Financial analysis flight is best in AETC Published Jan. 14, 2008 By Senior Airman Luis Loza Gutierrez 17th Training Wing Public Affairs GOODFELLOW AFB, Texas -- The 17th Comptroller Squadron's financial analysis flight was recently recognized by the Air Education and Training Command as the Best Financial Analysis Office in the major command for the 2007 fiscal year. The AETC Best Financial Analysis Office Award recognizes the outstanding achievements and accomplishments of an organization's overall effectiveness and contributions in fulfilling its role and mission. "I am absolutely thrilled," said Maj. Stephen Cristofori, 17 CPTS commander. "The flight experienced some drastic changes this last fiscal year and has not only weathered them, but raised its performance to a new level. I am extremely proud of them," he added. Nineteen people were cited by Maj. Cristofori as members of the AETC award-winning office/flight. The flight was directly headed by Nancy Royall, financial analysis flight chief, and 1st Lt. Ross Davis the deputy flight commander. The flight was composed of two teams, the Financial Management Analysis-1 Mission team and the Financial Management Analysis-2 Mission Support Team. The FMA-1 Mission Team members were Jimmy Phillips, Jean Shipman, Brenda Culleton, Staff Sgt. Thomas Weber and Senior Airman Jakob Won. The FMA-2 Mission Support Team members were Cory Lelek, Staff Sgt. Melinda Pace, Airman 1st Class Francisco Manitas and Airman 1st Class David Graham, who was recognized with an individual-AETC Financial Management award. Other members of the teams who were part of financial analysis office during the 2007 fiscal year were: Essie Williamson and Opal Hill, who have retired, Senior Airman Liane Fisher, who separated, 1st Lt. Aaron Lemke and Staff Sgts. Syema Sinclair and Jennifer Schwartz who have been assigned to a new section and Senior Master Sgt. Jeff Pray, who has been assigned to another installation. This financial analysis office earned the award thanks to several positive things it did to accomplish what some may consider, a not-so-easy mission. Some of the more notable things the office did in 2007 were: Being recognized and praised by the Secretary of the Air Force Financial Management Transformation team for harnessing technology with eight locally-developed-processes available on the Financial Management Transformation Community of Practice website. One of those eight developed processes involved the commitment of more than 160 hours to create a web-based system, which the flight entitled "PeopleWARE". The system acts as a one-stop training and information resource portal or hub for Goodfellow Air Force Base resource advisors. "Thanks to the PeopleWARE system, base RAs are able to save both time and hassle when it comes to completing several financial processes," said Mrs. Royall. "It also saves the base and the Air Force money because it is all done electronically," Mrs. Royall added. The flight was also able to identify and obtain an $8.1 million reimbursement for the base's Global War on Terrorism Training, which in turn resulted in more than 100 members from Team Goodfellow deployed and 130 standing by. Two other notable accomplishments by the flight were the preparation of a desktop database (unfunded), which allowed the wing commander to quickly access a $17 million list and increase speed for end-of-year funding. The flight also monitored the handling of $1.6 million from the Budget Executive Report, which helped acquire 1,100 computers and servers keeping the base's joint-intelligence training mission agile. The financial analysis flight will now compete in the same category against other organizations from other major commands at the service-level, but win or lose Team Goodfellow can rest easy knowing that the flight along with the rest of the 17th Comptroller Squadron will continue to make the money flow.
