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Treasury and Cash Management Training

SAQA US AATICD-0047 | NQF 5 | Credits 10 | Duration 5 Days
From $1,242 per delegate

Description

This course equips professionals with the skills to manage corporate treasury functions, optimize cash flow, and mitigate financial risks. Participants will learn to forecast liquidity, manage banking relationships, and implement effective cash management strategies.

Learning Outcomes

  • Apply cash flow forecasting techniques to predict liquidity needs.
  • Analyze banking products and services to optimize treasury operations.
  • Evaluate financial risks and implement mitigation strategies.
  • Design cash management policies to improve working capital efficiency.
  • Implement internal controls for treasury and cash management processes.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in using treasury management systems.

Target Audience

Financial managers, accountants, treasury analysts, and business owners seeking to enhance their cash management and treasury operations expertise.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Day 1: Foundations of Treasury and Cash Management

Objectives:
• Define treasury management and its role within an organisation
• Explain the importance of cash management for liquidity and solvency
• Identify key treasury functions and the treasury policy framework
• Describe the cash conversion cycle and its impact on working capital

Topics:
• Introduction to treasury management: scope and objectives
• The role of the treasurer vs. finance manager
• Treasury policy, procedures, and internal controls
• Understanding cash flow: operating, investing, financing
• The cash conversion cycle and working capital components
• Sources and uses of short-term funds
• Overview of banking structures and payment systems in South Africa

Day 2: Cash Flow Forecasting and Liquidity Management

Objectives:
• Construct and interpret a short-term cash flow forecast
• Apply techniques for managing liquidity and funding gaps
• Evaluate different sources of short-term financing
• Monitor and report on cash positions using key metrics

Topics:
• Cash flow forecasting methods: direct vs. indirect
• Building a rolling 13-week cash forecast
• Managing liquidity: cash positioning and sweeping
• Short-term investment instruments: money market, T-bills, CP
• Short-term borrowing: overdrafts, revolving credit, trade finance
• Key liquidity ratios and performance metrics
• Bank relationship management and service optimisation

Day 3: Working Capital Management and Payment Systems

Objectives:
• Optimise accounts receivable and payable to improve cash flow
• Evaluate inventory management techniques for cash efficiency
• Understand domestic and cross-border payment systems
• Apply best practices in payment processing and fraud prevention

Topics:
• Receivables management: credit policy, invoicing, collections
• Payables management: payment terms, discounts, supply chain finance
• Inventory management: EOQ, JIT, and cash conversion impact
• Overview of payment systems: EFT, real-time gross settlement (SAMOS)
• Cross-border payments and foreign exchange considerations
• Payment fraud risks and controls
• Electronic banking and treasury management systems (TMS)

Day 4: Risk Management in Treasury

Objectives:
• Identify and measure financial risks: interest rate, currency, credit
• Explain hedging strategies using derivatives
• Apply risk management policies and limits
• Assess counterparty risk and credit exposure

Topics:
• Types of treasury risk: market, credit, liquidity, operational
• Interest rate risk: gap analysis, duration, hedging with swaps and FRAs
• Foreign exchange risk: transaction, translation, economic exposure
• Hedging instruments: forwards, futures, options, swaps
• Credit risk: counterparty assessment, collateral, netting
• Risk policy framework and limits
• Regulatory considerations: Basel, IFRS 9, and SARB requirements

Day 5: Integrated Treasury Operations and Strategic Decision-Making

Objectives:
• Synthesise treasury concepts into a cohesive cash management strategy
• Evaluate capital structure decisions and their impact on liquidity
• Apply treasury best practices in a case study simulation
• Prepare a treasury report for management decision-making

Topics:
• Capital structure: debt vs. equity, cost of capital
• Dividend policy and share buybacks: cash implications
• Mergers, acquisitions, and treasury integration
• Treasury performance measurement: KPIs and benchmarking
• Case study: multi-day cash management simulation
• Presentation of treasury recommendations
• Emerging trends: fintech, blockchain, and real-time treasury

Practicals

16 hours of practicals To be conducted online or on-campus or in-house
Overview

Practical sessions reinforce theoretical concepts through hands-on exercises in cash flow forecasting, working capital optimisation, risk hedging, and integrated treasury decision-making. Learners will use spreadsheets and case studies to simulate real-world treasury operations.

Practical Activities
  • Cash Flow Forecasting Exercise — Learners build a 13-week rolling cash flow forecast from a given set of assumptions, identifying funding gaps and surplus positions. (4h)
  • Working Capital Optimisation Simulation — Using a business case, learners adjust credit terms, payment policies, and inventory levels to maximise cash conversion efficiency. (4h)
  • Hedging Strategy Workshop — Learners analyse interest rate and foreign exchange exposures and design hedging strategies using derivatives. (4h)
  • Integrated Treasury Case Study — In groups, learners manage a simulated company's treasury over a quarter, making decisions on cash, risk, and funding. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total
Component Out of Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored) 100% 30%
Daily Average (multiple choice) 100% 20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice) 100% 50%
Final Total 100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

Awarded to delegates who achieve an overall mark of 50% or higher on the Final Total (Practicals 30% + Daily Average 20% + Final Test 50%).

How it works
  • Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
  • Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
  • You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
  • If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.
Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates Discount
5 3% off
10 6% off
15 9% off
20 12% off
25 15% off
30 18% off
50 30% off
75 35% off
100 40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.

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