# Presentation: 061620

## Human Capital Solutions at DFAS 

**Zack Gaddy**
**Director**
**Defense Finance and Accounting Service**
**March 2008**

- Integrity - Service - Innovation

## Outline

**Outline**

- DFAS Profile
- DFAS Transformation Blueprint
- Human Capital Initiatives
- Transformation/BRAC
- Leaders-In-Motion
- National Security Personnel System (NSPS)
- Professionalizing the Workforce
- Succession Planning

- Integrity - Service - Innovation

## DFAS Profile

**DFAS Profile**

**Japan**

**Europe**

**United States**

**OUR ORGANIZATION**

***Mission: Direct, approve, and perform finance and accounting activities for DoD***

**12.5K employees**

**18 sites**

**$1.63B in Costs**

**57M general ledger accounts maintained**
**13.8M commercial invoices paid**
**5.9M people paid**

**OUR BUSINESS**

- Integrity - Service - Innovation

## DFAS Transformation Blueprint

**People**
-  Human Capital Strategy
-  NSPS

**Structure**
-  BRAC
-  Centers of Excellence

**Process**
-  HPO
-  Lean 6
-  ERMP/BAM

**Technology**
-  ERP
-  Systems

**Information**
-  Business Intelligence
-  Benchmarking
-  Information Security

***Vision: Transforming with the Warfighter to remain the trusted financial partner for DoD***

**Vision**
**and**
**Leadership**

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## Transformation/BRAC – Present Structure 

**Closed Sites Personnel Data:**
**23% DFAS Placement**
**23% PPP Placement**
**37% Retirement**
**13% Voluntary Separation**
**  ****4% Reduction-in-Force**

**Texarkana**

**Europe**

**Japan**

**Omaha**

**Pensacola NAS**
**& Saufley Field**

**Rock Island**

**Kansas City**

**Arlington**

**Patuxent River**

**Denver**

**Indianapolis**

**Limestone**

**Rome**

**Columbus**

**Cleveland & Bratenahl**

**12.5K  People -**
**18 Sites -**
**$1.63B Costs -**

**San Diego**

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## Transformation/BRAC – Future Structure 

**Texarkana**

**Europe**

**Japan**

**Arlington**

**Indianapolis**

**Limestone**

**Rome**

**Columbus**

**Cleveland & Bratenahl**

**<10K People -**
**10 Sites -**
**$1.31B Costs -**

**Security Assistance Accounting**
**Debt and Claims**
**     ≥**** ****2,632 people**

**Acquisition Accounting including Contract Pay**
**≥ ****2,064 people**

**Transportation Working Capital Fund Accounting**
**≥ ****600 people**

**Medical Accounting**
**Special Ops Accounting**
**≥ ****1,000 people**

**Retired and Annuitant Pay**
**Garnishments**
**≥ ****1,500 people**

**Transformation/**
**BRAC Net Savings **
**FY 2006 – 2011**
** ****$620 Million**

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## Leaders-In-Motion - BEST PRACTICE  

- Overview:
- Leadership development program for entry level associates in strategic job families
- Key Attributes:
- Preparing future leadership cadre
- 88% retention rate
- Cited in Federal Computer Week - dubbed a ‘pocket of brilliance’

**Strategic Component:** Talent

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## National Security Personnel System (NSPS)

- Overview
- Personnel management system that compensates and rewards based on performance and contribution to the mission.
- Key Attributes
- Pay for performance
- Results oriented
- Mission driven job objectives
- Flexible architecture to more fully support the Warfighter

**Strategic Component:** Results-oriented performance culture

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## Professionalizing the Workforce

- Overview:
- Initiative to raise the level of relevant skills and competencies in focused professional/analytical series to meet anticipated needs
- Key Attributes:
- Increase competencies in critical job series
- Improve employee performance and customer trust

**Strategic Component:** Talent

- Integrity - Service - Innovation

## Succession Planning

- Overview
- Initiative to ensure the effective continuity of leadership
- Key Attributes
- Enables successor gap analysis
- Succession Planning database
- Refines development strategy

**Strategic Component: **Leadership & Knowledge Management

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## Questions?

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