1. Workshop Session II

3. Cynthia Beck Program Executive Officer, BTA
Near-Term Financial
Management Transformation
Cynthia Beck Program Executive Officer, BTA

4. Near Term Financial Management Transformation Professional Development Institute Washington D.C. Chapter March 15, 2007
Cynthia Beck
Acting PEO, Enterprise Finance Programs
Business Transformation Agency

5. BTA Mission
To guide transformation of business operations throughout the Department of Defense and to deliver Enterprise-level capabilities that align to warfighter needs.

6. BTA Organizational Structure
Business Transformation Agency (BTA)
Defense Business Systems Acquisition Executive
(DBSAE)
Enterprise Integration
(EI)
Transformation Planning & Performance
(TP&P)
Transformation Priorities & Requirements
(TP&R)
Investment Management
(IM)
Warfighter Support Office
(WSO)
Agency Operations
(Agency Ops)

7. Tiered Accountability
Enterprise Shared Services and System Capabilities
DoD ENTERPRISE LAYER
Enterprise Rules and Standards for Interoperability
ARMY
NAVY
AIR FORCE
DLA
DFAS
USTRANSCOM
Business Transformation Agency (BTA)

8. Strategic Imperatives: Simplify Adopt Implement!
DBSAE Mission
Drive successful implementation of assigned initiatives and programs that deliver DoD enterprise business systems and capabilities.
The DBSAE serves as the Component Acquisition Executive for DoD Enterprise level programs and initiatives as assigned by the Defense Business Systems Management Committee to the BTA
Strategic Imperatives: Simplify       Adopt       Implement!

9. Enterprise Finance Portfolio of BTA financial systems
Business Enterprise Information Services (BEIS)
Defense Departmental Reporting System (DDRS)
Defense Cash Accountability System (DCAS)
Defense Corporate Database/Defense Corporate Warehouse (DCD/DCW)
Transportation Global Edit Table (TGET)
Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI)
Intragovernmental Transactions (IGT)
Intragovermental Value Added Network (IVAN)

10. Business Enterprise Information Services Objective and Scope
Deliver enterprise financial business capability in the form of the following services:
Reference Data Services
Corporate Applications
General Ledger Services
Financial Reporting
Cash Reporting
Enterprise Business Intelligence
Scope:
Build upon existing financial infrastructure for general ledger, financial and cash reporting
Develop contingency reports, status of funds and executive dashboards
Establish SFIS library and deploy web services

11. Defense Agencies Initiative Objective and Scope
To achieve auditable CFO compliant business environments with accurate, timely, authoritative financial data. The primary goal is to deploy a standardized system solution to improve overall financial management and comply with BEA, SFIS, and OFFM requirements
Scope:
Implement a compliant business solution with common business processes and data standards for the following business functions within budget execution*: procure to pay; order to fulfill; acquire to retire; budget to report; cost accounting; grants management; people pay; and re-sale.

12. Intragovernmental Transactions Objective and Scope
Provide the capability to properly account for, eliminate, and reconcile Intragovernmental Transactions
Scope:
Develop proof of concept to validate the reimbursable model contained in the DoD Business Enterprise Architecture (Intragovermental Value Added Network – IVAN)
Develop ability to identify and eliminate sales, services, or transfers between two entities within the DoD and other Federal Agencies

13. Mats Persson Enterprise Integration Business Transformation Agency
Enterprise Integration Professional Development Institute Washington D.C. Chapter March 15, 2007
Mats Persson
Enterprise Integration
Business Transformation Agency

14. Enterprise Integration
EI is staffed with experienced industry system integration personnel
Key to modernization effort
Brings expertise not available in government
Provides link between government and contractor
Assists in implementing BEA  
Assists in establishing best practices

15. On going key tasks Support the ERP Programs
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
DLA
Provide implementation and integration support within BTA
Act as ambassadors and “communicators” for BTA with ERPs and other DoD users
Help resolve major integration issues
Attend, present, and participate in Industry conferences

16. Standard Financial Information Structure Professional Development Institute Washington D.C. Chapter March 15, 2007
Ray Bombac
Transformation Priorities and Requirements
Business Transformation Agency

17. Current Financial Visibility Challenge
Lack of financial data standards across the Services impedes the ability to analyze performance on an enterprise-wide basis

18. SFIS Defined
SFIS is the DoD’s common business language that enables budgeting, performance based management, and the generation of financial statements.
SFIS Phase I focused on the data elements needed to support generation of the DoD financial statements.
SFIS Phase II and III focused on an enterprise-level standard cost accounting structure.
SFIS Webpage
SFIS Library

19. Components of SFIS Appropriation Account Information
Budget Program Information
Organizational Information
Transactional Information
Trading Partner Information
Cost Accounting Information

20. SFIS Governance Structure (Core Team)
USD (C)
ODUSD (P&B)
ODUSD (DCFO)
ARMY
DFAS
BTA
Coordinator
USD (AT&L)
ODUSD (I&E)
ODUSD (MR&MP)
OUSD (ARA&RA)
USD (P&R)
DLA
NAVY AF
USMC
USD (PA&E)
MDA

21. SFIS Deployment Approaches
Legacy Accounting Systems
Encompasses existing Component financial accounting systems
Utilizes a centralized cross-walk capability to translate accounting transaction data to SFIS compliant data
Business Feeder Systems
Encompasses systems which create business transactions within DoD
Includes systems that create transactions such as travel orders, contracts, contract modifications, and certain types of invoices
Target Accounting Systems
Encompasses emerging environments, including ERP systems
SFIS compliance to be embedded directly in these target systems

22. SFIS Current Status What’s been done?
SFIS Phase I: 59 elements released in BEA 3.0 Sept 05
SFIS Phase II: 5 new data elements released in BEA 4.0 Sept 06
SFIS Phase III: 12 new data element and 1 deletion will be released in BEA 4.1 March 07

23. Summary Deliver SFIS compliant DoD financial reports
Provide business intelligence capability for DoD
Provide enterprise reference data services
Enhance financial accuracy, reliability and timeliness for Defense Agencies
Demonstrate proof of concept for intragovernmental transactions to address DoD material weakness

24. Questions?