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FA is one of the most important gifts you can give to your fraternity. If a chapter doesn't have money, doesn't pay their bills, everything else is secondary (you can have a great brotherhood/ sisterhood but that doesn't help the future of the organization if you're broke).
Pi Phi provides extensive manuals and training for advisors, especially FA so checking with your HQ would be a good idea. First of all, you need a treasurer's manual so you know what the CT is supposed to be doing (it's enlightening to then go to lunch and casually quiz them!) I served on an advisory board for 8 years, 5 years as chair, 2 years as financial and 1 year recruitment. I'm not an accountant but the things that I needed to know as advisor did not require being an accountant-- it required patience, organization and the willingness to be the bad guy when women weren't paying their bills.
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