Our Vision
To help corporate finance professionals worldwide achieve their greatest career potential.
Our Community
The experience and input of the AFP community are at the heart of everything we do. Our community is made up of treasury, payments, FP&A and corporate finance professionals. These are practitioners who:
- Manage working capital and liquidity
- Mitigate fraud and risk
- Maintain payments processes
- Lead planning, budgeting and forecasting
- Partner with the business to guide capital allocation decisions
Built by the Finance Profession, for the Finance Profession
Finance roles are changing. They’re becoming more strategic and integrated with the broader business. The challenges are growing more complex, too.
Amidst these changes, we’re here to help you succeed.
In a profession that rarely slows down, having a place to learn from your peers and find practical answers is essential.
That’s why we stay close to the people doing the work. Everything we do is shaped by active practitioners. This ensures our content, certifications, events and training are relevant and actionable.
By engaging with AFP, you’re gaining direct access to a global network of financial professionals who are solving the same challenges in real time. Together, we’re turning individual experiences into shared progress for the entire profession.
What We Provide
AFP supports financial professionals at every stage of their careers through certifications, events, membership and training.
AFP Certifications
AFP established and administers the Certified Treasury Professional (CTP®), the leading credential in treasury, and the Certified Corporate FP&A Professional (FPAC®), the leading credential in financial planning and analysis.
These certifications are built on rigorous, practitioner-informed frameworks and are continuously peer reviewed and updated to reflect how the profession is evolving.
AFP Conference and Events
AFP hosts the Annual AFP Conference, the premier event for treasury and finance worldwide, bringing together more than 7,000 professionals for sales-free education and peer networking.
Each year, AFP also hosts the AFP FP&A Forum, which convenes hundreds of finance professionals to learn about the latest trends, finance tools and cutting-edge strategies in financial planning and analysis.
For all our conferences and events, AFP draws directly from the experience of working professionals. Task forces of practitioners ensure that our educational programming is tailored to the needs of financial professionals.
AFP Membership
AFP Membership gives access to expert training, industry research and practical tools to solve real challenges.
Becoming an AFP Member unlocks numerous opportunities to connect with a global peer network, including access to AFP Collaborate, the online community where members can ask questions and provide feedback, member meet-ups, mentor programs and cohorts.
AFP Training
AFP develops a wide range of online training programs and certificates tailored to the evolving demands and rigorous schedules of financial professionals.
AFP Digital Badges present a verifiable way to demonstrate mastery of a focused topic.
AFP Corporate Training offers expert-led courses for elevating the entire team’s skills.
The No Code AI for Finance Certificate, developed by AFP, teaches practical AI skills for finance through eight hours of on-demand content. The AFP and Kyriba Stablecoins & On-Chain Liquidity Certificate helps professionals build practical knowledge of stablecoins and their growing role in finance.
Key Dates in AFP History
The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) traces its origins back to the founding of the National Corporate Cash Management Association (NCCMA) in 1979. NCCMA was a professional organization representing corporate cash management professionals focused on short-term liquidity management.
As the role of finance evolved, so did the association.
- 1980: NCCMA held its first annual conference.
- 1986: NCCMA established the Certified Treasury Professional (CTP®) designation.
- 1991: NCCMA became the Treasury Management Association (TMA), reflecting a broader focus on treasury responsibilities.
- 1999: TMA became Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), reflecting the full scope of functions within the office of the CFO.
- 2003: The Certified Cash Manager (CCM) designation was phased into the CTP designation.
- 2014: AFP established the Certified Corporate FP&A Professional designation.
- 2021: The acronym to denote the Certified Corporate FP&A Professional designation officially became FPAC®.