The role of Treasury has shifted dramatically in the past decade, especially since the financial crisis of 2008/2009. Where Treasury once could content itself with protecting corporate assets, the new market paradigm requires the Treasurer and his or her team to focus instead on driving value from the firm’s working capital stores. To this end, Treasury has been forced to look outside of its traditional tools and techniques and examine the entirety of the financial supply chain for innovative ways to drive value.
It is because of this push to uncover novel methods of growing working capital from the entire financial supply chain that Treasury’s influence can and should increase in the accounts payable department. To explain this trend, and offer tips for the Treasury team looking to work more closely with accounts payable, Ardent Partners and Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions team are co-hosting an upcoming webinar, called “Treasure Trove: The Rising Role of Treasury in AP,” on July 30 at 1 p.m. U.S. Eastern time. Ardent’s Chief Research Officer and Managing Partner Andrew Bartolini will co-host the webinar with Chris Chazin, North America market manager for Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions. Read on for more.
Webinar Description
Business continues to change at an accelerating speed, as enterprises and their suppliers adjust to globalization, intensified competition, and a marketplace that continually resets its expectations. Within the enterprise, business processes and functions must converge around value and shared interests just as business partners must increasingly do along supply chain lines. With cash management more important than ever, Treasurers must harness the collective strength and ability of the entire organization — including the Accounts Payable (A/P) function — to help drive internal process efficiencies and optimize working capital.
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Join us for this informative webinar, led by leading supply chain expert Andrew Bartolini, to learn more about:
- Tasking Treasury with an expanded role in the management and operation of A/P
- The benefits and challenges of this emerging organizational dynamic
- Leveraging a holistic supply chain approach to unlock working capital and drive process efficiencies across the full supply chain
Attendees will receive a complimentary white paper based on Ardent Partner’s annual market research study into A/P practices.
Date:
Thursday July 30, 2015
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET
Speakers:
Andrew Bartolini – Chief Research Officer, Ardent Partners
Chris Chazin – North America Market Manager, Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions
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