Standard Financial Information Structure (SFIS)

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Standard Financial Information
Structure(SFIS)
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Current Financial Visibility Challenge

• Lack of financial data standards across the
  Services impedes the ability to analyze
  performance on an enterprise-wide basis

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Authoritative Guidance for Arriving at SFIS Terms
National Defense Authorization Act
OMB Circular A-127
Treasury Financial Manual
DoD Financial Management Regulation (FMR) Volume
One Chapters Four and Seven
FASAB
GPRA
Office of Federal Financial Management (OFFM)
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Approach to Business Transformation
Legacy Accounting
SFIS Benefits
Standardizes financial reporting data across DoD
Enables decision-making
Legacy Business Feeder
Efficiency of maintaining business systems
Deployment Categories
Target Business Feeder
reduces costly maintenance and translation of
non-standard data
Target Accounting
Provides an Audit trail
BEA 3.1 Financial Reporting
Appropriation
Budget
SFIS Components
BEA 4.0 High-Level Cost Accounting
Organization
BEA 4.1 Low-Level Cost Accounting
Transactional
BEA Updates
BEA 5.0 Maintenance
Business Partner
Cost Accounting
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SFIS Data Elements
Appropriation Account Information
Transactional Information
Transaction Type USSGL/DoD Account
Number Debit/Credit Begin/End Indicator Transactio
n Effective Date Transaction Post
Date Transaction Amount Exchange/Non-Exchange
Indicator Custodial/Non-Custodial
Indicator Foreign Currency Code Country
Code Entity/Non-Entity Indicator Covered/Uncovered
Indicator Current/Non-current Business Event
Type Code FMS Customer Code FMS Case FMS Line

• Department Regular
• Department Transfer
• Main Account
• Sub Account
• Apportionment Category
• Receipt Indicator
• Sub Class
• Reimbursable Flag
• Fund Type
• Advance Flag
• Authority Type
• Availability Time
• Borrowing Source
• Definite Indefinite Flag
• Program Report Code
• TAFS Status
• Year of Budget Authority
• Direct Transfer Agency
• Direct Transfer Account

Organization Information
Organization Unique Identifier Agency Disbursing
Identifier Agency Accounting Identifier
SFIS Webpage http//www.bta.mil/SFIS/sfis_resource
s.html SFIS Library http//www.bta.mil/SFIS/SFIS_X
ML.html
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SFIS Resource Page
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SFIS Governance Structure (Core Team)
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SFIS Tutor

• Description The SFIS tutorial is designed for
  Financial Professionals and Enterprise Resource
  Planning programmers who work with financial
  systems. The multimedia lessons are designed to
  provide background information about the Standard
  Financial Information Structure. Lessons 2-7
  describe the SFIS components and corresponding
  elements within each component required for
  various reporting requirements. The final lesson
  is a culmination of prior lessons, applying the
  information to a practical example buying a
  tank.
• Prerequisite A basic understanding of the
  Budgeting/Accounting Transaction Life Cycle.
  Lesson 1 SFIS Overview should be viewed prior
  to all others. Once lesson 1 is reviewed lessons
  2-7 can be completed in any order. The summary
  lesson is Lesson 8 - Buying a Tank. This lesson
  is best completed after lessons 1-7 have been
  viewed.
• Audience The courses are relevant to all DoD
  Financial Professionals and Enterprise Resource
  Planning programmers who work with financial
  systems.
• http//www.bta.mil/SFIS/sfis_resources.html

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Standard DTS Interface
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Standard SFIS ERP Configurations