Mr. Jae W. Lee serves as the Deputy Director, Washington Headquarters Services (WHS) and Acting Director, Financial Management Directorate (FMD), WHS. He advises the Director of Administration and Management (DA&M), Director, WHS, and the Leadership members of WHS-serviced Defense Agencies and DoW Field Activities (DAFA), including the Office of the Secretary of War, Pentagon Force Protection Agency, Defense Legal Services Agency, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and U.S. Cyber Command (U.S. CYBERCOM) by providing executive control and oversight of their Planning, Programming, Budgeting, & Execution (PPB&E) and Assessment process. This includes the development, justification and execution of the DAFA Programs and budgets valued at $18 billion per year including its execution and disbursements, oversight of their financial statements, systems management, and appropriation process. Prior to assuming the role of Director, WHS/FMD, Mr. Lee served as the Deputy Director, WHS/FMD from July 2017 to March 2019.
Before joining WHS/FMD in 2017 as the Deputy Director, Mr. Lee served as a Senior Budget Analyst within the Operations Directorate, Office of the Under Secretary of War (Comptroller) (OUSW(C)). In this capacity, he developed and oversaw the civilian labor budget across the Department of War (DoW), including three Military Departments, 27 DAFAs, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and 9 U.S. Combatant Commands. The $80 billion annual Civilian Labor Program supports approximately 770,000 DoW civilians via 32 DoW appropriations. Mr. Lee was also responsible for overseeing the Department’s $10 billion efficiency efforts and reporting the results to external entities such as the U.S. Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Government Accountability Office.
Mr. Lee’s career experience includes significant roles in all aspects of financial management, having held various senior-level financial management positions at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Navy (Financial Management & Comptroller) (ASN(FM&C)) and the Headquarters Marine Corps, Programs & Resources (HQMC, P&R). Mr. Lee contributes a broad range of Program/Budget financial management knowledge. He has worked with the entire spectrum of stakeholders participating in the Department’s PPB&E system at the Departmental level and all echelons within the Military Services.
Mr. Lee received his Bachelor’s degree in Individualized Study with emphasis on Statistics and Management Information Systems from George Mason University. A member of the DoW Financial Management Community, he holds a DoW Financial Management Certification Level III, and is a Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM). He also graduated from the Federal Executive Institute Leadership for a Democratic Society Program, and completed Senior Executive Fellows program, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Executive Education.