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Description

Cash Pooling: Scoping the Project, Selecting the Structure and Deploying Centralisation

Lead a treasury centralisation project from the scoping note through to the first cash sweep

  • 0.43 days — 3 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

Within a group, cash sits idle on some accounts while other subsidiaries pay overdraft interest. Centralisation comes back onto the agenda regularly but runs into the same obstacles: choice of structure, the diversity of banks and jurisdictions, reluctance among subsidiaries to give up control of their cash, and uncertainty about how to formalise intercompany arrangements.

These three hours are designed for practising treasury professionals. They follow the project through: preliminary diagnosis, choice between the main types of structure, the legal, tax and accounting points to secure, then operational roll-out with the banks and the subsidiaries.

Learning objectives

  • Establish the preliminary diagnosis of the group's cash flows and balances
  • Compare the main treasury centralisation structures
  • Identify the legal, tax and accounting points to secure
  • Build the roll-out plan with the banks and the subsidiaries
  • Define the monitoring indicators for the arrangement once live

What makes this programme different

The preliminary diagnosis is built from balances and flows actually observed
Structures are compared against concrete organisational and systems criteria
The classic objections raised by subsidiaries are anticipated and addressed in the session

Programme

1Scoping the project

Knowing what centralisation is meant to solve

  • Diagnosis of balances, flows and banking terms entity by entity
  • Objectives pursued, between financial optimisation and visibility
  • Scope of the entities and currencies concerned
  • Stakeholders to involve from the scoping stage onwards
  • Estimating the expected benefit

2Selecting the structure

Compare before deciding

  • Centralisation through physical cash sweeping and notional interest offsetting
  • Single-bank and multi-bank structures
  • Remuneration terms applied to intercompany positions
  • Treasury agreements and formalisation of intercompany relationships
  • Constraints depending on the jurisdictions and currencies involved

3Deploying and monitoring

From decision to the first cash sweep

  • Sequencing the roll-out by entity and by bank
  • Adapting information systems and accounting interfaces
  • Supporting subsidiaries and addressing their objections
  • Monitoring positions and performance indicators for the arrangement

Who is it for

Treasurers and finance managers as well as management controllers and accounting managers in multi-entity groups.

Prerequisites

Working knowledge of treasury management mechanisms

Dates & locations

12 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.