SLG Cash and Liquidity Management 2021 - Mannheim | Schwabe, Ley & Greiner | 8 November 2021 | Schwabe, Ley & Greiner, Gertrude-Fröhlich-Sandner-Strasse 3, 1100 Vienna, Austria

Good cash management releases liquidity and increases company value! The seminar demonstrates this connection using concrete examples, shows the tasks and techniques in national and international cash pooling structures as well as starting points for optimization in disposition, payment transaction control and short-term liquidity planning.

Main Topics:
Basics
• What are the tasks of the cash manager in the company?
• Which minimum standards have to be taken into account in the structure and process organization?
• What are the differences between the accounting and treasury perspectives? Which business approaches do you need to understand?
• What are the requirements for banks?
• What are the current trends in cash management for large and small companies?
Payment control
• Where does a “payment flow” begin and end in the company?
• What do sales, purchasing and treasury have to pay attention to when triggering payment flows?
• What does working capital management mean?
• Which interest and liquidity effects do improvements in working capital management have?
• How can optimization potential be implemented in the control of payment transactions?
• Where are the control options in payment transactions?
• What should be considered when formulating payment terms?
• How can internal group payments be optimized?
Disposition
• Why don't all companies plan equally well?
• Which points have to be regulated and organized in order to be able to optimally dispose of the company's liquidity?
• What information is needed and where do you get it from?
• How can disposition success be measured objectively?
• Which problems can be solved by "technology", which only by good organization?

Cross-border cash pooling and netting
• How should an international cash management system be set up?
• How can optimization potential be recognized in the group?
• What should be considered when securing liquidity for a cash pool?
• Which limits are to be monitored in international cash management?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various technical processes used by banks with regard to cross-border pooling?
• What framework conditions does multilateral netting require?
• What problems can arise with netting procedures and how can they be avoided in advance?

Group of participants
Employees and managers who work in cash management or who are responsible for it, as well as corporate account managers from banks who want to get to know their customers' day-to-day business from their perspective

Goals
After discussing the ideal organizational structure in Treasury, the essential processes in cash and liquidity management (payment transaction control, disposition, cash management) are presented and optimization measures are discussed using numerous examples.

2021 Speakers

Sonja Bauer
Manager at Schwabe, Ley & Greiner

Thomas Dirnbauer
Manager at Schwabe, Ley & Greiner