ADVANCED CASH MANAGEMENT TRAINING COURSE - THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM

The course will be covered over four highly interactive sessions, each session lasting 3 hours with a 30-minute break after 90 minutes. The sessions will be held on four consecutive days. 

Date and times:

31 October - 3 November 2023

Typical structure:

• Registration 9am UK-time
• Session timings each day
  • 9.30-11.00 UK-time
  • 11:30-13:00 UK-time

All sessions are designed to optimise your learning experience with ample opportunity for you to engage with the trainer and other course participants throughout the virtual classroom.  In this environment, the trainer will cover the course content and learning outcomes using different perspectives to reinforce understanding and practical application of knowledge. We have designed our virtual training courses to ensure you get the best learning experience possible. Throughout the course you will use a range of tools and techniques including case studies, break-out rooms, group exercises and live chat, to ensure that you are able to engage and interact with your trainer and share knowledge and best practice with your peers.

Session 1: 3 hours (with a 30-minute break after 90 minutes)

• Introductions, objectives setting and core definitions
• Cash management in practice - this is setting out the goals of cash management for a group treasurer
• Overview of The House of Cash Management
• Bank Account Structures
• On-line multi choice quiz covering the above content.

Session 2: 3 hours (with a 30-minute break after 90 minutes)

• Payables and Receivables
• Start Case study one ‘ABC Company Limited’ in virtual groups - provide case study overview and delegates in their virtual groups to provide collective view on where bank accounts may need structured to incorporate the transaction types in the most efficient manner.

Session 3: 3 hours (with a 30-minute break after 90 minutes)

• Liquidity and Finance - the management and optimisation of both surpluses and deficits
• The technical infrastructure around cash management
• The continuation of case study one by amending after the feedback provided at the end of session 2, plus then including the optimal Liquidity and Finance option in each region and the technical infrastructure required to manage this on a local, regional and global perspective.

Session 4: 3 hours (with a 30-minute break after 90 minutes)

• Reflect on case study one, including an overview of the actual structure in use today
• Other impacts around cash management
• External factors affecting cash management solutions
• Case study 2 - overview provided, again working in virtual groups, now using all the knowledge gained from the previous 3 sessions
• Present the ideal solution as XYZ Corporation moves from a de-centralised treasury process to a centralised treasury process and finally to run through the actual live structure in use today
• End of course reflection, including how each delegate now feels about Cash Management.

Richard spent almost 40 years as an employee of the Midland Bank / HSBC Group, where he held several senior leadership roles, including as the European Head of Payments and Cash Management Sales. He is recognised by the industry as being a leading practitioner and subject matter expert in the field of International Cash Management, as evidenced both by his professional qualifications and by the many requests for him to speak at conferences and on training events related to the industry.

Richard's status within the Corporate Treasury world was recognised in 2012 when, upon his retirement from the HSBC Group, he was made Honarary Fellow of the ACT. Since his retirement, Richard has offered both Consultancy and Training to both corporate and banking employees, in order to pass on his wealth of knowledge in his chosen field.

Andy’s banking career spans four decades, almost all of which has been dedicated to Transactional Banking and he has held senior leadership roles at both HSBC and Barclays. At HSBC, Andy was European Head of FI Sales and then Head of UK Sales in the Commercial Banking space.

At Barclays Corporate in 2008, he was tasked with ‘professionalising’ the UK Cash Management Sales Teams and rolling out a specialist National Deposit Sales Team responsible for the conquest of new sources of liquidity for the bank whilst aligning behaviours of the generalist sales force to the banks strategy. In parallel to this, he co-ordinated the formation of the International Sales Teams and in 2012 moved to the US to launch the Barclays Corporate in North America.

Since retiring from banking in 2014, Andy has focused his time offering Consultancy & Training to the next generation of Cash Management professionals. In addition to working with the ACT, Andy has also worked with organisations such as Deutsche, HSBC, JP Morgan, Soc Gen and others as he enjoys passing on his decades of knowledge to those who wish to learn. 

We can also deliver this advanced cash management training course to companies with teams that are interested in taking the course, tailoring it to your business needs. Find out more about in-company solutions here.