Treasury Learning Objectives

The AFP Learning System Treasury course teaches the essential principles and functional practices of corporate cash and treasury management. Based on the newly updated Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) body of knowledge and written by experts on corporate cash management, the course will help you:

• Maintain optimal cash positioning through forecasting and short-term investing and borrowing activities
• Employ working capital strategies and tools to efficiently manage current assets and liabilities
• Utilize various types of payment systems and Internet technologies to transfer monetary value and business documents between parties
• Monitor and control corporate exposure to financial and operational risks
• Determine proper capital structure, manage costs of long-term capital and quantitatively evaluate capital resource investments
• Manage cross-border funds movement and utilize international trade financing methods
• Coordinate financial functions and sharing of financial information with other internal departments
• Delineate appropriate ethical behaviors expected in business activities
• Recognize corporate governance issues that arise from the separation of corporate ownership and control
• Execute fiduciary responsibilities related to employee pension funds
• Build relationships with financial services providers