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Description

Internal Control over Treasury Operations: Mapping, Testing and Securing

Lock down payment and investment flows where fraud risk is most concentrated

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

Treasury concentrates a company's most immediate risks: access to banking platforms, signature authority, urgent transfers and short-term investments. Control frameworks are often built up layer by layer, without any overall review, and segregation of duties disappears as soon as someone leaves or activity peaks.

This one-day programme provides a method for mapping treasury processes, identifying key control points and testing how effective they really are. It covers the management of banking mandates and user access rights, securing payment transfers, bank reconciliation, monitoring of investments, and reporting findings to the finance function.

Learning objectives

  • Map treasury processes and identify where they break down
  • Assess segregation of duties between commitment and execution
  • Review the management of banking access rights and mandates
  • Test the effectiveness of controls over transfers and reconciliations
  • Report findings and formulate workable recommendations

What makes this programme different

Control tests are built from anonymised bank statement extracts
Payment fraud scenarios are replayed to stress-test existing safeguards
Each participant leaves with a risk matrix adapted to their own organisation

Programme

1Mapping Treasury Risks

Knowing every route cash can take out

  • Collection, disbursement and investment processes
  • Banking mandates, access rights and delegated signature authority
  • Internal fraud risk and executive impersonation attempts
  • Liquidity and counterparty risk on short-term investments

2Control Framework and Key Control Points

Placing controls where they matter

  • Segregation of duties between input, approval and posting
  • Securing transfers and managing supplier bank account details
  • Bank reconciliation and clearing of outstanding items
  • Monitoring of investments and hedging instruments
  • Application controls and audit trails in treasury systems

3Testing and Reporting

Proving that the control actually works

  • Choosing between design tests and effectiveness tests
  • Sample selection and documentation of work performed
  • Formalising findings and rating residual risk
  • Recommendations and follow-up of action plans

Who is it for

Internal auditors · internal control officers · treasury managers · finance directors and heads of accounting.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with corporate banking and treasury operations.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.