Finance operations consolidate Published Dec. 17, 2010 By Senior Airman Allison M. Boehm 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- The 2nd Bomb Wing finance office, home of Air Force Global Strike Command, is changing the way it conducts business in order to improve the financial service options available to Airmen and their families. The financial management community will be consolidating back-shop operations that are currently handled by base finance office locations into the newly formed Air Force Financial Services Center at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. "This means that, among other responsibilities, the AFFSC will handle all active-duty military pay documents, non-DTS travel vouchers, all AFRC travel vouchers, and military PCS vouchers," said Staff Sgt. Crystal Velez-Greenhill, 2nd Comptroller Squadron financial management advisor. These processes that are currently performed at bases will transfer to the AFFSC by MAJCOM, the Financial Services Transformation Cut-over Team and AFFSC personnel will support each base as it prepares for this relocation. Barksdale will cut-over on Jan. 27. "With this migration, Airmen have a responsibility to ensure that their information is accurate and complete," said 1st Lt. Shaun Carney, flight commander, financial services office. "To date, the AFFSC rejects 10 to 15 percent of documents because of incorrect or missing information and these errors can significantly delay processing." The Air Force financial management community is focused on constantly improving service to Airmen to ensure military pay is processed accurately and on-time. Financial experts are the 2 BW finance office recommend that Airmen follow a few simple rules in order to support a smooth transition and prevent any delays to your payment. "Airmen need to utilize automated systems such as Defense Travel System, myPay, and LeaveWeb whenever possible for transactions," said Sergeant Velez-Greenhill. "They also need to ensure they claim all reimbursable expenses and annotate proper modes of transportation, as well as have a complete set of orders and proper signatures on your travel voucher. Also, type forms and conduct quality checks." Personnel at Barksdale's finance office have the resources to determine the status of your document and can help expedite processing should a delay exist. In the future, customers will be able to call the contact center at the AFFSC, instead of visiting the finance office. More information will be distributed to Airmen as further progress is made toward making this capability operational. More information can be found by visiting virtual finance on the Air Force portal.