Operational Corporate Treasury Management in Singapore 11-13 May 2026

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Operational Corporate Treasury Management

Singapore | May 11th-13th 2026 | From USD$2,995

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Course overview

This is the foundational course in the International Corporate Treasury Management series (Operational, Advanced, and Strategic Treasury).
Focusing on the essential pillars of treasury – cash, liquidity and risk management, the training blends the critical technical skills for efficient treasury operations while incorporating tested methodologies for personnel to work effectively and adapt to constant change.
Learning objectives
- Master the Treasury Landscape: Gain a comprehensive overview of the treasury function and understand your specific role within the broader corporate treasury structure.
- Drive Operational Excellence: Acquire essential knowledge of tools and techniques for making treasury efficient, including optimised treasury structures, banking and other products and services, cash forecasting, bank relationship management, technology and the developing role of AI.
- Future-Proof Your Skills: Explore key developments shaping the industry and their practical applications.
- Execute with Efficiency: Learn proven methods to support and add value to treasury projects.
- Build Influence and Resilience: Develop relationships with internal stakeholders to be an impactful treasury professional.
Who should attend?
- Any treasury professionals who need to understand the basic elements of a productive treasury and the processes and services associated with it.
- Senior treasury staff, who want to benchmark their current practices against peers, refresh knowledge and learn about new products and techniques
- Financial and technological partners or consultants who need an understanding of their clients’ treasury priorities, challenges and see where their products and services fit in their ecosystems.
Course approach

All EuroFinance courses are developed with practical applications in mind.
Our expert tutors tailor the delivery of the courses to meet attendees’ individual objectives, using exercises, case studies and discussions.
After the course, participants will have a clear understanding of the treasury function and will be able to apply any learnings to their daily work.
Why train with EuroFinance

Real world treasury training

Leave with skills and techniques that you can immediately apply when you get back to at the office.

Unrivalled knowledge of current best practice

We talk to treasurers on a daily basis and know what matters most to the profession.

Expert tutors

We have secured the services of the leading tutors in the profession with banking knowledge and corporate expertise to give you the best all-round comprehensive training available.

Truly global

We run treasury events all around the worldwide and attract a very international audience.

Practical teaching method

Our courses aren’t just theory, we use real-life case studies and group exercises to illustrate each learning point.

Agenda

Day 1 - Monday, May 11th 2026 Introduction, Cash, Liquidity and Risk Management
- 9am-5.30pm
  Course introduction
  - Welcome
  - Attendee learning objective
  An introduction to treasury
  - The objectives of treasury
  - Activities involved
  - Examples of individual treasuries
  - From examples to the big picture – A framework covering all treasuries
  - Easy vs complex countries
  - The regulatory, tax and accounting environment
  - Centralised and decentralised structures
  - Typical organisational structures
  Discussion: Comparing attendees’ treasuries and the implications on their learning objectives
  
  Break
  
  Domestic and cross-border cash management
  - Bank accounts
  - Payment types
  - Clearing systems
  - Correspondent banking
  - SWIFT and other communications’ networks
  - Costs and float
  - Issues with bank account opening, management and closing
  Domestic and cross-border liquidity management
  - Business vs treasury needs and preferences
  - The challenges of cash and debt concentration
  - Pooling, sweeping (aka target- and zero-balancing)
  - Virtual accounts
  - Domestic and cross-border issues
  - Tax aspects
  - Global liquidity structures
  - Multi-bank structures
  - ‘Follow the Sun’ and ‘Against the Sun’
  Lunch
  
  Debt and investment
  - Short-term bank borrowings and investments
  - Disintermediation and the capital markets
  - Money market funds
  - Long-term borrowing and investment types
  - Debt vs equity
  - The impact of regulations on availability and cost
  - Structured financing
  - Working capital and supply chain financing
  Risk management
  - Case study – Metallgesellschaft
  - Types of risk
  - Complex countries
  - The financial markets
  - Typically used instruments
  - Basic methodologies
  - Accounting and other impacts
  - The IBOR transition and risk-free rates
  Break
  
  Cash, liquidity and risk management: Intercompany versus external flows
  - Intercompany issues in:
  o Cash management
  
  o Liquidity management, including trapped cash
  
  o Risk management
  - Other operational issues
  - Intercompany FX, lending, borrowing and risk management
  - Netting
  - Payments- and receipts-on-behalf-of
  Dealing with complex environments
  - Businesses differences
  - Geographic coverage
  - Cultural differences
  - Cost, cost-neutral and profit centres
  - Small vs large treasuries
  - Basic vs advanced technology use
  Understanding banks and how they can help – The importance of bank relationship management
  - Case study: Silicon Valley Bank
  - Bank appetite for corporate risk
  - Underbanked vs overbanked
  - Managing banks relationships
  - Per-transaction vs wallet-paid compensation
  - Common wallet calculation methodologies
  Q&A and close
Day 2, Tuesday, May 12th 2026 Treasury Processes and Systems
- 9am-5.30pm
  Cash forecasting
  - Objectives and importance of cash forecasting
  - Strategic, tactical and operational cash forecasts
  - Direct and indirect methods
  - Approaches and issues
  - Tools and technologies
  Improving the cash forecast
  - Actuals vs forecast
  - Associated structural issues
  - Timing and other non-structural issues
  - Access to internal systems and stakeholders
  - Current and future trends including AI
  Working effectively with internal functions
  - Typical functions and geographic units involved
  - Understanding their’ priorities
  - Winning approaches for effective collaboration
  Break
  
  Other activities treasury is involved in
  - Trade finance
  - Commodities purchasing and hedging
  - Projects
  - Input into other functions:
  o Accounting
  
  o Budgeting
  
  o Pricing
  
  o Investor relations
  
  o ESG
  
  o Other
  
  Key treasury and other processes
  - Accounts payable and receivable
  - Payroll and expense management
  - Cash forecasting
  - Dealing, confirmation and settlement
  - Netting
  - Other
  A typical yearly calendar of activities
  - Daily
  - Monthly
  - Yearly
  - Ad-hoc
  Lunch
  
  Exercise: Dealing the old-fashioned way
  
  An introduction to treasury technology
  - Reasons for automating
  - Build vs buy
  - Outsourcing vs automation
  - Issues associated with technology
  - Cybersecurity
  - Working with the IT function
  Break
  
  Electronic banking systems
  - Types of electronic banking systems
  - Key features
  - Best practice controls
  - Focus for audit
  Treasury management systems
  - Types of treasury management systems (TMS)
  - Standard features
  - Common modules
  - Common integrations
  - Key controls
  - Common issues
  Other treasury systems
  - Netting systems
  - Market rate providers
  - SWIFT
  - Dealing platforms
  - Payment- and receipt-on-behalf-of capabilities
  - More
  Q&A and close
Day 3, May 13th 2026 Control and change
- 9am-5.30pm
  The management environment
  - Levels of management involved
  - Policies
  - Operating procedures
  - Documentation
  - Key performance indicators (KPIs) / Objectives
  - Reporting
  - Dashboards
  - Internal and external audit
  Working during difficult times
  - Backup and disaster recovery
    o Challenges involved
    o Exercises and timing
    o Documentation
  - Market disruptions
    o Challenges involved
    o Exercises and timing
    o Documentation
  - Mergers and other company changes
  Break
  
  Treasury in an age of constant change: Projects
  - Typical projects
  - Typical project management methodologies
  - Requests for Proposal and Information (RFPs and RFIs)
  - Automation vs reorganisation
  - Treasury as support vs in-treasury projects
  Working in projects – Roles and responsibilities
  - Key stakeholders involved
  - Roles and responsibilities
  - Key pressures and influences
  Factors leading to project success and failure
  - Project specific
  - Cultural
  - Contextual
  - Behavioural
  Exercise: Contributing to a treasury project’s success
  
  Lunch
  
  Current trends and developments: Overview
  - The global environment
  - The banking environment
  - Companies
  - Finance
  - Treasury
  - Systems
  - The impact of AI
  Specific changes
  - Centralisation
    o Treasury centreso In-house bankso Shared service centreso Payment factories
  - Cash management
    o Instant payments
    o SWIFT GPI
    o Cards
    o The blockchain
    o Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), Stablecoins and Crypto
    o Trade finance
  - Liquidity, debt and investment management
    o Virtual accounts (Future directions)
    o Money market funds (Future directions)
  - Risk management
    o Market & macroeconomic volatility
    o Wars & tariffs
    o Cybersecurity
    o Risk governance
    o Regulatory changes
  Break
  
  Specific changes (Continued)
  - Systems and processes
  - o Data accuracy
    o ISO 20022
    o Real-time systems
    o Integration and APIs
    o Changes in dashboards
  - Personnel and talent
    o Core skills and capabilities
    o Trends
  Discussion: Applicability to the attendees’ companies; Key learnings achieved
  Q&A and close

Tutor

Nicholas Franck

Senior EuroFinance Tutor EuroFinance

Nicholas (‘Nick’) Franck has worked 30+ years in corporate treasury, trading, transaction banking, and treasury consultancy: 19 years in multi-industry corporates (IBM, International SOS, Agility Logistics and Oriflame Cosmetics;) 7 years in banks (Merrill Lynch and Chase Manhattan;) 6 years in treasury consultancy (CFO Solutions.) In these companies, his work has been mainly on startups and change. He has worked in and advised on technology, processes, outsourcing, treasury functions & treasury centres, worldwide. His expertise covers cash, liquidity, working capital, risk management, TMS and other systems, policy and process change within a business’s broader finance and commercial context. His in-depth knowledge makes him a versatile, convincing and compelling trainer.

Prices

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