed doors, within our
financial statements. There’s just a lot
of integrity. Not everyone is an accountant.
Not everyone is an attorney. But everyone
is important. And that’s what makes our
office special.
I believe that this is an agency where you
can grow. I believe I’m proof of that. You
can come in here, and if you just show the
management that you’re serious, do a good
job, take pride in what you do and have a
great attitude, there’s absolutely no limit
that you can’t reach here. You can get up
every day knowing that you’re coming to
work to really do provide a great service
to this country -- just to know that your
public service helps people.
