The Business of Treasury 2024

The 11th Business of Treasury research: key insights

• Treasurers are playing to their strengths of professional excellence, calmness and resilience in an uncertain business environment
• Treasurers’ key challenges of artificial intelligence (AI), ESG and geopolitical risk are business-focused rather than treasury-specific, demonstrating how treasury is increasingly embedded in organisations
• The rise and role of technology – automation, AI and cybersecurity all present opportunities and challenges
• Funding sources continue to be diversified, but there’s a slowdown in adoption of sustainable finance solutions
• Treasurers sense a lack of career opportunities and are starting to create their own pathways
• The treasurer is now an established key strategic partner for businesses in developed markets; the role continues to evolve in emerging markets, though the direction of travel is positive
• Boards are more engaged with treasury at times of stress; treasurers need to prove their worth over the long term

The Business of Treasury research looks at trends and insight from a survey with treasurers around the world on a wide range of issues such as board reporting, the strategic impact of treasurers, sources of funding and the importance of treasury qualifications.