Office of Management
Office of Financial Management

Financial Enterprise Solutions

Introduction

Financial Enterprise Solutions (FES) is an initiative to integrate financial and business systems to improve operating efficiency of FDA programs.  This effort involves implementing several financial systems for FDA Headquarters, Centers and in ORA Regions including: Travel Manager, the Purchase Request Information System (PRISM), user fee billing and collection systems, and a new accounting system.  FES also involves preparing FDA for its new financial environment by: developing financial reports and a data warehouse, cleaning data in existing systems, and managing changes.

Secretary Tommy Thompson directed in his June 14, 2001 memorandum that the number of financial management systems be reduced from five to two modern accounting systems.  One system will support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Medicare Contractors, (called the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System (HIGLAS)) and the other system will serve the rest of the Department.  The Secretary's directive is called the Unified Financial Management System.

Mission

The mission of Financial Enterprise Solutions is to:

"Provide a world-class financial system that supports DHHS, FDA programs and employees in achieving the Agency's public health mission."

Objectives

FES is part of FDA's Strategic Plan.  It supports Goal #1 "Create a sound FDA" by working to achieve the following objectives:

• Replace 30-year old legacy systems and provide real-time access to financial information.
• Integrate systems using the latest web-based technology
• Improve response time to OMB, DHHS and FDA components
• Maintain FDA's clean audit opinion

Scope

FES involves the following activities:

• Core Accounting System
• Central Contractor Registration
• Change Management
• Data Assessment & Clean-up
• Freedom of Information Accounts Receivable System
• Medical Devices User Fee Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Implementation
• Purchase Request Information System
• Reporting Architecture
• Security Planning
• Travel Manager (including 348 Sponsored Travel)

As a strategic partner in the success of UFMS, OFM works with resources across the Agency to implement the new financial system.  FDA's planning efforts began in FY 2001 with Travel Manager, Automated Accounts Payable System and the Agency Location Code Unification projects.  FDA also identified and dedicated resources to DHHS to support its Global Design efforts. 

FDA's implementation of UFMS is called Financial Enterprise Solutions (FES).  Our current activities, implementation approach and name, demonstrate commitment to UFMS and FDA's dedication to create innovative solutions that address the Agency's current and future business needs.

Overview:  The Unified Financial Management System

Over the next several years DHHS will rollout an Oracle-based financial manage system to all OPDIVS that support financial management functions.  Accordingly, the mission of UFMS is as follows:

"The Department shall have an integrated Department-wide financial system that consistently produces relevant, reliable, and timely financial information to support decision-making and cost-effective business operations at all levels throughout the Department."

To contact FES directly, please e-mail: ofm-fes@oc.fda.gov.