Richard D. Davis, Director of Operations

Rick Davis is currently serving as DFAS, Director of Operations. He is responsible for the management of DFAS’ mission-based organizations, where he leads a workforce of more than 7,600 to provide direct finance and accounting support to the Department of War (DoW), along with various non-DoW agencies. This includes oversight of Accounting, Audit Support, Financial Reporting, Total Force Pay which delivers Military Pay, Civilian Pay, Debt  and Claims, Military Retired Pay, Transportation Pay, Travel Pay, Disbursing, support to Foreign Military Sales, and  Overseas Military Banking services, and Industrial Base Pay which supports contract pay, vendor pay and government to government business for the Defense Industrial Base.

Previously, Mr. Davis was DFAS Director of Total Force Pay where he lead the optimization of warfighter readiness and advanced national security by delivering timely, accurate, and transparent pay service to the Total Force. Included in this role was designing the transformation of the end-to-end pay experience for 6.4 million customers.

Mr. Davis has served in various capacities throughout DFAS. He was the Director of Enterprise Solutions and Standards where he was responsible for providing financial management services and standard enterprise solutions to support the DoW mission and DFAS customers.

Mr. Davis also served as both Director and Deputy Director of DFAS Indianapolis, responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the federal government’s third largest building and over 4,100 federal employees across the globe. The DFAS employees at the site provide a range of finance  and accounting services to the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Veterans Administration, and 26 U.S. Defense Agencies.

Prior to this, Mr. Davis was the Director of Enterprise Management Services at DFAS. He promoted continuous process improvements and project management principles across the agency, improved the proliferation of cost effective acquisition strategies, and managed agency-wide support capabilities and solutions. He also served as the agency’s Component Acquisition Executive, Continuity Coordinator, and Insider Threat Senior Official. Mr. Davis has served as the Director of Internal Review, managing all internal audit responsibilities of DFAS. This included conducting performance and systems related audits, providing advisory and assistance services to DFAS management, serving as the central liaison point for external auditors, and responding to DoW and DFAS hotline requests regarding investigation of suspected fraud, waste, and mismanagement.

Mr. Davis was born in Pennsylvania. He earned a master’s degree in Public Administration from Troy State University and a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from George Mason University. He was inducted into the Senior Executive Service in October 2005. He is a Certified Public Accountant  and Certified Defense Financial Manager and is a member of the Association of Government Accountants and the Society of Defense Financial Managers.

Page updated May 19,  2026