Transforming Army Financial Management Support

Abstract

It has been a common presumption over the last generation that the United States Army Finance Corps is going away. Part of this presumption is due to the misperception that the Defense Integrated Military Human Resource System (DIMHRS) will make the Finance Corps obsolete. The Finance Corps, as well as the broader financial management (FM) community, remains relevant, primarily because of its proven value to an Army at war, and its demonstrated relevance in support of commanders, units, and warriors of all Services. However, significant problems exist -- the latest effort at transforming the Finance Corps, called Financial Management Redesign (FMR), eliminated all financial management commands at battalion level and higher, leaving in its wake an operational void. This paper will explain why the US Army Finance Corps and the financial management (FM) mission have survived and thrived to this day, why DIMHRS does not foretell the death of the Army Finance Corps, and how FM Redesign has been a failure. The paper also provides recommendations on how to restructure the financial management force in order to greatly improve financial management support to the Army and our Soldiers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA520002

Entities

People

  • Leo M. Impavido

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Deployment
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Finance
  • Financial Management
  • Force Structure
  • Iraqi-War
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Students
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design