Management of treasury operations is a core finance function that a CFO has prime accountability. For large capital intensive businesses, management of debt portfolio, raising debt funding, managing interest rate risk and refinance risk form a very large part of the treasury operations.
Managing liquidity and optimising cash position, investments and strategies for managing the risk arising out of FX and commodity exposures can make a difference in financial outcomes of the business. The broad range of services include:
Debt management
Management of debt portfolio and interest rate risk
Refinance risk
Domestic and/or offshore capital raising
Portfolio mix
Debt policy and governance framework
Manage credit rating/ debt covenants
Hedging strategy
Performance benchmark
Reporting
FX and Commodity
Management of FX and commodity risk
Hedging strategy
Performance benchmark
Reporting
Cash and Liquidity management
Liquidity management strategy
Cash flow – budgeting and forecasting
Integration with financial and corporate systems
Capital allocation – capital expenditure intensive businesses
Monitoring cash flows- short term and longer term
Performance
Reporting
Investments
Investment strategy
Approved Instruments/ counterparties
Liquid v static investments
Policy framework/ Governance framework
Performance benchmark
Reporting