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Treasurer’s Guidebook

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CPE Credits

16 Credits: Finance
Course Level
Overview
Format
Self-Study

Course Description

The treasurer can provide significant value to a business, not just by managing its money, but also through fundraising activities and proper attention to the management of credit and risk. The Treasurer’s Guidebook shows how to enhance the treasurer position; it does so by discussing how the treasury department’s performance can be organized and fine-tuned, focusing on bank relations, cash concentration systems, investment strategies, financing sources, credit management, insurance, and more. The course also addresses the administrative aspects of the treasurer’s job, including the accounting for treasury transactions, treasury management systems, controls, and measurements. In short, this course is the ultimate toolkit for anyone intending to expand and improve the treasurer position.

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Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Recognize the responsibilities of the treasury function.
  • Identify the circumstances under which local treasury expertise is needed.
  • Specify the activities of the different parts of the treasury department.
  • Specify the different types of bank fees.
  • Identify the circumstances that could trigger a credit assessment.
  • Specify the benefits of a cash concentration system.
  • Recognize the effects of a threshold cash sweep.
  • Recognize how notional pooling functions.
  • Identify the circumstances under which multi-tiered banking is used.
  • Identify the type of cash pooling that works best when managers want local control.
  • Specify the methods and adjustments used to develop a cash forecast, and why a cash forecast reconciliation is used.
  • Identify the need for a correspondent bank.
  • Recognize the different types of settlement systems.
  • Specify the different types of investment strategies.
  • Recognize the characteristics of the different types of investments.
  • Identify the reasons why a secondary market is needed.
  • Identify the different techniques available for selling shares outside of an initial public offering, and the restrictions associated with their use.
  • Identify the terms used for factoring and hard money deals.
  • Specify the circumstances under which a supply chain financing offer would be accepted.
  • Identify the types of hedging transactions that can be used to mitigate risk, note the terms of hedging contracts, and recognize when risk mitigation is not needed.
  • Recognize the types of insurance sales channels.
  • Specify the methods used to review the financial condition of insurers.
  • Identify the terms included in insurance contracts, and their effects.
  • Identify the benefits and coverage characteristics of the different types of insurance.
  • Recognize the methods used to reduce the cost of insurance.
  • Specify the documentation typically used in a credit review.
  • Recognize the uses to which a credit policy can be put.
  • Identify the characteristics of a high-quality credit rating system, and when it works best.
  • Identify the indicators of possible future payment delinquencies.
  • Identify the actions needed to achieve zero working capital.
  • Specify the accounting required for the different investment activities, as well as the accounting for impairment losses, and why investments are assigned to different classifications.
  • Specify the accounting required for hedging transactions, the types of hedges, and the characteristics of a highly effective hedge.
  • Recognize the costs and advantages of a treasury management system.
  • Identify the controls for cash forecasting, investments, debt, and stock issuances.
  • Recognize the formulas for turnover measurements, investment returns, and the ability to pay.
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Course Specifics

Course ID
3158024
Revision Date
October 17, 2024
Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites.

Advanced Preparation

None

Number of Pages
285

Compliance Information

NASBA Provider Number: 103220

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Meet The Experts

Steven M. Bragg, CPA, is a full-time book and course author who has written more than 300 business books and courses. He provides Western CPE with self-study courses in the areas of accounting and finance, with an emphasis on the practical application of accounting standards and management techniques. A sampling of his courses include the The New Controller Guidebook, The GAAP Guidebook, Accountants’ Guidebook, and Closing the Books: An Accountant’s Guide. He also manages the Accounting Best Practices podcast. Steven has been the CFO or controller of both public and private companies and has been a consulting manager with Ernst & Young and …