The Northern Virginia AGA Chapter would like to extend our gratitude to our April 2021 Luncheon keynote speaker, Ms. Mobola Kadiri, DASN (FO).

Ms. Kadiri presented an informative presentation on how the Navy and the Department of Defense are adjusting their accounting and financial management operations as a result of the audit. For a detailed biography of Ms. Kadiri, please read below.

Ms. Mobola Kadiri is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Operations), (DASN (FO)). As DASN (FO) she is responsible for the Department of the Navy (DON) accounting and financial management matters; her primary responsibility is developing and implementing Department-wide accounting and finance policies and procedures which also support Department of Defense initiatives in these areas.

Prior to her current assignment, she was the Director for Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation (FIAR) directorate within the Department of Defense (DoD), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) (OUSD(C)) since May of 2012. In this capacity, Ms. Kadiri is responsible for executing the Department wide audit remediation strategy and providing audit guidance to the Military Departments, Other Defense Organizations, and Defense Activities. She leads changes to impact programs, people, technology and processes to drive efficiency and strengthen the internal controls across the organization in support of the Department’s audit and audit remediation goals.

Prior to her appointment to the Senior Executive Service as FIAR Director, Ms. Kadiri supported OUSD(C) as the Assistant Director for the FIAR Directorate and as an accountant supporting the Fourth estate audit readiness and internal control efforts. Before joining OUSD(C) FIAR, Ms. Kadiri served as a program manager for pay and disbursing operations and worked on the financial analysis of the Working Capital Fund financial statement for the Department of the Navy.

Ms. Kadiri’s federal experience extends beyond the DoD. Ms. Kadiri worked with the Department of Treasury as an accountant, where she was responsible for reconciling the Treasury warrants to the appropriation law and reconciling the fund balance with Treasury for the Federal Government. In this role, she acted as a liaison to other federal agencies and assisted with resolving quarterly variances identified during the Fund Balance with Treasury reconciliation process.

Ms. Kadiri has also supported the Federal government as an auditor and a consultant with both Deloitte & Touché, LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. As a project manager with Deloitte and Touché, Ms. Kadiri served as a leader within the Audit and Enterprise Risk Services practice. In this role, she led numerous project teams and assisted organizations in attaining their goals strategically in the areas of financial management, audit readiness, budget execution, performance improvement, business process reengineering, and financial transformation by developing and implementing feasible solutions. While at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ms. Kadiri was part of the audit team performing federal financial statement and compliance audits of large federal entities.

Ms. Kadiri is a Certified Defense Financial Manager. She holds a Defense Financial Management Certification, Level 3. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and an MBA. Ms. Kadiri is also a graduate of the prestigious Federal Executive Institute.

To view Ms. Kadiri's entire presentation, please click here to download the PowerPoint.