Learning Curve: Corporate Treasury Structure and Design

This section introduces the reader to the general structure and purpose of Corporate Treasury from the perspective of a practitioner.

1. Role of Treasury in a Global corporation
   • Context of Treasury in a Global organization
   • Interfaces with other functions and external entities like Regulators, Banks, etc..,
2. Treasury organization structure
   • Typical Treasury organization structure with different layers
   • Touch points within the Finance function
3. A typical day at Treasury
   • What it is like in a typical day at Treasury – across all activities and levels
4. Approaches to Treasury Management
   • Different approaches to managing Treasuries: Centralization of activities, hub-and-spoke arrangements etc
   • Different stages in the evolution of Global Treasuries
   • Outsourcing Treasury activity
5. The importance of Operations and Controls Efficiency
   • Key elements of the often under-stated but firm-critical aspects of Operations, Execution, Documentation and Control