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Treasury Risk Management
Final Exam Question Set
A. Treasury functions, goals and performance metrics
1. Describe the basic functions of Treasury in a nonfinancial corporation and compare them with those in a financial services corporation/institution.
2. Describe a typical financial management organization structure that incorporates the roles of Treasury and financial control.
3. Describe how Treasury is organized in a corporation and its management reporting framework within the organization.
4. Describe how Treasury functions are segregated into Front, Middle and Back Office frameworks and list principal activities for each of these groups.
5. List and describe key performance indicators for Treasury functions.
6. List and describe principal internal and external linkages for a typical Treasury function.
7. Describe working capital, and how its management can be made more effective by Treasury functions.
B. Treasury systems and organization
1. Describe the basic components of a Treasury system and specify information flows.
2. Describe 4-5 types of Treasury organization models and their pros and cons.
3. Describe the challenges of transitioning across Treasury organization models (Roche case).
C. General risk management
1. State the types of risks that a corporation/institution could face. Provide triggers for specific risk events, associated consequences and mitigants.
2. Describe how suboptimal or inadequate management of Treasury operations could increase these risks.
3. State the four broad categories of financial instruments and securities that can be used for Treasury risk management.
4. Provide examples of instruments and structures in each category above and how they could be used under different circumstances.
D. Fund flows and account structure
1. Draw a flow of funds framework for manufacturing and financial services industries and describe how the functions of Treasury may differ across these industry
Final Exam Question Set
A. Treasury functions, goals and performance metrics
1. Describe the basic functions of Treasury in a nonfinancial corporation and compare them with those in a financial services corporation/institution.
2. Describe a typical financial management organization structure that incorporates the roles of Treasury and financial control.
3. Describe how Treasury is organized in a corporation and its management reporting framework within the organization.
4. Describe how Treasury functions are segregated into Front, Middle and Back Office frameworks and list principal activities for each of these groups.
5. List and describe key performance indicators for Treasury functions.
6. List and describe principal internal and external linkages for a typical Treasury function.
7. Describe working capital, and how its management can be made more effective by Treasury functions.
B. Treasury systems and organization
1. Describe the basic components of a Treasury system and specify information flows.
2. Describe 4-5 types of Treasury organization models and their pros and cons.
3. Describe the challenges of transitioning across Treasury organization models (Roche case).
C. General risk management
1. State the types of risks that a corporation/institution could face. Provide triggers for specific risk events, associated consequences and mitigants.
2. Describe how suboptimal or inadequate management of Treasury operations could increase these risks.
3. State the four broad categories of financial instruments and securities that can be used for Treasury risk management.
4. Provide examples of instruments and structures in each category above and how they could be used under different circumstances.
D. Fund flows and account structure
1. Draw a flow of funds framework for manufacturing and financial services industries and describe how the functions of Treasury may differ across these industry