The assistant secretary of the navy (financial management and comptroller) (abbreviated ASN FM) is a civilian office of the

United States Department of the Navy The United States Department of the Navy (DON) is one of the three military departments within the United States Department of Defense. It was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April 1798, at the urging of Secretary of War James McHenr ...

. The assistant secretary of the navy (financial management and comptroller) is responsible for managing and directing all of the financial matters, including the annual budgets, of the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...

and the

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for conducting expeditionar ...

. The assistant secretary of the navy (financial management and comptroller) is also the

comptroller A comptroller (pronounced either the same as ''controller'' or as ) is a management-level position responsible for supervising the quality of accountancy, accounting and financial reporting of an organization. A financial comptroller is a senior- ...

of the Department of the Navy. The assistant secretary of the navy (financial management and comptroller) reports to the under secretary of the navy. The office was established in 1954; disestablished in 1958; and then re-established in 1961. In June 1981, the office was re-designated as Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller), but in March 1984, the name switched back to Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller).

Assistant secretaries of the navy (financial management and comptroller), 1954—present

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External links

Navy Library Profile of the Office

Website of the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (Financial Management)
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