The Future of Defense Financial Management and You
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T HE F UTURE OF D EFENSE F INANCIAL M ANAGEMENT AND YOU Presented to the ASMC Yankee Chapter By Alvin Tucker, CDFM-A August 16, 2012
P ROFESSIONAL O VERVIEW Your profession is Defense
Financial Management Specific Body of Knowledge Ethical Standards Public Trust Legal Liability
C ORE C OMPETENCIES FOR D O D F INANCIAL M ANAGEMENT 1.
2.
Government Resource Management Environment Manpower Management
3.
Personnel Management
4.
Management’s Responsibility for and Internal Controls
5.
Defense Budget Process
6.
Cost and Economic Analysis
7.
Business Management Process Improvement
8.
Fiscal Law
9.
Finance
10.
Accounting
11.
Auditing
ASMC
IS YOUR
P ROFESSIONAL S OCIETY
Non-profit association founded in 1948
Serves financial managers in:
Today has about 20,000 members
Five military services and defense agencies
150 chapters, 78 corporate members
Major offerings
National PDI and regional PDIs
Chapter training programs
Certification program (CDFM)
Professional journal
Selected training courses
W HAT’ S H APPENING N OW ?
OMB policy on “Conferences”
DoD course-based certification
Virtual PDI
Sequestration
Audit Readiness
GSA S CANDAL
300 Feds go to Las Vegas in October 2010
Spent $822K: Planning $136K, Conference $686K
Failed to follow contracting regulations
Incurred excessive and impermissible costs for food
Incurred impermissible and questionable miscellaneous expenses
Planning goal: make it “over the top”
FALL O UT
President’s Executive Order, Nov 9, 2011
20 % reduction in travel in FY 2012 vs. FY 2010
IG Report on GSA Conference, April 2, 2012
Sen. Coburn (R-OK) amendment to Postal Reform
OMB memo, May 11, 2012
Reduce FY 2013 travel by 30% vs. FY 2010
Over $100K needs higher level approval
$500K prohibition, but it can be waived
I MPACT
ON
ASMC
PDI and Mini-PDI’s qualify as “conferences”, especially if held in commercial facilities
Costs for approval parameters include: fees, food, lodging, transportation paid by Government
Presently, approval levels at DCMO and DepSecDef
Approval levels may change after the 1st round
Greater reliance on Virtual PDI
V IRTUAL PDI
Began with PDI 2012
Presently 1,184 paid participants
73 workshops and interviews on line
CPE available
CPE management tool
COURSE-BASED CERTIFICATION •
Approved in FY 2012 NDAA
Pilot begins October 1, 2012 (FY 2013) Three skill levels: • Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Specific course requirements Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Certification encouraged Bachelor and advanced degrees encouraged
S EQUESTRATION
$1.2 Trillion over ten years
50% to National Security, or $600 B
For DoD, about $50 Billion a year
Percentage reductions by appropriation title
President can exempt Military Pay
No programmatic discretion
Happens January 2, 2013
S EQUESTRATION ( CONT ’ D )
Good News:
“It can’t be allowed to happen” - DoD leaders
“It won’t happen” – Congressional leaders
Bad News:
Decision deferred until after the election
I SSUES FOR A L AME D UCK C ONGRESS
Debt limit increase
Extension of Bush tax cuts
Continuing resolution
AMT fix
Doc fix
Sequestration
Extension of payroll tax reduction
A UDIT R EADINESS
Assert audit readiness for Statement of Budgetary Resources (SBR) by end CY 2014
Begin audit of SBR in FY 2015
Achieve clean audit opinions on all DoD FY 2017 financial statements
A UDIT R EADINESS ( CONT ’ D )
Provide more audit readiness training in the EDFM course
Develop an audit readiness training package for alternative delivery methods
W HAT ’ S
HAPPENING WITH YOU ?
Sharpen skills
Stay flexible Be mobile Get more training
Diversify Certification
H ELP Y OU S TAND O UT
Test-based Certification
Certified Defense Financial Manager
Enhanced Defense Financial Management Training Course
3 College Credits (undergraduate or Graduate with research paper)
ASMC awards
H ELP Y OU B E
A
L EADER
Leadership opportunities
In your ASMC chapter
In community service
CDFM
R EQUIREMENTS •
Complete four years of federal government related financial management experience with an Associate degree or higher), or
•
Complete three years of Defense related financial management experience (without degree), or
•
Complete two years of Defense related financial management experience an Associate degree, or higher.
O THER T RAINING IN FY 2013
Enhanced Defense Financial Management (EDFM) – 5-day training course
Acquisition module – 2-day course
Audio Conferences
Refresher courses for CDFM modules
Six other offerings during the year
Fiscal Law
1-,2-,3-day courses on-site
PDI 2013 D ENVER C ONVENTION C ENTER Monday, May 27 – CDFM Review Courses, Module 4 Acquisition (2day) Tuesday, May 28 – CDFM Review, Testing, MicroSoft Training
Wednesday, May 29 – Official Opening, Service Day, General Session Thursday-Friday, May 30 – May 31 Over 100 Workshops, 7 Mini-Courses, General Sessions
A SSESSMENT R ESULTS
Members value ASMC – 65% rated high, 6% low
ASMC professional development – 87% hi, 2.5% low
Member loyalty – 83% likely to renew, 5% not
Recommend to colleagues – 78% likely, 5% not
PDI – 74% highly satisfied
WHAT OUR MEMBERS WANT
Attract new and younger members
Focused education or certification – contracting and audit
Virtual PDI capability
More support for chapters:
National instructors for chapter meetings
Speaker identification
ASMC F IVE -Y EAR P LAN
NEC approved in June 2011
Improve communications
Develop a virtual PDI
Better Chapter outreach
Provide more educational offerings
F IVE -Y EAR P LAN G OALS
Increase membership to 50% of FM workforce
Increase active CDFM’s to 15% of FM workforce
Achieve 75 Five-Star Chapters
Attain 2,000 participants in virtual PDI
Develop a stronger image outside the FM community
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