Treasury Management Best Practices

Treasury Management Best Practices

Course Overview

TitleTreasury Management Best Practices
LevelOverview
PrerequisiteNone
Field of StudyManagement Services
TopicsTreasury and Investment Management
FormatOffered Both as an In-Person Training and eLearning Opportunity
CPE12 (In-Person) / 9 (eLearning)

This course, focuses on GFOA’s best practices in treasury management.  Participants will be able to understand the importance of governments developing and having policies and procedures related to their cash management duties.  This includes discussions on the payables and receivables functions, cash flow forecasting, banking services and fraud prevention. Attendees will be able to learn not only from the GFOA best practices and resources, but also the presentation of case studies, and interactions with course leaders and other participants.  

Learning Objectives

Those who successfully complete this seminar should be able to:

  • Become familiar with key practices related to treasury management
  • Lay the groundwork for developing their own appropriate policies and procedures for payables and receivables
  • Understand policies and procedures for determining and procuring banking services
  • Determine key internal controls policies necessary for fraud prevention in the Treasury office

Who Will Benefit

CFO/Finance Director

Treasurer

Schedule and Sample Agenda

FormatAgendaCPEDay 1Day 2Day 3
In-Person 12 CPE8 Hours4 Hours 
eLearningDownload (PDF)9 CPE3 Hours3 Hours3 Hours

Course Instructors

This course is taught by finance officers and other industry experts.

Upcoming Treasury Management Best Practices Events

2025 Treasury Management Best Practices Attendee

"Provided insight on what is currently happening with governmental treasury practices and real examples shared by other jurisdictions nationally."

2025 Treasury Management Best Practices Attendee

"I really liked this training. the speakers were very interesting and engaging. They didn't just read the presentation to us.Honestly this was the best training I have had at GFOA so far."

2025 Treasury Management Best Practices Attendee

"Helped me understand that no matter the size of the city and for how long you have been in your role.. everyone is still learning, growing."