Entries by treasuryXL

Give your career a boost and become a Register Treasurer

| 29-07-2019 | by Kendra Keydeniers | Over the last weeks we shared blogs with profiles of Register Treasurer (RT) graduates with their motives, experiences and career paths. The blogs give you a better insight in the type of treasurers that are “RT material”. You can read the following RT stories: Jarno Timmerman | Treasury Director at […]

Corporate Treasury have a problem and this is why…

| 23-07-2019 | by Pieter de Kiewit | Cost savings created by good treasurers easily exceed the sum of salaries of their team. They can help open doors that otherwise stay closed for their business colleagues and they can help avoid risks. Then why do they have this modest seat at the table of CFOs […]

Why Michel decided to explore the World of Treasury

| 22-07-2019 | by treasuryXL | Kendra Keydeniers     Our next RT story is the one of Michel van Baardwijk. He graduated as a Register Treasurer (RT) in 2017. Michel is specialized in the Public Sector and faced many challenges working at Vestia as Treasurer. Vestia, formally ‘Stichting Vestia’ is the largest public housing […]

A deeper dive into the Treasurer Test Technical Knowledge part

| 19-07-2019 | by Kendra Keydeniers | Different from the multiple choice questions in the Big5 Personality Profile assessment, a number of treasury technical questions require you to make calculations. Furthermore, there is a time pressure component: there are more questions than you will be able to answer within the limited time. You will have […]

How to Solve the 4 Main Payments Challenges

| 18-07-2019 | BELLIN | Sascha Kopp has been a Consulting Director with BELLIN for over 10 years. He has successfully accompanied and implemented well over 100 payments projects in international groups. In this interview, based on our on-demand webinar, he outlines the 4 main payments challenges for corporates and how to best tackle them. #1 payments […]

Does your payment land in the correct currency account?

| 16-07-2019 | by Pieter de Kiewit | Recently I received signals from a treasurer working in a mid-sized company about payments in various currencies landing on the wrong account. In a payment of USD 1 million, this could lead to extra cost of about USD 9,000! This results in extra cost and should be […]

RT story: From professional athlete to Treasury Director

| 15-07-2019 | by treasuryXL | Kendra Keydeniers   Best example of a great career in treasury (before and) after graduating from the RT program is the one of Jarno Timmerman. This is his Register Treasurer Story: Professional athlete in The Premier League of volleyball, Jarno decided to further expand his passion for and knowledge […]

Why Big5 and not another personality assessment?

| 12-07-2019 | by Kendra Keydeniers | Our deeper dive into the Big 5 model continues with our next topic: Introduction Why a personality assessment in the Treasurer Test? Why Big5 and not another personality assessment? What do we see in the peer group? The traits measured A connection between traits and skills? Since the […]

Introduction of two Community Ambassadors: Francois and Marco

| 11-07-2019 | by Kendra Keydeniers | treasuryXL is happy to announce a close cooperation with François De Witte and Marco Lassche. As community ambassadors they will contribute to further raise the level of the treasury function, both for the inner circle: corporate treasurers, bankers & consultants, as well for the non-treasurers. François De Witte […]

Why is cash flow forecasting still an issue?

| 09-07-2019 | by treasuryXL | Kendra Keydeniers Cash forecasting is a vital part of the treasury role – and for all too many treasurers it’s a time consuming, difficult job where insufficient system support makes data management, analysis and reporting a time-consuming nightmare. However, the good news is that it doesn’t have to be that […]