text: Financial Management Operations
  * Captures costs via standard accounting systems.
  * Tracks and reports costs.
  * Provides cost management.
  * Identifies and accounts for DOD funds and assets.
  * Identifies and manages funds available for immediate expenses of supported divisions and
  separate brigades.
  * Certifies funds.
  * Provides fund control.
  * Monitors fund execution and obligations.
  * Maintains accounting records.
  THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT CENTER (FMSC)
  1-74. The FMSC is a modular and tailorable operational FM unit whose mission is inextricably linked to
  the TA G-8, but assigned to a TSC. In order to provide adequate theater and national-provider
  responsiveness and support, the FMSC maintains visibility of all FM operations and placement of all
  operational and tactical FM units in theater. The primary mission of the FMSC is to provide technical
  oversight of all theater financial management units and serve as the principal advisor to the TA G-8 and the
  TSC commander on all aspects of theater disbursing operations. Technical oversight of theater FM units
  (FM companies and their subordinate detachments) encompasses the provision of recommendations and
  advice to theater commanders and staff regarding the employment, integration, direction, and control of
  their FM forces for the accomplishment of assigned missions. Technical oversight encompasses the
  provision of recommendations and advice to theater commanders regarding the employment,
  integration, direction, and control of financial management forces for the accomplishment of
  assigned missions. Figure 1-9 depicts the FMSC organizational structure. Examples of technical oversight
  include such matters as:
  * Advising commanders on all aspects of FM operations.
  * Assisting commanders with FM training and deployment preparedness through certification
  exercises, disbursing operations inspections, training assistance visits, facilitating backfill
  support, and planning with national providers.
  * Identifying FM force structure requirements and recommending force flows of FM units.
  * Recommending allocation and emplacement of FM units in theater
  Figure 1-9. Financial management support center (FMSC)
  1-75. In executing this mission, the FMSC, working in close coordination with FM support operations
  (ESC FM SPO) team and G-8 staff, provides FM units with technical oversight and assistance with
  technical training to ensure consistent, timely theater FM support in compliance with applicable regulations
  and statutes. Other missions include but are not limited to: negotiations with host nation banking facilities,
  advising unit commanders on the use of local currency, and coordination with national providers (e.g.,
  Treasury, DFAS, ASA (FM&C), USAFMCOM) and the ECC to establish FM support requirements. Based
  on METT-TC, it can deploy an element as an early entry module to provide initial theater banking,
  currency, accounting, policy development, and other FM capabilities tailored to the mission. Other FMSC
  functions include:
  * Advise commanders on the use of local currency.