treasurer

IPA: trˈɛʒɝɝ

The government official in charge of the Treasury.
The head of a corporation's treasury department.
The official entrusted with the funds and revenues of an organization such as a club.

Examples of "treasurer" in Sentences

He was the treasurer in the 1980s.
Dan is the unofficial treasurer of the group.
In time he became the treasurer and auditor of the firm.
Federici was not the bookkeeper, treasurer or accountant of CREA.
The initial draft was submitted by the auditors to the city treasurer.
He noted the 34-year-old's position as treasurer is his first government job.
The state treasurer is foundering in the polls and recently saw his running mate defect to Baker.
The group's treasurer is a man named Jason Miller, who, according to the FEC report, is with a Republican political consulting firm called Jamestown Associates.
Giannoulias, the sitting Illinois treasurer, is running neck-and-neck with Rep. Mark Kirk, struggling to deny the GOP the symbolic victory of grabbing the president's old seat.
When the AFL-CIO meets in Pittsburgh Sept. 13-17, Trumka, now the AFL-CIO's secretary-treasurer, is expected to replace Sweeney, who is retiring after 14 years leading the nation's largest labor coalition through troubling times.
Semi-educated guess, but I would assume an appointed treasurer is more likely to be found through a search process that seeks people with a relevant degree of financial expertise, whereas electoral processes would be more likely to select someone who is a political hack and/or financial amateur.