Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)

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Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller
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Seal of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller)
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Flag of an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
Incumbent
Stephen Herrara
(Acting)
since January 20, 2021
Department of the Air Force
StyleMr. Secretary
The Honorable
(formal address in writing)
Reports toSecretary of the Air Force
Under Secretary of the Air Force
SeatThe Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
NominatorThe President with Senate advice and consent
Term lengthNo fixed term
Constituting instrument10 U.S.C. § 9016
Inaugural holderEugene M. Zuckert
Formation1947
Succession18th in SecDef succession by seniority of appointment
DeputyPrincipal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller
SalaryExecutive Schedule, Level IV[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller (SAF/FM) is a civilian official in the United States Department of the Air Force.

Responsibilities[]

According to U.S. law, there are five civilian Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force appointed by the President of the United States upon the advice and consent of the United States Senate.[2] They assist the United States Secretary of the Air Force and the United States Under Secretary of the Air Force. One of the five assistant secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller), who is responsible for "the exercise of the comptroller functions of the Department of the Air Force, including financial management functions."[2] The duties expressly given to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller) include determining the Department of the Air Force's budget estimates (in conjunction with the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)), supervising the department's financial management system, and overseeing the department's asset management system.[3] The assistant secretary is also responsible for developing a five-year plan for improving the department's financial management, which plan must be updated annually.[4] The Assistant Secretary also must submit an annual report to the Secretary of the Air Force detailing the state of the department's financial management.[5]

Subordinates[]

The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller) is supported by a principal deputy as well as senior leaders responsible for budget, cost and economics, and financial operations. The following are the key positions on the assistant secretary's staff.[6][7]

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller (SAF/FM), a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget (SAF/FMB), a major general

  • Director for Budget Operations and Personnel (SAF/FMBO), a brigadier general
  • Director for Budget Investment (SAF/FMBI), a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service
  • Director for Budget Management and Execution (SAF/FMBM), a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service
  • Director for Budget Programs (SAF/FMBP), a colonel
  • Director for Budget and Appropriations Liaison (SAF/FMBL), a colonel

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cost and Economics (SAF/FMC), a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Operations (SAF/FMP), a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service

  • Chief Information Officer, a civilian member of the Senior Executive Service

The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller) also oversees the Air Force Financial Services Center, the Air Force Cost Analysis Agency, and the Financial Management Center of Expertise.[7]

List of Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)[]

The first three appointees served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Management). That office was re-designated as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller) on 1 August 1954. The office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller) was disbanded on 27 March 1987. At that time, all Air Force financial management functions were consolidated under the Air Force Comptroller (a military position filled by a lieutenant general). The office of the Air Force Comptroller was disbanded on 1 July 1989 when the position of Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller) was re-established. Since that date, all Air Force financial management and comptroller functions have been directed by a presidentially appointed assistant secretary.[8]

Image Appointee Assumed office Left office President appointed by Secretary served under
Eugene Zuckert.jpg Eugene M. Zuckert 26 September 1947 2 July 1952 Harry S. Truman W. Stuart Symington;
Thomas K. Finletter
No image.svg James T. Hill, Jr. 5 July 1952 20 January 1953 Harry S. Truman Thomas K. Finletter
No image.svg 16 February 1953 2 July 1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower Harold E. Talbott
Lyle S. Garlock, Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1957.jpg 23 August 1954 15 October 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower;
John F. Kennedy 		Donald A. Quarles;
Dudley C. Sharp;
Eugene M. Zuckert
Neil E. Harlan, Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1963.jpg 3 January 1962 15 April 1964 John F. Kennedy;
Lyndon Johnson 		Eugene M. Zuckert
Leonard Marks, Jr., Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1964.jpg 26 June 1964 31 December 1967 Lyndon Johnson Eugene M. Zuckert;
Harold Brown
Thomas H. Nielsen, Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1968.jpg 1 January 1968 23 June 1969 Lyndon Johnson Harold Brown;
Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
Spencer J. Schedler, Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1970.jpg 24 June 1969 1 April 1973 Richard Nixon Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
William W. Woodruff, Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1973.jpg 2 April 1973 31 July 1975 Richard Nixon Robert C. Seamans, Jr.;
John L. McLucas
Francis Hughes, Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1976.jpg 17 March 1976 14 September 1976 Gerald Ford Thomas C. Reed
Everett T. Keech - Asst Sec of AF (Fin Mgt), 1977.jpg 15 September 1976 31 August 1977 Gerald Ford Thomas Reed;
John C. Stetson
John A. Hewitt, Jr., Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1979.jpg 27 February 1978 4 November 1979 Jimmy Carter John C. Stetson;
Hans Mark
Charles W. Snodgrass, Assist Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp),.jpg 18 June 1980 20 January 1981 Jimmy Carter Hans Mark
Russell D. Hale, USAF, 1983.jpg Russell D. Hale 18 June 1981 29 February 1984 Ronald Reagan Verne Orr
Richard E. Carver, Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 1984.jpg Richard E. Carver 3 October 1984 26 March 1987 Ronald Reagan Verne Orr;
Russell A. Rourke;
Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
Michael Donley official portrait.jpg Michael B. Donley 1 December 1989 19 January 1993 George H. W. Bush Donald Rice
Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary of Defense, 2009.jpg Robert F. Hale 30 March 1994 20 January 2001 Bill Clinton Sheila Widnall;
F. Whitten Peters
Michael Montelongo, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller.jpg Michael Montelongo 6 August 2001 24 March 2005 George W. Bush James G. Roche
John H. Gibson II.jpg John H. Gibson 19 December 2008 20 January 2009 George W. Bush Michael Wynne;
Michael B. Donley
Dr Jamie M. Morin, USAF.jpg Jamie M. Morin 19 June 2009 25 June 2014 Barack Obama Michael B. Donley;
Deborah Lee James
Lisa S. Disbrow, USAF, 2014.JPG Lisa S. Disbrow 31 July 2014 20 January 2016 Barack Obama Deborah Lee James
Ricardo A. Aguilera, Asst Sec AF (Fin Mgt & Comp), 2016.jpg [9][10] 1 February 2016 April 2017 Barack Obama Deborah Lee James
John P. Roth.jpg John P. Roth[11][12] 2 January 2018 20 January 2021 Donald Trump Heather Wilson
Matthew Donovan (acting)
Barbara Barrett
No image.svg (acting) 20 January 2021 Incumbent Joe Biden John P. Roth (acting)
Frank Kendall III

References[]

  1. ^ 5 U.S.C. § 5315
  2. ^ a b 10 U.S.C. § 9019(a)
  3. ^ 10 U.S.C. § 9019(b)(3)(C)
  4. ^ 10 U.S.C. § 9022(c)
  5. ^ 10 U.S.C. § 9022(d)
  6. ^ "SAF/FM Leadership". Archived from the original on September 13, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  7. ^ a b "SAF Organization". Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  8. ^ Cox, Laura E. (Major), Key Personnel, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Headquarters United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C., January 2013.
  9. ^ "Nominations Confirmed (Civilian)", confirmation action PN870, United States Senate, Washington, District of Columbia, 1 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Ricardo A. Aguilera", United States Air Force Biography, United States Air Force, United States Department of Defense, accessed via www.af.mil 29 April 2016.
  11. ^ "PN1030 — John P. Roth — Department of Defense", United States Congress, Washington, District of Columbia, 20 December 2017.
  12. ^ "John P. Roth", United States Air Force Biography, United States Air Force, United States Department of Defense, accessed via www.af.mil 18 January 2018.
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