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Introduction
Course overview
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 Aractech 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.
What you will achieve
Learning 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
Who should attend
Target audience
- Internal auditors
- Treasury managers
- Finance controllers
- Risk managers
- External auditors
- Compliance staff
Methodology
Learning approach
- Treasury process presentations
- Audit programme workshops
- Case studies of treasury fraud
- Data testing
- Group discussions
Complete course outline
Five focused days of learning and application
The timings provided are estimates and may vary depending on the number of participants and the discussions taking place during the sessions. They are indicative only and do not constitute a binding commitment.
Day 1
Treasury Overview
- Treasury functions
- Organisation
- Policies
- Key risks
- Coffee break
- Key risks (continued)
- Regulation
- Exercise: Treasury risk map
Day 2
Cash and Payments
- Cash management
- Payment processes
- Bank accounts
- Signatories
- Coffee break
- Signatories (continued)
- Payment fraud
- Workshop: Payment controls audit
Day 3
Liquidity, Funding and Investments
- Cash forecasting
- Funding
- Investments
- Counterparty limits
- Coffee break
- Counterparty limits (continued)
- Covenants
- Exercise: Liquidity review
Day 4
Financial Risk and Hedging
- FX risk
- Interest rate risk
- Hedging instruments
- Hedge documentation
- Coffee break
- Hedge documentation (continued)
- Limits
- Case study: Treasury loss
Day 5
Systems and Controls
- Treasury management systems
- Segregation of duties
- Reconciliations
- Coffee break
- Reconciliations (continued)
- Reporting
- Recommendations
- Capstone: Treasury audit programme
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What does Auditing Treasury and Cash Management (AGRC-030) cover?
This course covers Auditing and Governance Risk and Compliance through a structured five-day outline focused on practical application, discussion, and implementation planning.
When is the next available session?
The next scheduled session starts on 16 - 20 November 2026. See the course schedules section for the available dates and delivery formats.
Who should attend this course?
Internal auditors, Treasury managers, Finance controllers
Is bilingual course delivery available?
Yes. All course materials and presentations are provided in English, while bilingual explanation and discussion support may be available depending on the selected location and trainer availability. For example, when attending a course in Istanbul, you may request a Turkish-speaking trainer to explain the English course content in Turkish. Arabic explanation support may also be requested at this location. Other languages are available in selected cities. You can choose your preferred language support as an optional preference during registration.
How can I register for a session?
Use any Register button next to the available course dates to open the participant registration page and submit your booking request for the selected session.
Is this course available online as well as classroom-based?
Check the course schedules section for currently published classroom and Online / Live sessions.
Where are classroom sessions delivered?
Current classroom venues include Rome, Kuala lumpur, Istanbul, Cape Town, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Paris.
How long is the training programme?
The programme runs for five days from 09:00 to 14:00, which gives 25 contact hours, including a daily 30-minute break (22.5 hours of instruction).
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