AFP Seeking Nominations for Pinnacle Awards

The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), in an effort to recognize the skills of treasury and finance professionals, is looking for nominees for its 2008 Pinnacle Awards.

According to the AFP, the Pinnacle Awards are presented annually to organizations that have successfully developed dynamic solutions that make treasury and finance more efficient and/or effective. AFP Pinnacle solutions demonstrate treasury as contributing significant value in a broad range of organizations.

The awards recognize excellence in three categories: innovation, risk and strategy.

The Pinnacle Awards recognize excellence in treasury and finance in three award categories: innovation, risk, and strategy.

Innovation: Leading Advances in Treasury and Finance. Nominee demonstrates creative organizational structures, innovative technologies, and processes, and sophisticated performance metrics that are on the cutting edge of treasury and finance.

Risk: Advanced Risk Management Methodologies. Nominee demonstrates advanced risk management methodologies that reduce organizational risk related to financial risks, internal controls and compliance, fraud prevention, business continuity and disaster recovery plans, etc.

Strategy: Treasury as a Strategic Partner. Nominee demonstrates the value treasury can create as a strategic player through successful capital structure initiatives, corporate growth deal structures, business unit and project decision-making programs, etc.

Turn-key, vendor-based solutions are ineligible for the Pinnacle Award.

For more information on how to submit a nomination, visit www.afponline.org/pub/rec/pinnacle_award.html.