The Finance Office includes the Office of the Treasurer and the Office of the Controller.

The Treasurer’s Office is responsible for oversight of the financial functions and the investment assets of DFMS.  This includes investment management of both long-term assets such as endowment portfolio and charitable trusts, and short-term assets, such as DFMS operating cash and custodial accounts held for others; oversight of banking functions, such as electronic funds transfers; financial management training; and oversight of entities and activities funded through the budget.

As a unit of the Treasurer’s Office, the Controller’s Office is responsible for processing all of the financial transactions for DFMS and reporting, summarizing, and interpreting financial data for the use of management, creditors, boards and committees of the organization.  It helps to develop budgets and forecasts, measures actual performance against operating plans and interprets the results of operations to all levels of management.  It performs all of the accounting functions for DFMS which includes cash receipts, accounts payable, payroll, cash disbursements, account and diocesan receivables and grants payable.  It works closely with the Society’s independent auditors to design and implement appropriate controls to safeguard the assets and resources of DFMS.