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Reducing the cash conversion cycle through effective working capital management

The global economy continues to recover following the Great Recession, and with it, the treasurer’s strategic value to the organization is evolving…

By Greg Person, Global Vice President of Presales, Kyriba | Updated on March 23, 2015

The global economy continues to recover following the Great Recession, and with it, the treasurer’s strategic value to the organization is evolving toward efficiently managing working capital, to meet the expanding liquidity needs of their growing companies.

The question “where’s my cash?” was, of course, top of mind for the vast majority of CFOs and treasurers during the financial crisis. However, as many organizations have continued to accumulate record cash balances since then (corporates’ cash holdings increased 78 percent from 2008-2013, compared to just 27 percent from 2000-2008), treasurers are not only tasked with safeguarding cash. There is now also a common mandate to become a more strategic business partner, to ensure corporate free cash flow and liquidity goals are realized.

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