TREASURY & RISK MANAGEMENT
Strengthen Financial Stability and Strategic Risk Control through Integrated Treasury Practices
Course Schedule
Strengthen Financial Stability and Strategic Risk Control through Integrated Treasury Practices
| Date | Venue | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| 10 – 14 Feb 2025 | Dubai – UAE | USD 3495 per delegate |
| 03 – 07 Mar 2025 | Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia / Online | USD 1500 per delegate (Online) |
| 25 – 29 May 2025 | Doha – Qatar | USD 3495 per delegate |
Course Introduction
Treasury management today goes beyond cash flow and liquidity oversight—it plays a critical role in managing financial risks, supporting investment decisions, and ensuring overall financial resilience. As markets evolve and regulatory scrutiny intensifies, professionals must stay ahead of complex financial instruments, market volatility, and integrated risk exposures.
This 5-day course equips treasury, finance, and risk professionals with the tools to manage liquidity, optimize funding strategies, mitigate interest rate and currency risk, and align treasury operations with enterprise risk frameworks. With hands-on workshops and real-world scenarios, this program builds practical capabilities in both strategic and operational treasury management.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
• Understand the structure and function of a modern treasury department
• Manage liquidity, working capital, and short-term funding instruments
• Identify and mitigate market, credit, and operational risks in treasury
• Analyze the impact of interest rate, FX, and commodity volatility
• Align treasury strategy with enterprise-wide risk management (ERM)
• Implement treasury controls, reporting, and compliance practices
Key Benefits of Attending
• Gain critical insight into managing treasury operations in volatile markets
• Learn best practices in liquidity, hedging, and financial risk modeling
• Improve treasury policy design, compliance, and internal controls
• Understand how to build a resilient treasury function within ERM frameworks
• Benchmark your practices against leading institutions
Intended Audience
This program is designed for:
• Treasury managers and analysts
• Finance and accounting professionals
• Risk officers, auditors, and compliance managers
• Corporate finance and investment professionals
• Bankers and asset-liability management (ALM) teams
Individual Benefits
Key competencies that will be developed include:
• Cash flow forecasting and liquidity modeling
• Treasury policy formulation and risk limit setting
• Use of derivatives and hedging strategies
• FX exposure management and market risk reporting
• Regulatory and compliance awareness (e.g., IFRS, Basel, SOX)
Organization Benefits
Upon completing the training course, participants will demonstrate:
• Improved cash, liquidity, and capital management practices
• Enhanced protection against market volatility and financial shocks
• Stronger internal controls and policy governance in treasury
• Better coordination between treasury, risk, and finance functions
• Increased resilience and decision-making transparency
Instructional Methdology
This course uses a practical, finance-focused methodology:
• Briefings – Treasury strategy, instruments, and risk frameworks
• Case Studies – Treasury failures and turnaround stories
• Workshops – Hedging models, liquidity plans, and treasury policy writing
• Peer Exchange – Shared practices across sectors and regions
• Tools – Cash forecasting models, VaR templates, compliance checklists
Course Outline
Training Hours: 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Daily Format: 3–4 Learning Modules | Coffee breaks: 09:30 & 11:15 | Lunch Buffet: 01:00 – 02:00
Day 1: Treasury Fundamentals & Frameworks
Module 1: Treasury Functions and Organization (07:30 – 09:30)
• Core responsibilities: liquidity, risk, investment, and banking
• Treasury centralization and structure options
Module 2: Cash Flow Forecasting and Liquidity Planning (09:45 – 11:15)
• Cash visibility, pooling, and forecasting techniques
Module 3: Treasury KPIs and Performance Monitoring (11:30 – 01:00)
• Metrics for liquidity, funding cost, and risk exposure
Module 4: Workshop – Cash Flow Forecasting Simulation (02:00 – 03:30)
• Teams prepare forecasts for a sample business unit
Day 2: Financial Markets and Risk Exposures
Module 1: Overview of Financial Instruments (07:30 – 09:30)
• Money markets, FX, fixed income, and derivatives
Module 2: FX and Interest Rate Risk Management (09:45 – 11:15)
• Exposure identification and hedging strategies
Module 3: Commodity and Counterparty Risks (11:30 – 01:00)
• Hedging tools and counterparty risk limits
Module 4: Workshop – Hedging Strategy Design (02:00 – 03:30)
• Participants build a hedge plan for an FX or interest rate risk
Day 3: Treasury Risk and Governance
Module 1: Enterprise Risk Integration in Treasury (07:30 – 09:30)
• Linking treasury risk to ERM and risk appetite statements
Module 2: Treasury Policy and Internal Controls (09:45 – 11:15)
• Delegation of authority, risk limits, and policy components
Module 3: Treasury Audit and Regulatory Requirements (11:30 – 01:00)
• Basel III/IV, IFRS, SOX, and regional standards
Module 4: Workshop – Treasury Risk Policy Review (02:00 – 03:30)
• Teams evaluate and improve sample policy documentation
Day 4: Technology, Reporting & Bank Relations
Module 1: Treasury Systems and Digital Tools (07:30 – 09:30)
• TMS platforms, integration with ERP, APIs, and dashboards
Module 2: Bank Relationship and Cash Management (09:45 – 11:15)
• Banking services, fees, ratings, and counterparty evaluation
Module 3: Treasury Reporting & Stress Testing (11:30 – 01:00)
• Reporting formats, scenario planning, and stress tests
Module 4: Workshop – Bank Relationship Strategy (02:00 – 03:30)
• Participants analyze and optimize a bank portfolio
Day 5: Strategy, Ethics & Final Integration
Module 1: Strategic Treasury Leadership (07:30 – 09:30)
• Treasury’s role in M&A, working capital, and investment decisions
Module 2: Ethics, Fraud, and Operational Risk (09:45 – 11:15)
• Fraud prevention, whistleblowing, and treasury ethics policies
Module 3: Final Case Study – Treasury Transformation (11:30 – 01:00)
• Review of a corporate treasury evolution journey
Module 4: Final Presentations & Wrap-Up (02:00 – 03:30)
• Teams present their integrated treasury improvement plans
Certification
Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion in Treasury & Risk Management, confirming their ability to manage treasury operations, mitigate financial risk, and align treasury strategy with business goals.