Treasury: The Importance of Governance, Ethics, Compliance, and Audit

Develop an understanding of unethical behaviour within treasury

Financial institutions and corporate businesses highly value treasury professionals with up-to-date knowledge. This is because these professionals can help a business with their critical decision-making and overall success.

On this four-week course, you’ll consider the importance of governance, ethics, compliance, and other forms of controls that treasury professionals encounter.

You’ll also unpack the role of unethical behaviour and The Association of Corporate Treasurers’ (ACT) own ethical code, as this sets a minimum standard expected from all ACT members.

By the end of this course, you’ll have the knowledge and confidence to deal with the challenges and opportunities that come from working in treasury.

Unpack treasury control mechanisms

To help minimise the risks associated with treasury, you’ll explore the control measures that can help save both money and reputation.

You’ll delve into the internal control mechanisms to gain essential knowledge of how to handle the dealing limits and validations you may find in your work.

Explore the treasury management system

You’ll unpack the treasury management system and how you can use this software to automate tasks, save time, and become more organised.

Next, you’ll explore conflicts of interest and develop the skills to deal with these issues when they arise.

Understand the principles of corporate governance

Finally, you’ll discover the principles of corporate governance to understand what makes good governance within treasury.

Guided by experienced treasury experts, who work for the Association of Corporate Treasurers, you’ll finish the course with a solid understanding of governance, ethics, compliance, and audit for treasury professionals.

This course is designed for anyone interested in governance, ethics, compliance, and other forms of controls that are typically encountered by treasury and finance professionals.

No previous financial training or knowledge is necessary.

If you are considering a career either with a corporate organisation, or within the financial organisations that they partner with such as banks and other financial institutions, this is a great way to kickstart your future development.

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This course is designed for anyone interested in governance, ethics, compliance, and other forms of controls that are typically encountered by treasury and finance professionals.

No previous financial training or knowledge is necessary.

If you are considering a career either with a corporate organisation, or within the financial organisations that they partner with such as banks and other financial institutions, this is a great way to kickstart your future development.

• Explain the importance of governance and compliance to the treasury function
• Explain the importance of ethics to the treasury function
• Explain the importance of audit to the treasury function
• Describe how a treasury function is structured
• Describe the processes and controls needed to enable an effective treasury function