Treasury and Risk Management

Course overview

Treasury functions in African organisations must keep enough cash on hand while navigating volatile exchange rates, shifting interest rates and limited hedging markets. Weak treasury management shows up as idle balances, expensive borrowing and surprise currency losses. This treasury management course equips treasury and finance staff to manage liquidity, funding and financial risk in a disciplined way.

Participants learn the role and organisation of the treasury function, cash and liquidity management, cash forecasting and pooling, and banking relationships. They study short- and long-term funding options, investment of surplus cash and working capital. The risk part covers identifying and measuring foreign exchange, interest rate, credit and commodity price exposures, and the hedging tools available in the region, from natural hedges to forwards and swaps. The course ends with treasury policies, controls against fraud and error, and treasury reporting. Practical exercises use the treasury position of a regional manufacturer and a state corporation.

Participants leave able to manage cash and funding efficiently and to control their organisation's financial risks.

What you will be able to do

• Explain the role and organisation of the treasury function
• Manage cash and liquidity using forecasts and pooling
• Evaluate short- and long-term funding options
• Identify and measure currency, interest rate and credit exposures
• Select suitable hedging approaches for regional markets
• Design treasury policies, controls and reports

Who should attend

For treasury, finance and risk staff in companies, state corporations and public bodies who manage cash, funding or financial risk.

• Treasury officers and managers
• Finance managers
• Financial controllers
• Risk managers
• Cash management staff
• State corporation finance officers
• Chief finance officers

Course outline

Fees are per participant in US dollars and cover tuition, course materials and your certificate. Travel and accommodation are not included.