Track: Corporate Finance and Capital Structure

Managing a Treasury Department through Challenging Economic Times: Is Opportunity Knocking on Your Door?

Monday, October 20, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Room: 404 AB

This session will focus on programs, actions and processes financial professionals should consider to mitigate the impact of weakening macroeconomic and industry conditions on their companies. We will also identify strategies that treasury professionals can utilize to identify opportunities in the face of challenging economic times that can demonstrate the strategic value of the treasury function within an organization.

Speakers:

• Jan P. Berger
  Vice President and Treasurer
  Smart & Final, Inc.

Objectives

• Assess treasury areas during downturns in the economic cycle - company & industry / macroenvironment
• Understand risk mitigation techniques for various treasury functions
• Understand how to managing upward (senior management) and outward (interdepartmental, external parties) during financially challenging periods

Pre-Requisites

• Interest in the strategic value of the treasury function

Take-Aways

• Guidelines for how to identify your business?s exposure to tough economic times
• Outline of qualitative steps to use in managing company and third party constituents when business risks dramatically increase

CPA Field of Study: MAS