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Encyclopedia > Financial secretary

Financial secretary is an administrative and executive position within the governance of a corporation, private or public organization, small group or other body with financial assets. A financial secretary is usually the most visible person in a labor or trade union. In some municipal and state governments, a financial secretary is an appointed or elected public official. Organisational use In some organisational analyses, administration can refer to the bureaucratic or operational performance of mundane office tasks, usually internally oriented. ... A corporation is a legal entity (distinct from a natural person) that often has similar rights in law to those of a Civil law systems may refer to corporations as moral persons; they may also go by the name AS (anonymous society) or something similar, depending on language (see below). ... Private refers to: privacy the ability of a person to control the availability of information about and exposure of him or herself. ... Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake Public also refers to the general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people... An organization is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a group of workers who act collectively to address common issues. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... A state is an organized political community occupying a definite territory, having an organized government, and possessing internal and external sovereignty. ...


A financial secretary oversees policy concerning the flow of financial resources like money in and out of an organization. The officer sometimes determines policy concerning the purchase or sale of goods and services, collection of dues and employment. The officer implements policy with the cooperation of other executives. Money is a marketable good or token that acts as a store of value, a medium of exchange and a unit of account. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ...


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Financial Secretary to the Treasury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (329 words)
The role of Financial Secretary to the Treasury was created in 1711 and was known as the Junior Secretary to the Treasury to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury who held the senior position.
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury had Departmental responsibility for HM Customs and Excise until the merger with the Inland Revenue to form HMRC.
The incumbent Financial Secretary to the Treasury is John Healey who has been in the role since 2005, having formerly been the Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
DUTIES OF LOCAL UNION OFFICERS - UAW Constitution (1171 words)
Financial Secretaries of Local Unions having a check-off arrangement shall issue one (1) receipt for the check received from the company, and otherwise use the procedure outlined above for any other income.
The Financial Secretary shall deposit all collections either with the Treasurer, taking a receipt therefor, or in such banks as Local Union Trustees may direct, with advice to the Treasurer as to the amount so deposited.
The Financial Secretary shall by the 20th of each month, send a report to the International Secretary-Treasurer on blanks furnished by the International Union, together with the correct amount of money due the International Union for the preceding month which begins on the first and ends with the last day of the month.
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