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.
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.
List of assistant secretaries of the Army (financial management and comptroller), 1954—present (incomplete)
NameAssumed officeLeft officePresident appointed bySecretary served underGeorge H. Roderick9 February 195425 August 1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower Robert T. StevensCharles C. Finucane26 August 19548 February 1955Chester R. Davis10 March 195515 December 1956Robert T. Stevens, Wilber M. BruckerGeorge H. Roderick1 March 195720 January 1961Wilber M. BruckerWilliam F. Schaub2 March 196131 December 1962John F. KennedyElvis Jacob Stahr Jr., Cyrus VanceEdmund T. Pratt Jr.23 March 196325 November 1964John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. JohnsonCyrus Vance, Stephen AilesMichael P. W. Stone27 May 198612 May 1988 Ronald Reagan Frank CarlucciKenneth B. Kramer14 October 1988September 1989Douglas A. Brook28 February 19901992George H. W. BushMichael P. W. StoneHelen T. McCoyJanuary 1994January 2001William J. ClintonTogo D. West Jr, Louis CalderaSandra L. PackNomination of Pack, Congressional Record, 8 Nov. 2001, p. D551, Memo from Pack while Assistant Secretary November 2001December 2003 George W. BushThomas E. WhiteValerie L. BaldwinJuly 20042006Francis J. HarveyNelson M. FordOctober 2006December 2007Francis J. Harvey, Pete GerenMary Sally Matiella16 February 201027 February 2014 Barack Obama John M. McHughRobert M. Speer20 November 201419 January 2017John E. Whitley26 September 201828 May 2021Donald TrumpMark Esper, Ryan McCarthyCaral Spangler17 August 202120 January 2025Joe BidenChristine WormuthR. Wesley Robinson (Performing the Duties of)20 January 202512 May 2025Donald TrumpMark Averill (Acting)Daniel P. DriscollCandice Kinn (Acting)12 May 202515 October 2025Donald TrumpDaniel P. DriscollMarc Andersen15 October 2025PresentDonald TrumpDaniel P. DriscollAdam Telle (Acting)
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)): 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.
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