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FORT MCPHERSON, Ga. (June 18, 2008) - As Audrey Moss sits at her
desk in U.S. Army Central's Resource Management Office her desk is
adorned with pictures of her daughter who is in nursing school and
Biblical quotes representing her faith.
Meeting her, one would see a kind person with a genuine smile
who laughs with her coworkers but knows when it is time to get down
to business as the phone rings and she begins to quote numbers.
The Senior Stock Fund Budget Analyst at USARCENT was awarded the
Commander's Award for Civilian Service June 18 for her exceptional
service and the amount of money she has saved the government.
Moss' resume is impressive. Following in her mother's footsteps
she began government service with the Internal Revenue Service in
1981 where she worked for a year. She then worked for Ft.
McPherson's finance office and then the Defense Accounting Service
both in Georgia and Orlando Florida. In 1998 she came to
USARCENT.
Over the past nine years her achievements alone are impressive
let alone the amount of money she has saved the government.
To truly understand her impact, one must know that USARCENT
stock fund purchases account for about 48 percent of the Army's
entire stock fund totals. Stock funds are all the supplies that are
purchased, both for the USARCENT headquarters and the theater.
Supplies range from a washer and nut, pens and paper to tank
tracks, chopper blades, engines, armor, whatever the troops
need.
"We have a big footprint in supply, not just locally but
worldwide," Moss said. "What impacts us, impacts the world."
From Oct. 1, 2003 to May 19, 2007, Moss retrieved approximately
$320 million a year through her reconciliation efforts. These funds
were able to be reused by USARCENT for new stock fund purchases
thus increasing readiness to deployed combat forces in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
When asked about the award and her job, Moss responds with
humility.
"We just try to save money," she said. "We look over the
supplies purchased in theatre and here at the headquarters and we
try to do whatever cost avoidance we can."
In addition, Moss has done audits to uncover suspected
fraudulent expenses or
those made that were out of Army regulation.
One such incident saved the Army nearly a half-billion dollars
in cost avoidance through identification of errors in the Funds
Control Module (FCM). According to the 2008 Posture Statement on
the Funds Control Module, "FCM ensures the Army has the fully
integrated logistical/financial process necessary to provide
Commanders with online, real-time access to supply resources."
As a result of the errors she identified, USARCENT recommended
that FCM use a reconciliation tool that will regain a capability
lost when FCM replaced the former system. FCM is implementing this
tool.
Amidst saving money, Moss has served as the Master Trainer for
more than 100 military and civilian personnel on issues dealing
with stock fund management. She received a plaque for being the top
saver of funds for the Army at the Professional Development
Institute for the American Society of Military Comptrollers in
2005. She is also the team leader for the 2007 Assistant Secretary
of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller Top Resource
Management Team Award for her leadership during the transition of
USARCENT to the FCM.
When Moss came to USARCENT she worked with just one other
person. Now she has a team of 9 others.
In the true form of a good leader, Moss is humble about her
achievements as she describes the team she works with.
"Even though I got the plaque and the recognition, I couldn't do
this by myself," Moss said. "This is a team effort, we work
together and we are like a puzzle. We just fit together. I have
been very lucky to build the team that we have."
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