Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)


Assistant Secretary of the Army is a civilian office in the United States Department of the Army.
The office of Assistant Secretary of the Army grows out of a reorganization of the Department of the Army initiated in 1954 by Secretary of the Army">United States Secretary of the Army">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 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 under
George H. Roderick9 February 195425 August 1954Dwight D. EisenhowerRobert T. Stevens
Charles C. Finucane26 August 19548 February 1955Dwight D. EisenhowerRobert T. Stevens
Chester R. Davis10 March 195515 December 1956Dwight D. EisenhowerRobert T. Stevens, Wilber M. Brucker
George H. Roderick1 March 195720 January 1961Dwight D. EisenhowerWilber M. Brucker
William F. Schaub2 March 196131 December 1962John F. KennedyElvis Jacob Stahr Jr., Cyrus Vance
Edmund T. Pratt Jr.23 March 196325 November 1964John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. JohnsonCyrus Vance, Stephen Ailes
Michael P. W. Stone27 May 198612 May 1988Ronald ReaganFrank Carlucci
Kenneth B. Kramer14 October 1988September 1989Ronald ReaganFrank Carlucci
Douglas A. Brook28 February 19901992George H. W. BushMichael P. W. Stone
Helen T. McCoyJanuary 1994January 2001William J. ClintonTogo D. West Jr, Louis Caldera
Sandra L. PackNovember 2001December 2003George W. BushThomas E. White
Valerie L. BaldwinJuly 20042006George W. BushFrancis J. Harvey
Nelson M. FordOctober 2006December 2007George W. BushFrancis J. Harvey, Pete Geren
Mary Sally Matiella16 February 201027 February 2014Barack ObamaJohn M. McHugh
Robert M. Speer20 November 201419 January 2017Barack ObamaJohn M. McHugh
John E. Whitley26 September 201828 May 2021Donald TrumpMark Esper, Ryan McCarthy
Caral Spangler17 August 202120 January 2025Joe BidenChristine Wormuth
R. Wesley Robinson 20 January 202512 May 2025Donald TrumpMark Averill
Daniel P. Driscoll
Candice Kinn 12 May 202515 October 2025Donald TrumpDaniel P. Driscoll
Marc Andersen15 October 2025PresentDonald TrumpDaniel P. Driscoll

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 :
  • Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management & Comptroller –
  • * Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Operations & Information
  • * Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Cost & Economics
  • * Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Budget
A military deputy also reports to the assistant secretary, with the grade of lieutenant general.