Corporate treasurer : Training

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The ACT is the leading professional body for international treasury providing the widest scope of benchmark qualifications for those working in treasury, risk and corporate finance. We define standards, promote best practice and support continuing professional development. Get careers advice from the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT).

Corporate treasurers usually undertake training for professional qualifications such as the AMCT Diploma in Treasury  offered by the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT). It is the ACT's core treasury qualification and delivers understanding and knowledge of the essential topics within treasury, risk and corporate finance. It includes four compulsory (foundation) papers covering the following topics:

• financial management and accounting;
• economics and statistical analysis;
• corporate taxation;
• business law.

The syllabus is also flexible with a choice of three out of six modules, which allows candidates to tailor the qualification to their specific needs.

Through the ACT's FastTrack route to AMCT, members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)  and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)  who meet specific criteria can take an accelerated route through the examination programme. Exemptions are also granted for other accountancy qualifications.

The ACT also offers the MCT Advanced Diploma in treasury, risk and corporate finance. This diploma is especially useful if you aspire to hold a senior position. It is pitched at an MBA level and is the UK's only professional qualification in treasury management.

Keeping up to date with developments in accounting and treasury is an essential part of the job. The breadth of many corporate treasury roles and the demands of increasing legislation can make this challenging but gaining membership with somewhere like the ACT may help. The Treasurer magazine is published monthly by the ACT and archived copies are available free from the ACT website. This is a very good source of information on current developments.