Purpose:

The Army Comptroller Course (ACC) provides a basic multi-discipline financial and resource management overview to Department of Defense (DOD) civilian and military personnel newly assigned to the comptroller career field and other personnel without a multi-discipline background. The course blends current DOD/Army management and the latest in academic management techniques.

Overview:

The course, consisting of 25 to 30 students, is divided into four general learning objectives accomplished through lectures, group projects, guest speakers and a Capstone exercise (a year-of-execution installation-level decrement exercise).  Guest speakers address the real-time application of skills and challenges facing the Army and DOD. The Capstone exercise ties all instruction together, requiring students to apply everything they have learned. Upon completion of the course, 120 CPEs are awarded for the resident course and 80 CPEs for the virtual course —including four hours of ethics training.

The four learning objectives are:

1. Understanding the Financial/Resource Management Environment
2. Understanding Financial Management
3. Understanding Resource Management
4. Process Integration

Administration:

The resident course is a three-week program conducted at the Whitman School at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, and Syracuse University’s Minnowbrook Conference Center in the Adirondack Mountains. Classes are conducted from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, requiring several hours of homework each day. Two in-course exams are used to monitor student progress. Students arrive the Sunday prior to class and depart the last Friday evening (or Saturday morning). They are housed at a contract facility and Syracuse University’s Minnowbrook Conference Center. Transportation by a motor coach is provided for the training. Tuition covers all training and required materials, housing, transportation and some meals. The virtual course is two weeks in length using Zoom.

Target Audience:

Civilian:

GS-09 to 12                        


Military: 

Officer (O-1 to O-3)

Enlisted (E-6 to E-8)


*Exceptions to the target audience are allowed on a case-by-case basis.

Nomination Process:

Submit nominations through command channels as follows:
Civilian applicants submit to Ms. Annette Washington (annette.washington.civ@army.mil)
Military applicants submit to Ms. Kimberly Scott (kimberly.d.scott37.civ@army.mil)

Include:

• Letter of Endorsement
• SF 182
• Civilians—CP 11 Resume Form
• Military—Officer Record Brief / Enlisted Record Brief
  
  

Course Dates:

ACC 24-I: Dec. 4 - 15, 2023 (Virtual)
ACC 24-II: July 29 - Aug. 9, 2024 (Virtual)

Contact Us:

Thomas Constable

taconsta@syr.edu