Transforming Army Financial Management Support to Brigade Combat Teams and Divisions
Abstract
The Finance Corps is at the crossroads of its existence. Recently, the Commandant of the Finance Corps published two memoranda that provide the concept and details of the latest approved Financial Management Redesign (FMR). The FMR recognizes and incorporates resource management as an integral part of deployable financial management while identifying procurement operations in support of sustaining forces as a priority. The FMR provides a deliberate transformation that expands force structure and the scope of operations without consideration to organizational changes in other activities, or the technological advances in information available to alter internal processes. This paper proposes an alternative that accelerates the transformation by focusing on financial support provided to active duty division and brigade-level combat teams, and separate brigade-level units. It includes a review of recent facts and history; discusses the current operational environment; and establishes valid criteria to compare and analyze both the FMR and the alternative. Finally, the paper will demonstrate that the Finance Corps must drastically change its organizational structure by eliminating battalion and detachment commands while divesting rudimentary data entry and distribution tasks if it is to truly transform. (12 figures)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 12, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA424314
Entities
People
- Ronald C. Mixan
Organizations
- United States Army War College