Treasurer

A treasurer is a person responsible for the financial operations of a government, business, or other organization.

The treasury of a country is the department responsible for the country's economy, finance and revenue. The treasurer is generally the head of the treasury, although, in some countries (such as the United Kingdom or the United States) the treasury reports to a Secretary of the Treasury or Chancellor of the Exchequer.^{[citation needed]}

In Australia, the Treasurer is a senior minister and usually the second or third most important member of the government after the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. Each Australian state and self-governing territory also has its own treasurer.^{[citation needed]}

From 1867 to 1993, Ontario's Minister of Finance was called the Treasurer of Ontario.^{[citation needed]}

Originally the word referred to the person in charge of the treasure of a noble; however, it has now moved into wider use. In England during the 17th century, a position of Lord High Treasurer was used on several occasions as the third great officer of the Crown. Now the title First Lord of the Treasury is the official title of the British Prime Minister.^{[citation needed]}

In corporations, the Treasurer is the head of the corporate treasury department. They are typically responsible for: liquidity risk management; cash management; issuing debt, and capital structure more generally (including share issuance and repurchase); managing intercompany transactions denominated in foreign currencies, interest rate risk hedging, and currency analytics; securitizations; oversight of pension investment management. They also typically advise the corporation on matters relating to corporate finance. They could also have oversight of other areas, such as the purchase of insurance.^{[citation needed]}

In the Inns of Court, the professional associations for barristers in England and Wales, the bencher or master of the bench who heads the inn for that year holds the title 'master treasurer'.^{[citation needed]}

This title is similarly used by other legal associations sharing a British heritage, such as the Law Society of Upper Canada.^{[citation needed]}