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FinanceIntermediate

Treasury and Cash Management

Liquidity, cash forecasting, FX and bank relationships.

Taught by Manisha Bhattarai · ACCA, Finance Manager

What you'll learn

  • Design a lean bank account structure and choose between physical and notional cash pooling
  • Build and maintain a rolling 13-week direct cash flow forecast and measure its accuracy
  • Calculate the cash conversion cycle and identify practical levers to release working capital
  • Set a liquidity policy covering minimum cash, committed facilities and surplus cash investment
  • Measure transactional FX exposure and explain when to hedge with forwards or options
  • Implement payment controls, segregation of duties and fraud checks for treasury operations

About this course

Treasury keeps a business alive by making sure there is always enough cash in the right place, in the right currency, at the right time. This course is for finance analysts, accountants, controllers and small-business finance leads who want to move into treasury or run cash management with more confidence. You will map bank account structures and cash pooling, build a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast, and release working capital by managing DSO, DPO and inventory days. You will also learn how companies fund themselves, invest surplus cash safely, measure foreign exchange exposure and hedge it with forwards and options, and design payment controls that stop fraud. The course closes with managing bank relationships and deciding when a treasury management system is worth it. You need basic accounting knowledge and comfortable spreadsheet skills; short Python examples show how to automate cash forecasting and FX calculations.

Course content

7 lessons
  1. 1What Treasury Does and Why It MattersThe treasury function's core jobs, how it differs from accounting and FP&A, and the priorities behind it.Preview
  2. 2Bank Accounts, Cash Visibility and PoolingDesign a lean bank account structure, get daily cash visibility and use pooling to put cash to work.
  3. 3Building a 13-Week Cash Flow ForecastBuild a rolling direct cash forecast week by week, then measure and improve its accuracy.
  4. 4Working Capital and the Cash Conversion CycleMeasure DSO, DIO and DPO, calculate the cash conversion cycle and find practical ways to release cash.
  5. 5Liquidity, Funding and Investing Surplus CashSet a liquidity buffer, choose the right bank facilities and invest surplus cash within a clear policy.
  6. 6Foreign Exchange Risk and Hedging BasicsIdentify FX exposures and hedge them with forwards and options under a clear, written policy.
  7. 7Treasury Controls, Payments and Bank RelationshipsSecure payments against fraud, set strong controls and manage bank relationships and treasury technology.