Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)

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{{Infobox official post

| post = United States
Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Financial Management and Comptroller)

| flag = Flag_of_the_Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army.svg

| flagborder = yes

| flagsize = 180

| insignia = ASA_FMC.png

| insigniasize = 120

| insigniacaption = Seal of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)

| image = Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Financial Operations and Information R. Wesley Robinson, Jr.png

| incumbent = R. Wesley Robinson

| incumbentsince = 20 January 2025

| acting = yes

| department = United States Department of the Army

| reports_to = Secretary of the Army
Under Secretary of the Army

| nominator = The president with Senate advice and consent

| termlength = No fixed term

| constituting_instrument = {{url|https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/7016|10. U.S.C. § 7016}}

| style = Mr. Secretary
The Honorable
(formal address in writing)

| seat = The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States

| first = George H. Roderick

| formation = 1954

| succession = Joint 18th in SecDef succession in seniority of appointment

| deputy = Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller

| salary = Executive Schedule, Level IV{{UnitedStatesCode|5|5315}}

| website = {{url|www.asafm.army.mil|Official website}}

| footnotes =

}}

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) (abbreviated ASA(FM&C)) is a civilian office in the United States Department of the Army.

The office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) grows out of a reorganization of the Department of the Army initiated in 1954 by United States Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens and largely designed by United States Under Secretary of the Army John Slezak.{{cite web|url=http://www.history.army.mil/books/root/chapter6.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608154307/http://www.history.army.mil/books/root/chapter6.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 June 2010 |title=James E. Hewes, Jr., ', From Root to McNamara: Army Organization and Administration', (1975), pp. 233–234 |publisher=History.army.mil |access-date=27 May 2011}}

The mission of the assistant secretary of the army (financial management and comptroller) is to formulate, submit, and defend the United States Army's budget to the United States Congress and the American public; to oversee the proper and effective use of appropriated resources to accomplish the Army's assigned missions; to provide timely, accurate, and reliable financial information to enable leaders and managers to incorporate cost considerations into their decision-making; to provide transparent reporting to Congress and the American public on the use of appropriated resources and the achievement of established army-wide performance objectives; and manage and coordinate programs for the accession, training, and professional development of army resource managers.{{cite web|url=https://www.asafm.army.mil/Default.aspx|title=Army Financial Management Homepage|publisher=Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller|access-date=22 December 2010}}

List of assistant secretaries of the army (financial management and comptroller), 1954—present (incomplete)

class="wikitable"
Name

!Assumed office

!Left office

!President appointed by

!|Secretary served under

George H. Roderick{{cite web|url=http://www.history.army.mil/books/root/appB.htm |title=James E. Hewes, Jr., ', From Root to McNamara: Army Organization and Administration', (1975), pp. 381–382 |publisher=History.army.mil |access-date=27 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522000828/http://www.history.army.mil/books/root/appB.htm |archive-date=22 May 2011|url-status=dead}}

|9 February 1954

|25 August 1954

|rowspan="4" | Dwight D. Eisenhower

|rowspan="2" | Robert T. Stevens

Charles C. Finucane

|26 August 1954

|8 February 1955

Chester R. Davis

|10 March 1955

|15 December 1956

|Robert T. Stevens, Wilber M. Brucker

George H. Roderick

|1 March 1957

|20 January 1961

|Wilber M. Brucker

William F. Schaub

|2 March 1961

|31 December 1962

|John F. Kennedy

|Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr., Cyrus Vance

Edmund T. Pratt Jr.

|23 March 1963

|25 November 1964

|John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson

|Cyrus Vance, Stephen Ailes

Michael P. W. Stone

|27 May 1986

|12 May 1988

|rowspan="2" | Ronald Reagan

|rowspan="2" | Frank Carlucci

Kenneth B. Kramer

|14 October 1988{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/100th-congress/1165?r=73|title=PN1165 - Nomination of Ken Kramer for Department of Defense, 100th Congress (1987-1988)|date=14 October 1988}}

|1989

Douglas A. Brook{{cite web|author=Kevin D. Jones |url=http://research.nps.edu/cgi-bin/vita.cgi?p=display_vita&id=1023567796 |title=Profile of Douglas A. Brock at the Naval Postgraduate School |publisher=Research.nps.edu |access-date=27 May 2011}}

|28 February 1990{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/101st-congress/924|title=PN924 - Nomination of Douglas Alan Brook for Department of Defense, 101st Congress (1989-1990)|date=28 February 1990}}

|1992

|George H. W. Bush

|Michael P. W. Stone

Helen T. McCoy

|January 1994

|January 2001

|William J. Clinton

|Togo D. West Jr, Louis Caldera

Sandra L. Pack[https://books.google.com/books?id=d9xPx5IkL5QC&dq=Sandra+L.+Pack+%22assistant+secretary+of+the+army%22&pg=SL4-PA551 Nomination of Pack, Congressional Record, 8 Nov. 2001, p. D551], [http://asafm.army.mil/Documents/OfficeDocuments/CostEconomics/acm/archives-memos//022502.pdf Memo from Pack while Assistant Secretary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722180525/http://asafm.army.mil/Documents/OfficeDocuments/CostEconomics/acm/archives-memos//022502.pdf |date=22 July 2011 }}

|November 2001

|December 2003

|rowspan="3" | George W. Bush

|Thomas E. White

Valerie L. Baldwin{{cite web|last=McIntire |first=Katherine |url=http://www.govexec.com/features/0905-15/0905-15CFOs5.htm |title=Katherine McIntire Peters, "Chief Financial Officers: Army: Valerie Lynn Baldwin", ', Government Executive',, 15 Sept. 2005 |publisher=Govexec.com |date=15 September 2005 |access-date=27 May 2011}}

|July 2004

|2006

|Francis J. Harvey

Nelson M. Ford{{cite web|url=http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/12/army_fordarmysec_071204w/ |title="Ford named acting undersecretary of the Army", ', Army Times',, 5 Dec. 2007 |publisher=Armytimes.com |date=4 December 2007 |access-date=27 May 2011}}

|October 2006

|December 2007

|Francis J. Harvey, Pete Geren

Mary Sally Matiella{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/34542/army-swears-in-new-financial-management-secretary/ |title="Army swears in new financial management secretary", 17 Feb. 2010 |publisher=Army.mil |access-date=27 May 2011}}

|16 February 2010

|27 February 2014

|rowspan="2" | Barack Obama

|rowspan="2" | John M. McHugh

Robert M. Speer{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/113th-congress/1559 | title="Congressional Actions on Presidential Nomination (PN) 1559" | date=20 November 2014 |publisher=United States Congress |access-date=4 December 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/one_item_and_teasers/nom_confc.htm |title=Nominations Confirmed (Civilian) |publisher=United States Senate |access-date=4 December 2014}}

|20 November 2014

|19 January 2017

John E. Whitley{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-administration-appointee-tracker/database/?noredirect=on|title=Trump nominations tracker: See which key positions have been filled so far|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2018-10-11|language=en}}

|26 September 2018

|28 May 2021{{Cite web|url=https://www.asafm.army.mil/offices/oasa/asafmc.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907043806/https://www.asafm.army.mil/offices/oasa/asafmc.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 September 2017|title=John E. Whitley Biography|website=Army Financial Management & Comptroller|access-date=11 October 2018}}

|Donald Trump

|Mark Esper, Ryan McCarthy

Caral Spangler

|17 August 2021

|20 January 2025

|Joe Biden

|Christine Wormuth

R. Wesley Robinson (Acting)

|20 January 2025

|Incumbent

|Donald Trump

|Mark Averill (Acting)
Daniel P. Driscoll

Deputy assistant secretaries

One principal deputy assistant secretary of the army and three deputy assistant secretaries of the army roles reporting to the assistant secretary (ASA(FM&C)):{{cite web |title=Army Financial Management & Comptroller > About This Site > Organization |url=https://www.asafm.army.mil/About-This-Site/Organization/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017003929/https://www.asafm.army.mil/About-This-Site/Organization/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 October 2020 |website=www.asafm.army.mil |access-date=6 July 2021}}

  • Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management & Comptroller (PDASA-FM&C) – (non-career appointment)
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Operations & Information (DASA-FOI)
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Cost & Economics (DASA-CE)
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Budget (DASA-BU)

A military deputy also reports to the assistant secretary, with the grade of lieutenant general.

References

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