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Treasurer

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Treasurer

The treasurer’s responsibilities include:

  • Maintaining financial control of resources by:
    • Ensuring that there are or will be sufficient resources available to complete approved projects.
    • Providing the executive with an early warning if projects are too ambitious or too numerous to be achieved with the limited resources of the Council.
  • Ensuring safe custody of assets by:
    • Ensuring that the physical assets of the Council (i.e., cash in the bank and incoming monies) are used only for approved projects.
  • Maintaining accurate financial record keeping by:
    • Recording financial transitions in the books of account of the Council.
    • Develop subsidiary records to assist in determining “where things are at” at any given point (i.e., a running balance of current account, expenditure commitments).
  • Providing accurate financial reporting by:
    • Updating the executive on the current status on a regular basis (i.e., revenues received and expenses incurred since last reporting, and providing current bank balances).
    • Developing a proposed budget with input by the executive for approval by the membership at the annual general meeting, and forward to the STF.
    • Providing a year-end statement of revenue and expenditure to the executive.
    • Providing an audited financial statement on an annual basis to the executive and the membership at the annual general meeting, and forward to the Professional Development Department at the STF.
    • Filling reports to the STF as required by recipients of Special Projects Grants.
    • Filling reports as may be required by government agencies (i.e., GST, Canada Revenue Agency for honoraria paid, granting agencies, etc.)
  • Determining if there are nay issues the Council must consider related to GST.
  • Forward all records to the successor.

On assuming the position, the incoming treasurer will receive from the pervious treasurer a package that contains;

  • An audited financial statement for the last fiscal year;
  • Bank statements and cancelled cheques for all accounts;
  • Receipt book;
  • Deposit books;
  • Account books; and
  • Paid and unpaid invoices.

** See:

  • Appendix IV – Audited Financial Statement
  • Appendix V – Proposed Budget
  • Appendix VI – Special Subject Council’s Audit Procedures
  • Appendix X – Special Project Grants