CORPORATE TREASURY TRANSFORMATION TRAINING COURSE

Course Overview

Corporate Treasury Transformation is a strategic professional training programme designed to help organizations modernize treasury functions, strengthen financial resilience, optimize liquidity, improve cash visibility, manage financial risks, and transform treasury operations into a strategic business partner. As organizations operate across increasingly complex financial, digital, and regulatory environments, corporate treasury departments require advanced capabilities in treasury transformation, cash management, liquidity management, working capital optimization, cash-flow forecasting, financial risk management, foreign exchange risk, interest rate risk, corporate finance, treasury governance, Treasury Management Systems (TMS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), digital banking, financial analytics, treasury automation, cash visibility, payment optimization, bank relationship management, and strategic financial management.

The programme provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of how to design and implement modern treasury operating models that integrate people, processes, technology, governance, data, and financial strategy. Participants will explore treasury operating models, treasury policies, centralized and decentralized treasury structures, cash pooling, cash concentration, liquidity forecasting, working capital analytics, payment factories, bank connectivity, account rationalization, intercompany funding, short-term investments, debt management, financial controls, treasury performance measurement, and strategic cash optimization. Particular emphasis is placed on developing treasury functions that provide accurate, timely, and actionable financial information to senior management and support corporate growth, investment, financing, and risk-management decisions.

The course also addresses the digital transformation of treasury through Treasury Management Systems, ERP integration, application programming interfaces (APIs), electronic banking, automated reconciliation, payment automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, real-time cash reporting, data visualization, digital dashboards, robotic process automation (RPA), cloud treasury solutions, and cybersecurity. Participants will learn how technology can reduce manual processes, improve data accuracy, strengthen internal controls, accelerate treasury reporting, improve fraud detection, enhance cash forecasting, and create greater transparency across banking relationships and corporate entities.

Through practical treasury transformation exercises, case studies, digital treasury simulations, cash-flow modelling, operating-model design, risk scenarios, technology assessments, group discussions, and implementation planning, participants will develop the skills required to lead sustainable treasury transformation initiatives. The programme enables organizations to build agile and technology-enabled treasury functions capable of improving liquidity resilience, working capital efficiency, financial risk management, cash utilization, financing efficiency, investment performance, governance, compliance, operational efficiency, and long-term shareholder value.

Course Objectives

1.     Understand the strategic principles and drivers of corporate treasury transformation.

2.     Assess existing treasury operating models, processes, controls, and technology.

3.     Develop modern treasury transformation strategies and implementation roadmaps.

4.     Strengthen cash visibility, liquidity management, and cash-flow forecasting.

5.     Optimize working capital and corporate cash utilization.

6.     Improve financial risk management and treasury governance.

7.     Apply Treasury Management Systems and digital treasury technologies.

8.     Strengthen payment automation, bank connectivity, and financial controls.

9.     Develop effective treasury transformation performance indicators.

10.  Build future-ready, resilient, digital, and strategically aligned treasury functions.

Organization Benefits

1.     Improved corporate cash visibility and liquidity control.

2.     Reduced treasury operating costs and manual processing.

3.     Improved cash-flow forecasting and financial planning.

4.     Enhanced working capital and cash utilization.

5.     Stronger foreign exchange, interest rate, liquidity, and counterparty risk management.

6.     Improved treasury governance, controls, and compliance.

7.     Faster and more accurate treasury reporting.

8.     Improved banking relationships and financing efficiency.

9.     Enhanced automation, data quality, and operational efficiency.

10.  Increased financial resilience and strategic value from the treasury function.

Target Participants

This course is designed for chief financial officers, treasury directors, treasury managers, treasury officers, finance managers, financial controllers, corporate finance professionals, cash managers, investment managers, financial analysts, risk managers, accountants, auditors, banking professionals, ERP and TMS specialists, digital transformation managers, finance technology professionals, and senior executives responsible for financial strategy, liquidity, treasury operations, risk management, and corporate transformation.

Course Outline

Module 1: Corporate Treasury Transformation Strategy and Operating Models

·       Drivers of treasury transformation

·       Current-state treasury assessment

·       Treasury operating models

·       Centralized versus decentralized treasury

·       Treasury governance and policies

·       Treasury transformation roadmaps

General Case Study: A multinational organization evaluates its fragmented treasury structure and develops a centralized treasury transformation strategy to improve cash visibility, governance, and efficiency.

Module 2: Digital Treasury, TMS and Technology Transformation

·       Treasury Management Systems (TMS)

·       ERP and treasury integration

·       Bank connectivity and APIs

·       Treasury automation and robotic process automation

·       Digital dashboards and real-time reporting

·       Artificial intelligence and predictive treasury analytics

General Case Study: A corporate treasury department replaces spreadsheet-based processes with an integrated TMS and ERP environment to automate cash positioning, forecasting, reconciliation, and reporting.

Module 3: Cash, Liquidity and Working Capital Transformation

·       Enterprise cash visibility

·       Cash-flow forecasting

·       Cash pooling and cash concentration

·       Working capital optimization

·       Receivables and payables transformation

·       Liquidity stress testing and resilience

General Case Study: A large organization implements centralized cash management and working capital analytics to reduce idle balances and improve liquidity across multiple subsidiaries.

Module 4: Treasury Risk Management, Controls and Cybersecurity

·       Foreign exchange risk management

·       Interest rate risk management

·       Counterparty and credit risk

·       Liquidity and market risk

·       Treasury controls and fraud prevention

·       Cybersecurity and digital payment risks

General Case Study: A multinational company strengthens treasury risk controls and cybersecurity following increased exposure to foreign exchange volatility and digital payment fraud.

Module 5: Treasury Performance, Banking and Strategic Financing

·       Bank relationship management

·       Debt and financing optimization

·       Short-term investment management

·       Treasury performance indicators

·       Cost optimization and value measurement

·       Strategic treasury decision-making

General Case Study: A corporate treasury team reviews its banking portfolio, financing facilities, investment strategy, and treasury KPIs to reduce costs and improve financial returns.

Module 6: Treasury Transformation Implementation and Future Readiness

·       Treasury transformation project management

·       Change management and stakeholder engagement

·       Data governance and treasury analytics

·       Treasury capability and talent development

·       Transformation benefits realization

·       Future treasury operating models

General Case Study: A global organization develops a phased treasury transformation roadmap covering technology, people, processes, governance, data, cybersecurity, and performance measurement.

General Information

1.     Customized Training: All our courses can be tailored to meet the specific needs of participants.

2.     Language Proficiency: Participants should have a good command of the English language.

3.     Comprehensive Learning: Our training includes well-structured presentations, practical exercises, web-based tutorials, and collaborative group work. Our facilitators are seasoned experts with over a decade of experience.

4.     Certification: Upon successful completion of training, participants will receive a certificate from Foscore Development Center (FDC-K).

5.     Training Locations: Training sessions are conducted at Foscore Development Center (FDC-K) centers. We also offer options for in-house and online training, customized to the client's schedule.

6.     Flexible Duration: Course durations are adaptable, and content can be adjusted to fit the required number of days.

7.     Onsite Training Inclusions: The course fee for onsite training covers facilitation, training materials, two coffee breaks, a buffet lunch, and a Certificate of Successful Completion. Participants are responsible for their travel expenses, airport transfers, visa applications, dinners, health/accident insurance, and personal expenses.

8.     Additional Services: Accommodation, pickup services, flight booking, and visa processing arrangements are available upon request at discounted rates.

9.     Equipment: Tablets and laptops can be provided to participants at an additional cost.

10.  Post-Training Support: We offer one year of free consultation and coaching after the course.

11.  Group Discounts: Register as a group of more than two and enjoy a discount ranging from 10% to 50%.

12.  Payment Terms: Payment should be made before the commencement of the training or as mutually agreed upon, to the Foscore Development Center account. This ensures better preparation for your training.

13.  Contact Us: For any inquiries, please reach out to us at training@fdc-k.org or call us at +254712260031.

14.  Website: Visit our website at www.fdc-k.org for more information.