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Auditing and Governance Risk and Compliance · AGRC-030
Auditing Treasury and Cash Management
Treasury functions manage cash, liquidity, investments, borrowings and financial risks, often involving large values and fast transactions. Weak controls can lead to…
- Duration5 days
- Next date16 - 20 Nov 2026
- Cities7 cities
- Fee from£2,250
Course overview
Why Attend
Treasury functions manage cash, liquidity, investments, borrowings and financial risks, often involving large values and fast transactions. Weak controls can lead to fraud, losses and compliance breaches.
This LLMI course explains treasury processes and risks, cash management and payments, bank account controls, liquidity and funding, investments and borrowings, foreign exchange and interest rate hedging, treasury systems and segregation of duties. Participants develop treasury audit programmes.
The course suits auditors and treasury control professionals.
Course Objectives
Understand treasury functions and risks
Audit cash management and payment controls
Review bank accounts and signatories
Audit liquidity, funding and investments
Evaluate hedging and treasury risk controls
Assess treasury systems and segregation of duties
Target Audience
Internal auditors
Treasury managers
Finance controllers
Risk managers
External auditors
Compliance staff
Course Methodology
Treasury process presentations
Audit programme workshops
Case studies of treasury fraud
Data testing
Group discussions
Course outline
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1Day 1: Treasury Overview
- Treasury functions
- Organisation
- Policies
- Key risks
- Regulation
- Exercise: Treasury risk map
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2Day 2: Cash and Payments
- Cash management
- Payment processes
- Bank accounts
- Signatories
- Payment fraud
- Workshop: Payment controls audit
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3Day 3: Liquidity, Funding and Investments
- Cash forecasting
- Funding
- Investments
- Counterparty limits
- Covenants
- Exercise: Liquidity review
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4Day 4: Financial Risk and Hedging
- FX risk
- Interest rate risk
- Hedging instruments
- Hedge documentation
- Limits
- Case study: Treasury loss
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5Day 5: Systems and Controls
- Treasury management systems
- Segregation of duties
- Reconciliations
- Reporting
- Recommendations
- Capstone: Treasury audit programme
Dates and fees
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