Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller / CFO

Amazing showing and great support from the students and faculty at Indiana University Bloomington last week! We had the honor of spending the day sharing DoD Financial Management Community Opportunities to Hoosier Nation during open office hours, our tabling event, and fireside chat. A special thanks to IUB’S Ms. Cindy Reichard, Olivia Shedivy, and their entire team for the tremendous hospitality and making certain our event was a success. Shout out to our DFAS-Indianapolis team members Jordan Cochran, CMA, Josef Oshinski, Michael Pollitt, Marcie Stoner, and IUB graduate Tommie Lucas. Thank you, Mrs. Cathy Van Hoesen, Director of Finance Standards and Customer Services, DFAS and for supporting our event with the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis! Finally, thank you to all the Indiana Bloomington students for their interest in our numerous DoD career opportunities! With the second half of the Fall 2024 semester nearing an end, our final recruiting visit will be with Alfred University at their Virtual Career Fest on November 20th from 11am-3pm EST. Students can sign up for group sessions via Handshake! #OUSDC #IU #FMCommunity #Alfred #Recruitment

Apply Now! A career opportunity is available as a Senior Advisor, Enterprise Financial Transformation (EFT) Strategies and Systems, Office of Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD(C). The announcement is open now and closes Dec. 3. https://lnkd.in/exhFCbpA #jobopportunity #OUSDC

"I believe the department has turned a corner in its understanding of its challenges, and more importantly in addressing them. Momentum is on our side, and throughout the department there is strong commitment — and belief in our ability — to achieve an unmodified audit opinion."?– HON Mike McCord, Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer. ? Recently, United States Department of Defense released the results of its departmentwide fiscal year 2024 financial audit. While the department's inspector general provided an overall "disclaimer of opinion" on DoD financial statements, which means the department has not yet achieved a clean audit, McCord said the department has shown great improvement every year on departmentwide audits. ? This year’s highlights include: ?? Defense Threat Reduction Agency achieved its first unmodified audit opinion ?? 8 DoD reporting entities closed or downgraded material weaknesses related to the Department’s fund balance with the Treasury Department?(matched their balance with the Treasury’s balance) ? Read more about the audit results on defense.gov: https://lnkd.in/eWDR9kg9 #OUSDC #Audit #DoD

Amazing showing and great support from the students and facility at The Sorrell College of Business at Troy University on 7 November. We had the honor of spending the day presenting DoD Financial Management Community Opportunities to Trojan Nation during open office hours, our tabling event, and keynote presentation. Thank you, Ms. Kim Laurance, Assistant Deputy Chief Financial Officer at OUSD(C) and Dr. Cherry Wilcoxon, DCMA Financial Business Operations Director, for supporting our event! Special shout out and thanks to Ms. Lauren Cole and her entire team for the tremendous hospitality and making certain our event was a success. Thank you to all the Troy Trojan students for their interest in our numerous DoD career opportunities! Looking forward to having you join the team. #OUSDC #DoD #TroyUniversity #DCMA

This afternoon Ms. Jennifer Desautel took the oath of office and was sworn in as the Director of Defense Contract Audit Agency. Please join us in congratulating Director Desautel on her new role.

CY 2023 Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Financial Management Awards Winners Recognized! OUSD(C) would like to recognize Teresa Frank, Capt. Nikolas Biancalanca, the Missile Defense Agency Deputy Comptroller Foreign Military Sales Audit Team, and the Consolidated Adjudication Service Conversion Effort team on the Salute to Excellence in Government Service- Exceptional Innovation award. This category recognizes either an individual or team whose actions have resulted in significant innovations in Financial Management. Congratulations to all! #OUSDC #FM

Thank you, George Mason University, for welcoming our Financial Future team to campus earlier this week! We were thrilled to bring three of our Patriot graduates, to include Ms. Alaleh Jenkins, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management & Comptroller), Department of the Navy, back to Mason Nation! Today we are off to meet the Trojans of Troy University! We look forward to speaking with these future finance leaders at the Trojan Center from 2:00 - 3:00pm. #FinancialFuture #DoDFM #CareerOpportunities

Listen to Mr. Roberto Rodriguez, former Director of Investment Programs, OSD-Comptroller,?share his 18 years of experience and perspective on the DoD’s Investment Budget and Defense Acquisition Challenges.?He imparts his perspective on DoD implementation of the PPBE Recommendations, DAU and Defense Acquisition Training, and the future of DoD Acquisition: https://lnkd.in/emteDqeD

CY 2023 Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Financial Management Awards Winners Recognized! OUSD(C) would like to recognize Christine Tucker, Alex Diaz, and the Financial and Human Capital Resource Management Team on the Salute to Excellence in Government Service- Exceptional Savings award. This category recognizes either an individual or team whose actions have resulted in a significant savings to the taxpayer. Congratulations all! #OUSDC #FMCommunity

Wow! What a tremendous day at Virginia State University (VSU) career fair yesterday. Our team had the honor of spending the day presenting DoD Financial Management Community opportunities at VSU and the turnout and professionalism of the student body was amazing! Special shout out and huge thank you to Professor Jonathan Young for guiding his students to visit our booth. Thank you to all the VSU Trojan students for their interest in our numerous DoD career opportunities! We would be lucky to have you join our DoD team. Next stop on the recruitment journey, the Patriots of George Mason University – Costello College of Business on 4 November for office hours, tabling, and a fireside chat with students hosted by Ms. Alaleh Jenkins, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management & Comptroller), Department of the Navy. #OUSDC #Recruitment #VSU #FMCommunity #GMU