Essential Treasury for Support Staff

A concise insight into the key functions of treasury and its importance to the business

What's it about?

Corporate treasury departments are very specialised and high profile areas of company financial management. Based on the core elements of treasury, this introductory course outlines the key issues, language and terminology of this critical area of corporate financial management. Using non-technical language, it highlights why the treasury function is important and provides an overview of each of the main areas of treasury management supported by easy to understand examples, and allowing times for questions and discussion.

Programme

What is treasury and what does it do?

• Why is treasury important?

Corporate financial management

• Financial aims and strategies
• Corporate governance
• Accounting requirements and corporate taxation

Capital markets and funding

• Funding policies and procedures; types of funding; export and trade finance

Cash and liquidity management

• Cash forecasting and cash pooling
• Cash handling and transmission
• Cash management systems and banking systems
• Managing banking relationships
• International cash management

Risk management

• Foreign exchange and international monetary economics
• Risk management framework
• Exposures, hedging
• Policies and procedures
• Credit limits

Treasury operations and controls

• Financial and treasury policies and procedures

Who is it for?

Anyone who needs to get the rest of the department, the rest of the organisation, the rest of the family or the rest of the world on their side.

How do you benefit?

You will gain an insight into the activities of a corporate treasury department for both support staff and others wanting to understand its key functions. You will understand how treasury can support business strategy, particularly when facing challenges such as market instability, international competition and inflationary pressures

Trainer

• Brian Welch FCT, FCMA, FCIS.