AFP Webinar Series Archived Sessions

Treasury Operations

Global Treasury Operations - What Works

A case study in how Treasury effectively manages liquidity management at EDS. Lessons learned on what works from both a strategic and tactical perspective.

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Obtaining Treasury Services Using a Procurement Approach

Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Procurement practices designed to minimize costs and standardize vendor written materials have been applied to treasury services with mixed results. Join us to review the better practices and learn about ones that may not be in your company’s best interests.

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Three Different Views of Account Analysis and Billing

Thursday, May 3, 2007
This webinar will explore the various components of bank account analysis to provide the customer with tools to reconcile their monthly activity and charges. Importance is placed on thorough and consistent review of the analysis. Specific strategies for examining, managing, and reducing analysis fees will be presented. It will include the advantages of receiving the 822 Electronic Statement, recognition of volume and pricing errors and working with balances and services to reduce fees. Price determination, earnings credit, reserve requirement and FDIC/FICO insurance will be discussed along with attention given to the benefits and disadvantages of various methods of compensating the bank.

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Selecting and Implementing Treasury Systems

Thursday, January 11, 2007
This session will focus on the critical success factors for selecting and implementing a treasury system solution. Topics to be reviewed include requirements gathering, systems and process design, implementation and integration, and roll out of a treasury systems solution. Actual case studies will be discussed and reviewed.

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Treasury Services Relationships: Treat Each One Like a Marriage?

Thursday, December 7, 2006
The presenter will outline key factors to developing a successful treasury services relationship from the perspective of a corporate practitioner. He will then (based on conversations with bank partners) outline key factors for successful relationship development from a provider’s perspective. During the presentation the presenter will note how a specific relationship has evolved much like a successful marriage.

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Getting Caught Up In Web Banking

August 24, 2006
With internet banking becoming the standard amongst treasury professionals, it’s essential that you understand and take advantage of the benefits it presents. When implementing Web-based products and services, you also need to be certain that your information is protected. While being able to initiate transfers, make inquiries, view same day information, and submit account documentation and maintenance requests through the Web is certainly valuable to the finance community, the security of the information being exchanged must never be compromised.

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Corporate Cost Cutting Through Bank Fee Analysis

July 27, 2006
Month-after-month, your bank’s charge you many different fees for many different services. Does your treasury department know what services are being used for want functions and are they aware of the price and volumes attached to those services? Comparing your internal functions with your numerous bank services can save you money!

Most organizations wish they had the time to eliminate some of their redundant bank services charges, as well as streamline some of the common services they use. Do you ever track unwarranted surcharges, unneeded bank assisted corrections or custom services, which in turn, could be eliminated by reviewing best practice methods? Could you renegotiate pricing of your high volume services by requesting tier or threshold pricing?

You can address these areas by automating your monthly account analysis statements and organizing your individual services. This will allow you to spot trends and produce meaningful metric reports to decrease your overall bank fees. Attend this session to determine if your internal processes efficiently match your bank fees and services.

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Constructing and Executing an Effective RFP

June 22, 2006
Conducting an RFP process can be a daunting task. From creation of a meaningful questionnaire to deciding who should receive it, to developing an evaluation matrix of results, the job is complex and can be overwhelming. So do it right the first time! This session will address the most direct route to achieving a successful RFP project.

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Bidding and Implementing a Treasury Workstation: University and Corporate Views

June 7, 2006
This session reveals two approaches to treasury workstation bidding, and implementation. First, hear how a university leveraged a workstation to manage operating cash investment pools and record credit card processing for 70 merchant numbers. Then, explore how a $1 billion publicly traded company interfaced general ledger transactions and improved cash forecasts. The speakers will address how each analyzed their entities' needs and managed the process.

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U.S. Economic Trends and Their Impact on Corporate Treasury

May 18, 2006
Where is the U.S. Economy in the business cycle? What is the prognosis for growth, inflation, employment and interest rates over the summer, the next two years and beyond? Why should you care? This session will help attendees understand the impact current economic trends have on corporate treasury functions.

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A Forensic Approach to Fraud Prevention

May 11, 2006
While legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley is a necessary weapon in anyone's fraud-prevention arsenal, financial professionals must also become internal detectives to shore up their defenses. Attendees will learn to take a forensic approach to prevention by exploring actual embezzlement examples. Leave knowing how to mitigate your company's risk of victimization.

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Current Trends in Treasury Management Fee and Rate Pricing

April 27, 2006
When considering methods of reducing treasury expenses, treasury professionals often look at how much they are paying for bank services and how they can trim their costs. The problem is that many treasury professionals do not know whether the fees they’re currently paying are competitive. This session will explore current trends in prices for bank services, earnings credit rates, and overdraft rates, as well as new charges that companies are seeing on their analysis statements. The presenters will also discuss the impact that smaller banks and non-bank entities are having on bank prices and services.

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The Treasury Workstation Three Part Series - Part III: Optimization

April 13, 2006
Regardless of the state of your Treasury Workstation Lifecycle, you're sitting on a large investment and/or expense that must create value for your organization. Part of this involves a vision for the next step in the lifecycle so that the solution satisfies the needs for the next 5-10 years in addition to the needs of today. Many things may be fighting against that value creation... staff turn over, vendor mergers, lack of support for earlier versions, or lack of product development. Amid all this, how can anyone be sure they are getting the most out of their workstation, or that it continues to result in an acceptable return? Part III in the Treasury Workstation Trilogy will present best practices and lessons learned in developing a process for keeping workstations finely tuned and ready to take on more functionality.

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The Treasury Workstation Three Part Series - Part II: Implementation

April 7, 2006
You've selected a Treasury Workstation and you know your objectives of the Treasury Workstation Lifecycle—now it's time to plan your implementation. Every implementation is different. Implementation team deficiencies and organizational technological limitations can easily hinder the benefits of good project management skills, solid communications, and leadership buy-in. And, furthermore, the system that fits your budget might not fit your business processes. However, one must resist the urge to customize lest they become trapped by the customizations and unable to upgrade or add new functionality in the future. Part II in the Treasury Workstation Trilogy will present best practices in implementation plan development, team selection and execution while maintaining a reference to the overall lifecycle.

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The Treasury Workstation Three Part Series - Part I: Selection

March 30, 2006
The decision whether to buy or replace a Treasury Workstation, then selecting one, is not a standalone project; it is the first part of the ongoing Treasury Workstation Lifecycle. The ordeal of defining initial requirements, understanding internal capabilities and justifying cost for the workstation is just the starting point to creating the foundation from which the implementation and optimization process can build. Part I in the Treasury Workstation Trilogy will provide guidance on starting the process of the Treasury Workstation Lifecycle by presenting workstation selection techniques and lessons learned that will help a practitioner through the first step. This three part series defines Treasury Workstations broadly to mean traditional client/server workstations, ASP treasury applications and ERP treasury management modules.

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Phishing in Today's E-Commerce Streams

April 7, 2005
What is phishing and how does it affect your business. Is it a pervasive problem in the marketplace and how are businesses targeted by hackers? The broad realm of electronic fraud and phishing schemes and their implications to retail corporations will be discussed. There are implications that you might not have considered.

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Investment Strategies for Corporate Treasury in a Rising Rate Environment:  The Appeal of Asset-Backed Securities"

March 31, 2005
The presentation will address emerging investment opportunities for corporate treasurers. This will include coverage of several strategies, such as duration extension, with a focus on the challenges presented by a rising rate environment. The presentation will then examine the increasing importance and utility of asset-backed securities (ABS), which offer attractive credit characteristics and returns. The presentation will close with a discussion of a model ABS investment strategy being explored by one of CSAM’s corporate treasury relationships.

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Streamline Treasury: Proven Methods for Increasing Efficiency and Integration

October 28, 2004
Entities continue to operate their treasury organizations within the constraints of a silo-oriented style utilizing many disconnected systems and uncoordinated processes throughout multiple departments. This session will identify where most inefficiency begins, and categorize the negative impact on your day-to-day process. Learn to classify other functions that can be integrated into daily treasury operations. Gain insight into technological solutions available in the marketplace and how the realization of these technologies will impact the organization's costs, efficiency, and productivity.

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The Bank Scorecard: The Blueprint for Optimizing a Banking Relationship (Part II)

June 17, 2004
Treasury professionals must build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with banking partners to meet the goals and strategic initiatives of their particular organizations. Financial institutions are responsible for the performance of the services they provide. To clearly communicate expectations and performance measurements, a bank scorecard is an effective tool. This presentation provides the basic "blueprint" needed to implement a bank scorecard evaluation system, inclusive of a step-by-step methodology.

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Treasury and Tax: Working Together

February 12, 2004
For companies with operating units across the globe, treasury is routinely tasked with supplying each business unit with the appropriate levels of liquidity, providing tools to receive, disburse and move funds and, at the same time, providing the company’s organizations with the information required to track and control the proper level and risks associated with the company's cash, debt and investments. No treasury organization that seeks to be world class can truly call themselves the "best" without assistance from other financial professionals to evaluate the plethora of alternatives that all seek to answer one of the enduring questions in treasury: How do I optimize my global, net cost of funds on an after-tax basis?

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