Corporate Treasurer
What the work is
Manages corporate funding, liquidity and financial risk associated with the profitable development and operation of an organisation. May be involved in acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Monitors and manages the organisation's cash flow and prepares forecasts and projections
- Supervises the organisation's share capital by preparing documents and share issues, and handling share transfers
- Collects, analyses and interprets information on the financial standing, cost structures and effectiveness of the organisation
- Devises, re-organises and establishes budgetary cost control and other accounting systems
- Develops and implements financial risk strategies and polices
- Conducts audits and investigations, and prepares financial statements and reports for management, shareholders, and governing and statutory bodies
- Establishes audit objectives, and designs and implements audit methodologies, processes and audit report criteria
- Executes and manages financial transactions, including cash management, funding and investments
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a fictional accounting firm in a regional city, in the weeks before small business tax returns are due. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A nervous small business owner finally understands their own numbers and relaxes
- You spot an error that would have caused a real problem and fix it before anyone notices
- A client who started with a shoebox of receipts now sends tidy records every month
Hard days
- A deadline week with too many returns and too little time
- A client who wants you to treat something in a way that you know is not right
- A set of figures that will not add up, however many times you check them
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 211132, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.