Course Overview
The Treasury Management Course is designed to provide hands-on training to executives and managers in either large or small private and public sector organisations.
The course assists participants to:
- Identify and develop key strategies for treasury management
- Understand the application and valuation of financial instruments
- Attain familiarity with the practical requirements of the accounting standards relevant to treasury management
- Apply the principles learnt in a half day case study
- Network with other finance and treasury professionals.
Course Outline
During the three days, participants will work in teams to complete short exercises to reinforce principles taught. Class sizes are limited to approximately 30 participants to maximise learning opportunities in group work.
Day 1
9.15am – 5.15pm (AEST)
- Treasury’s Role
- Treasury Governance / Framework
- Fundamental Financial Concepts
- Financial and Commodity Risk-Recognition and Measurement techniques
- Foreign Exchange Risk Management
Day 2
9.00am – 4.30pm (AEST)
- Interest Rate Risk Management
- Counterparty Risk Management
- Fastrack Funding with AI
- Liquidity & Cash Management
- Interview with a Corporate Treasurer
Day 3
8.30am – 4.30pm (AEST)
- Treasury Operations
- Accounting for Treasury Transactions
- Pulling it all together (Case Study & applying the theories)
- End of course networking function
This course is designed for current practitioners and for those interested in working in treasury management.
- It presents a holistic understanding of treasury management from first principles and introduces participants, in an intuitive manner, to the concepts and logic that underpin financial risk management, financial instruments and derivatives
- A stimulating and interactive course that provides the opportunity to explore your ideas and knowledge and gain pragmatic insights into how others are managing financial risks
- Designed and presented by facilitators from a premier professional services firm – with treasury management expertise and personal examples gathered over decades.
Paul Travers
Course Facilitator
Paul has over 30 years’ experience in treasury, risk management and banking working from buy, sell and advisory perspectives. He has been a fundamental driving force in the delivery of Treasury Training for corporate, banking and government sectors throughout Australia for over 10 years. Paul is across current treasury matters from his day to day dealings as a Director over the past 10 years at KPMG, which enabled him to create relevant content in the changing business landscape that is treasury and risk management and his ongoing involvement in treasury related initiatives thru the ACTA.
Paul is a past President of the Australian Corporate Treasury Association, and has been the Chair of their Annual Treasury Conference for the past 5 years and past Chair of FINSIA’s Institutional Markets Industry Council.
Paul is an engaging presenter who has helped hundreds of treasury professionals progress further in business and their careers and has redeveloped the course to make it relevant, streamlined and focused on the issues at hand – ensuring a stimulating and enjoyable experience for all!
What people are saying…
“I found this course excellent, sufficiently covering all aspects of treasury management. Well-run, content was relevant and presented effectively“
“Highly valuable, pleasant to experience perspective from others in the industry with interesting dialogue between participants.“
“Excellent, explained concepts clearly and enabled me to feel confident discussing these concepts with experts.“