Treasury: The Importance of Governance, Ethics, Compliance, and Audit
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Treasury: The Importance of Governance, Ethics, Compliance, and Audit at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 4 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
Treasury: The Importance of Governance, Ethics, Compliance, and Audit at FutureLearn Highlights
- Earn a certificate from treasury Excellence and Standards
Treasury: The Importance of Governance, Ethics, Compliance, and Audit at FutureLearn Course details
- 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, learners will consider the importance of governance, ethics, compliance, and other forms of controls that treasury professionals encounter
- Learners will 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, learners will have the knowledge and confidence to deal with the challenges and opportunities that come from working in treasury
- To help minimize the risks associated with treasury, learners will explore the control measures that can help save both money and reputation
- Learners will delve into the internal control mechanisms to gain essential knowledge of how to handle the dealing limits and validations
- Learners will unpack the treasury management system and how they can use this software to automate tasks, save time, and become more organized
- Learners will explore conflicts of interest and develop the skills to deal with these issues when they arise
- Learners will 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
- Learners will finish the course with a solid understanding of governance, ethics, compliance, and audit for treasury professionals
Treasury: The Importance of Governance, Ethics, Compliance, and Audit at FutureLearn Curriculum
Treasury, ethics and the ACT’s Ethical Code
Introduction
Understanding ethics for corporate treasurers
The ACT's ethical code, unethical behaviour and reputational hazard!
Review of Week one and looking forward to Week two
Treasury controls - the essentials
Introduction to Week 2
Internal control mechanisms
Control systems
End of week review and looking ahead to Week 3
Dealing with conflicts of interest
Introduction to Week 3
The agency problem
A treasurer's responsibility
End of week review and looking ahead to Week 4
Principles of corporate governance
Introduction to the final week of the course
Corporate governance
Executive renumeration, board diversity and the principles of corporate governance
Final review of the week and the course, looking ahead to your next steps
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