The 2025 AFP® Treasury Benchmarking Survey , underwritten by Wells Fargo, reports that while 96% of treasury professionals report that communication is a critical skill for treasury leadership, 81% believe that their treasury leaders are effective at communication.  Over 500 treasury practitioners participated in this survey and their responses form the basis of this report. This survey was last conducted in 2013.  

Other survey highlights:

• Nearly three-quarters of treasury practitioners cite cash management and forecasting as the top priorities of their department. This holds true regardless of level of seniority.
• Over 60% of treasury professionals cite cash or liquidity forecasting as the most challenging task they face.  Treasury departments at the highest level of the treasury maturity spectrum (characterized as “strategic/optimized”) employ automation for over half of the process of building liquidity forecasts.
• Over 60% of senior management from strategic/optimized organizations and 62% of senior management from organizations at the mid-level of the maturity spectrum express a willingness to adopt new technologies.

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