Working Capital Management
Cash flow resulting from changes in working capital is the lifeblood of the company. In this forward-looking session, attendees learn how to become a strategic business partner through the management of global working capital, best practices in the management of working capital and how to integrate the management of global working capital with cash management and forecasting.
Agenda Topics
- General cash flows and investment strategies
- Alternative current asset financing policies
- Liquidity sources and uses
- Relationship between treasury and credit management
Course Length
Two 2-Hour Virtual Sessions or One Half Day In-Person
Learning objectives
- Concepts and structures for the management of global working capital
- Integrate the management of global cash
- Use knowledge of working capital and cash to improve cash forecasting
Advanced Liquidity Management
The seminar looks at the tools available to treasury to organize itself in the most efficient manner for cross-border liquidity management. Learn to create a banking structure for managing global cash efficiently while understanding the various tools for optimizing cross-border liquidity.
Agenda Topics
- Managing Foreign Currency Accounts
- Liquidity Management Tools
- Efficient Account Structures
Course Length
Three 2-Hour Virtual Sessions or One Full Day In-Person
Learning objectives
- Understand the options and implications when opening foreign currency accounts
- Better manage global liquidity
- Examine the tools available through SWIFT
- How to optimize global liquidity
Payments Fraud and Cybercrime
This course provides participants with an overview of the basic types of payments fraud and discusses practices in fraud prevention and control. Additionally, guidance will be provided on what to do when, not if, payments fraud and cybercrime occur.
Agenda Topics
- Background and trends of payments fraud
- Cybercrime: Malware, phishing, pharming
- Account takeovers and cyber risk management plans
Course Length
Two 2-Hour Virtual Sessions or One Half Day In-Person or Self-Paced
Learning objectives
- Understand exposure to payment fraud
- Elements of cybercrime and account takeover
- Managing the risk of payments fraud and cybercrime
- Determine steps to take after an attack
Understanding Foreign Exchange, International Risk & Payments
This highly interactive course deals with topics crucial to the treasury professional who will be managing an international treasury. We start with a thorough understanding of the basics of foreign exchange - how to read the rates, apply forward points and perform currency conversion, and cover tools for managing global risks.
Agenda Topics
- Basics of Foreign Exchange
- How to Read Foreign Exchange Rates
- International Risk
- International Payment Systems
- Making International Payments
Course Length
Two 2-Hour Virtual Sessions or One Half Day In-Person
Learning objectives
- Learn how to read and calculate spot and forward rates
- Understand how to manage and mitigate risk in international business
- Evaluate the options for making international and cross-border payments more efficiently
Advanced Cash Flow Forecasting using Statistical Techniques
Statistical techniques provide extremely helpful tools for forecasting future cash flows. This course uses practical examples to show how various statistical methods can be used to forecast components of the cash budget.
Agenda Topics
- Calculating and forecasting cash flow
- Probability distributions
- Confidence intervals for periodic cash flows
- Exponential smoothing techniques
Course Length
Three 2-Hour Virtual Sessions or One Full Day In-Person
Learning objectives
- Forecast cash flow components
- Time-series methods and smoothing techniques
- Regression analysis to forecast components of the cash budget
- Assess the adequacy of the cash flow forecast