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Raymond Hall

Washington

Summary

Results-driven professional committed to maintaining high standards with a strong focus on compliance and risk mitigation. Expertise in conducting comprehensive audits, analyzing financial data, and implementing robust internal controls to protect assets while enhancing operational efficiency. Recognized as a reliable team player who adapts seamlessly to evolving needs and consistently delivers exceptional results. Proficient in risk assessment, process improvement, and navigating complex regulatory environments to ensure organizational success.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Loan Specialist (Commercial)

U.S. Department of Energy
12.2019 - Current
  • Serves as the Internal Assessment Lead Analyst; leads/mentors three Internal Assessment staff members to meet all deliverables and/or milestones, providing relevant guidance, direction and training, as needed, with a strong focus on team collaboration and high customer service; analyzes transactions and loans within the LPO loan portfolio to ensure that contractual, internal, and external standards are being achieved; recent improvements to the process of compliance and assessment, through the review and application of best practices, including the highly successful rollout of the Quarterly Internal Assessment, which identifies preliminary data used to identify key portfolio compliance issues and assesses their impact on LPO's policies, procedures, and programs in a timely manner to remedy any deficiencies detected; participates in the development and implementation of a systematic and disciplined approach to independently evaluate compliance with requirements and procedures, assess performance against industry best practices, identify performance gaps, and implement process improvements; reestablished and maintains PMD Internal Assessment procedure and training guidance; provides data and analysis reporting to support the development or improvement of portfolio review and compliance policies and procedures in consultation with management; consolidates and synthesizes data into a coherent report including performance against both contractual expectations and industry norms; provides insight and recommendations based on analysis and assessments of data and business processes; provides input for the preparing formal portfolio review and compliance documents, official briefings, presentation materials, and program announcements; contributes information and metrics for briefings for the LPO Executive Director, DOE, and other federal agency officials, industry, and stakeholders; established and maintains the Corrective Action Process procedure, which allows findings, uncovered during the Quarterly Internal Assessment, to be remedied to the benefit of the division, preventing external audit discovery and findings.
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Internal Controls Specialist

U.S. Department of Energy
06.2017 - 11.2019
  • Led Portfolio Management Division’s Internal Assessment Team providing scheduling, task assignments, coaching, feedback, and performing quality control; conducted independent quarterly, semi-annual and/or annual internal compliance evaluations, with team, to determine the level of compliance with delegated authority limits, established portfolio management standards and requirements, and the efficacy of the Portfolio Management Division’s operating procedures, routinely monitoring the compliance of project sponsors/borrowers with regulatory, technical and environmental standards by evaluating asset monitoring procedures, identifying inefficiencies in policies and operating procedures; analyzed data within internal compliance evaluations and compiles data into Portfolio Compliance Assessment Reports for use by senior management; initiated internal meetings to discuss audit/assessment findings, evidence, proposed effective improvements and remediation of findings through corrective action plans; assists in the creation of corrective action plans from external/internal audit/assessment report findings; monitors the implementation of corrective actions and closes out completed action plans; routinely championed efforts to improve and innovate existing processes, increase communication relative to internal control, and enforce compliance; participates in the negotiation and resolution of complex portfolio compliance issues; mentored new Internal Assessment team members and motivated existing members to meet all deliverables and/or milestones, providing relevant guidance and direction as needed; coached identified poor performers; contributed to Performance Assessment Plan (PAP) and Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) reviews and evaluations regarding employee performance in collaboration with Divisional leadership.
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Loan Specialist (Recent Graduate)

U.S. Department of Energy
12.2014 - 05.2017
  • Monitored day-to-day occurrences related to individual transactions and assisted in providing inputs to transaction/project reports for supervisor(s) on predetermined frequencies with an emphasis on variables that provide early warning signs of credit deterioration; reviewed, analyzed, and made recommendations regarding the adequacy of LPO internal control and compliance environment necessary for the management of high-value loans for innovative or commercially ready clean energy generation, and advanced technology vehicles and component manufacturing projects; reviewed policies and procedures related to loan monitoring and loan administration to ensure they are accurate and up to date; performed internal review of the loan monitoring and administration activities performed and reported compliance related to the application of LPO procedures and Federal laws, rules and standards related to loan management and, provided a report on the compliance to the standards defined by the LPO internal controls documents; identified, analyzed, and recommended effective solutions to various trends, situations, ratio, and deviations, etc., because of studies or evaluations conducted for managers and supervisors; assisted in the implementation of the LPO-level process for achieving program accountability through the development of LPO and division level risk assessments; performed internal reviews of the loan monitoring and administration transactional activities and reports of compliance with applicable accountability requirements; and provide an annual report on Program compliance with OMB A-123-requirements; assessed the adequacy and extent of programs designed to safeguard government assets; reported on the status of portfolio compliance, audit responses, corrective actions, lessons learned, and all findings to management with recommendations for improvement, and upon their approval, implementation strategies to provide corrective action; compiled and issued reports detailing conclusions and providing recommendations for improvements; recommending employee training and modifications to procedures as needed; participated in audits to assess and evaluate DOE Loan Program projects, compliance with procedure, policy, new legislation and/or resolve systematic problem areas of vital importance; developed drafts for new or revised policies, written materials (e.g. audit templates, job aids, etc., reports for Congress, the Office of the Secretary, and organizational departments); Kept up-to-date on standard compliance practices and other changes that may impact the merit of current internal control policies; conducted assessments and identified risks as part of A-11 and OMB A-123 reasonable assurance process; briefed Senior Management on emerging issues, strategic objectives, and mission goals relating to internal control and risk management strategies. Provided input to briefings for Portfolio Managers, and other senior DOE professional staff as requested, on relevant transaction developments and status of impaired assets; coordinated with peers in the Management Operations Division (LP-60), to research and prepare audit information required for monitoring loans by assessing the adequacy and extent of programs in compliance with OMB A-123 requirements; led the development of process maps and documentation for loan monitoring and administration activities to support the development of effective internal control system, including controls, risk registers, and risk mitigation techniques in support of the Loan program’s risk management initiatives; assisted with the identification and implementation of process improvements from the financial industry best practices, external assessments, and “Lessons Learned” reports to improve loan monitoring and administration activities; assisted in the analysis of loan performance metrics; collects, analyze, and reports monthly on the performance of loan monitoring operations, and validates the accuracy and quality of LPO data and information; assisted in preparing draft loan portfolio review and compliance documents, briefings, presentation materials, and program announcements. Under management supervision, contributed to briefings for the LPO Executive Director, DOE, and other federal agency officials, industry, and stakeholders; participated substantially in monitoring and assessing of organization’s compliance, responses to audits, and corrective actions and lessons learned by conducting, individually or as part of a team, ongoing reviews of all operating procedures, internal controls and compliance measures to determine any potential risks or to assess the compliance of divisions; reviewed and evaluated the soundness, effectiveness, and proper application and efficiency of internal controls, compliance procedures and controls and timeliness of documentation origination; well versed in GAO audit standards, the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO), Sarbanes-Oxley, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) , and other regulatory requirements; analyzed and reconciled discrepancies or inconsistencies and researched precedent studies; resolved a moderate range of problems or situations requiring the use of established analytical techniques to isolate and evaluate appropriate precedents; reviewed requests for personnel actions for justification of requests and accuracy of organizational data; prepared all supporting documentation, which includes but is not limited to, reviewing accuracy of position descriptions, composing new position descriptions; Performs other related duties as directed by the assigned Portfolio Manager(s) on discrete projects, and by the Supervisory Portfolio Manager, the Assistant Director, and the Director on routine work and special projects.
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Education

Master of Business Administration - Business Administration, Human Resources Management

Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
Downers Grove, IL

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Business Administration, Human Resources Management

DeVry University
Addison, IL
10.2012

Skills

  • Risk management and compliance
  • Business workflow visualization
  • Assessment of internal control frameworks
  • Quality assurance in documentation
  • Organizational risk analysis
  • Quality assurance testing
  • Effective team collaboration
  • Strategic team guidance
  • Process optimization
  • Data-driven business reporting
  • Operational analysis
  • Compliance management

Certification

  • COSO Internal Control, Institute of Internal Auditors - July 2024

Timeline

Loan Specialist (Commercial)

U.S. Department of Energy
12.2019 - Current

Internal Controls Specialist

U.S. Department of Energy
06.2017 - 11.2019

Loan Specialist (Recent Graduate)

U.S. Department of Energy
12.2014 - 05.2017

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Business Administration, Human Resources Management

DeVry University

Master of Business Administration - Business Administration, Human Resources Management

Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University

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