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What do treasurers do?
"On one day I'm a banker, the next I'm an accountant and on another I'm a trader but I'm still called a corporate treasurer".

Quote from a delegate at an ACT conference.


This gives an insight into why corporate treasury is not widely understood. It is a profession built on the foundation of a number of financial disciplines, all of which are not only vital in their own right but also support and complement each other. At the ACT, we like to think of these disciplines as "pillars" supporting the heights of the treasury profession – we call them ‘The "Five Pillars" of Treasury Wisdom’.
 
Pillar
 
Corporate Financial Management
Pillar
 
Capital Markets and Funding
Pillar
 
Money Management
Pillar
 
Risk Management
Pillar
 
Treasury operations, controls and systems
 
Corporate Financial Management
Corporate financial management looks at the relationship between the financial activities of a company and the organisation’s business strategy.
 
Capital Markets and Funding
Capital markets and funding covers all the different techniques and sources for raising funding to finance the business, from bank debt to equity finance.
 
Money Management
Money management monitors a company’s cash so that the business can invest efficiency.
 
Risk Management
Risk management is about understanding where risks could damage a company’s financial health.
 
Treasury operations, controls and systems
Treasury operations, controls and systems looks at the treasury function, which balances the aims of the company and its investors and provides an overview of financial processes.
 
Click on any of the pillars above to find out more about the disciplines of the treasury profession.

 
 
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