What’s Treasury impact on business performance? (Part 3: Tactical Treasuries)
Treasury for Non-Treasurers (3rd article, part 5) “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” This quote from Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina is apt for tactical treasuries. Personnel who have worked only in strategic and operational treasuries don’t know things could be different. They are “happy. ”Those in tactical treasuries,…
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The Realities of Strategic Treasuries – Managing Complexity and Stakeholder Impact
Introduction Building on our previous discussion, we now focus on the operational realities and stakeholder impacts of strategic treasuries. Note: This article dives into the complexities of organisational structures and their impact on strategy and performance. If these topics are new to you, consider revisiting this article later when you’ve covered other foundational concepts. However,…
What’s Treasury’s impact on business performance? (Part 2: Strategic Treasuries)
Introduction Strategic Treasuries – entities that transform treasury into a core driver of business performance In the previous articles, we looked at basic and control-oriented treasuries, short- and medium-term-focus in maintaining solvency and managing financial risks. But what happens when a treasury goes beyond these operational levels? What if they transform into functions that not…
Treasury for Non-Treasurers: A Tale of two Operational Treasuries – Basic and Control-Oriented
A case study: Building a Control-Oriented Treasury out of a Basic One Background: “You want to reduce the chances of losses due to foreign exchange movements; First you need to set up a controlled treasury environment” Once upon a time, I was fortunate enough to have a senior Treasury position in a fast-growing company. My…
Treasury for Non-Treasurers: What’s Treasury’s impact on business performance? (Part 1: Operational Treasuries)
Last week, we explored whether Treasury is a strategic function. We’ll now dive into how different types of treasuries impact business performance. In this article, we’ll focus on operational treasuries, which come in two types: basic and control-orientated. We’ll examine their impact through the lens of the first article’s four key treasury objectives, which will…
Treasury for Non-Treasurers: Is Treasury a Strategic Function?
We closed last week with the question: “Is Treasury a strategic function?” Ask 1,000 treasurers the question, 999 will say “Yes”. 🙄 I’m being unkind. There is no agreed definition of ‘strategic,’ so every function is strategic in some way or another. Let’s tighten that up. Here’s my definition: “A strategic Treasury: 1. Is one…
Treasury for Non-Treasurers: What is Treasury?
Treasury for Non-Treasurers: Article 1 – What is Treasury? Summary: 4 pillars, simple but with massive implications.