Kimberly Williams, a seasoned governmental accounting and financial reporting professional, serves as the deputy chief financial officer (CFO) for the Office of Financial Operations and Systems and controller for the Government of the District of Columbia. She has oversight and management responsibility for accounting operations and financial reporting on a District-wide basis, including maintenance of the District’s general ledger, preparation and issuance of the city’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), and the provision of a broad range of payroll- and retirement-related services. She advises financial staff across the city on properly accounting for and reporting unusual and often complex transactions and business events.

Prior to joining the District as deputy CFO in December 2021, she served as the controller and general accounting manager for Montgomery County, Maryland, for two and five years, respectively. She managed the Division of the Controller programs, including payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accounting and reporting, grant reporting, financial analysis, accounting, and compliance. She also supervised the preparation of various financial reports, including the county’s ACFR, the Popular Annual Financial Report, the Single Audit, State Uniform Financial Report, and the Debt Service Booklet. Williams also researched, analyzed, and resolved complex financial, accounting, and policy issues; managed the county’s purchase-card program, performed vendor post-payment audits, and paid county employees. Williams, an advocate for the development and maintenance of strong internal controls and fiscal policies, was a key player in financial systems implementations, upgrades, enhancements, patches, and bug fixes.

Williams previously served the town of Leesburg, Virginia, for approximately 10 years, first as the finance operations manager  (August 2004 to August 2006) and subsequently as the chief of Accounting and Reporting  (September 2006 to July 2009) before transitioning to the position of deputy director of Finance/Controller, which she held for five years.  

For more than nine years, she worked in the field of auditing, which allowed her to gain invaluable experience in assessing business processes and evaluating internal controls. She worked for approximately seven years with the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts before joining the team of audit professionals at KPMG.

Williams is a certified public accountant and a certified government financial manager. She also holds a master's degree in public administration from George Mason University, Fairfax, Va., and a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting from Radford University, Virginia.