What is the day in the life of a treasurer after deploying a treasury management system? Customer experts from Finning and Federal-Mogul detail what life is like for them at their respective companies, and how they have used technology to optimize their work flows and increase efficiency.
3. Finning Overview
• Finning is the world's largest Caterpillar dealer delivering
unrivalled service for over 80 years.
• Sell, rent and provide parts and service for equipment and
engines
• Operate in various industries, including mining,
construction, petroleum, forestry and a wide range of
power systems applications
• Operate in western Canada, Chile, Argentina and Bolivia
in South America and UK and Ireland in Europe
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Santiago
Bolivia
Argentina
Chile
Cannock
United
Kingdom
IrelandBC AB
YT
Edmonton
Vancouver
head office
NWT
SK
NU
• Annual revenues ~6B CAD
• 35% revenues new equipment sales, 56% product support, 9%
equipment rental, used equipment sales and other
• ~ 50% of revenues Canada, 35% South America and 15% UK/ Ireland
• Over 12,000 employees
• Global head office headquartered Vancouver, British Columbia
4. Treasury Organization – Hybrid Model
Centralized head office Vancouver
• Team of 7:
• SVP Corporate Controller & Treasurer
• Assistant Treasurer
• Senior Manager, Cash & Risk
• 4 Analysts
• Responsibilities
• Canada Cash & Forecasting
• Global FCF consolidation, reporting and
management
• Global FX Management
• Global Banking Relationships
• Global Borrowings
• Global I/C Loans
• Global Investments
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South America Operations
Regional Treasury Center in Montevideo, Uruguay for all
South America
• Team of 5
• Treasury Director
• Cash Manager
• 3 Analysts
• Responsibilities
• Local Cash Management, forecasting and working
capital management
• Local borrowings, letters of credits
• Local ST investments
UK/ Ireland Operations
Centralized in Cannock, UK
• Team of 2
• Treasury Manager
• 1 Analyst
• Responsibilities
• Local Cash Management, forecasting and working
capital management
5. Kyriba at Finning
Implemented Kyriba in 2014 – global go live 2015
• Cash Positioning and Forecasting
• Cash Accounting
• Financial Transactions
• Payments
Benefits:
• Global Cash visibility
• One system of record
• Automation of treasury cash accounting entries (in Canada)
• Easy extraction of information (outstanding financial transactions)
• One system to approve payments (in Canada)
Next Steps
• Further automation of inputs into forecast
• Further integration with ERP and other systems
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7. Company Overview
• Federal-Mogul LLC is a privately held global
supplier of technology and innovation in
vehicle and industrial products for fuel
economy, emissions reduction, and safety
systems
• Highly diversified across end markets,
industry channels, geographies and
customers
• The company operates as two separate
segments
• Powertrain - OEMs and OESs of light
automotive, medium and heavy-duty
commercial vehicles, off-road, agricultural,
marine, rail, aerospace, power generation
and industrial equipment
• Motorparts - Worldwide aftermarket
business
• Net Global Sales ~ $8B
• ~ 60 % Powertrain and ~40% Motorparts
• ~75% Light Vehicles; ~15% Commercial
Vehicle; ~10% Energy, Industrial &
Transport
• Sales are distributed between three
geographic regions: North America, EMEA
and ROW mostly APAC
• 37% NA, 44% EMEA & 19% ROW
• ~ 55k Employees in 24 countries in 122
manufacturing sites, 44 distribution centers /
warehouses
• The back offices are quite decentralized
with some shared service centers in the
U.S., Mexico, Europe & China
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9. Treasury / Cash Management Structure
(decentralized treasury organization setup)
US / Mexico Treasury
• Treasurer
• Assistant Treasurer – Cash Management
• Cash Manager
• 2 Treasury Analysts
Responsibilities:
NA Cash & Liquidity Management including Forecasting
High Level Global Cash Liquidity Oversight
Global Bank Relationship
Global Working Capital Management
Global S/T & L/T Borrowings
Global I/C Loans
EMEA / APAC Treasury
• EMEA Treasury Centers in Germany,
Romania
• Treasury Manger
• Treasury Analyst
Responsibilities:
European Cash Management
Physical Cash Pooling (Europe)
Notional Cash Pooling & Netting (Global)
• APAC Treasury team in China
• Accounting / Treasury Manager
• Treasury Analyst
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10. Kyriba Benefits
Prior to TMS
• Extensive usage of Excel Spreadsheets to
prepare
• Cash positioning
• Forecasting
• Maintaining Inventory of Bank Accounts and Signers
• Unsatisfactory Global Cash Visibility
• Each region to gather balances / transactions through
various banking portals and weekly reporting to the
U.S. Treasury via emails / SharePoint weekly
• No timely validation to ensure cash position accuracy
• Limited flexibility to manage / employ global cash
effectively
• No centralized validated depository of bank accounts
& signers
After Kyriba Implementation
• Visibility into Global Bank Accounts,
Timely & Accurate Reporting
• Improvement in Global Forecasts
• IHB provides Daily Visibility of I/C
Balances of Physical Pool Participants
• Cost Savings
• Improved Management of Resources
• Enhanced Controls & Corporate
Oversight
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11. Implementation Scope
Initial Scope
• Global Daily Bank Balances & Transactions
Auto Pull
• Centralized Reporting and Consolidation of
Cash Positioning and Cash Flow Forecasting
• Centralized Maintenance of Intercompany
Loan Register including Documentation
• Centralized Maintenance of External Debt
Register including Documentation
• Centralized Bank Accounts & Signers Register
including Documentation
Potential Future Scope
• Bank Fees Analysis
• Payment Management
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12. Federal - Mogul Cash Management Cadence
Utilizing Kyriba
Daily
• US
• Balance / Review Prior Business Day Cash
Transactions & Balances
• Auto Reconciliation and Validation to Forecast
• Executing Treasury Payment Transactions
• Assessing Current Day Cash Position and
Reviewing S/T Borrowing Needs
• Preparing Global Cash Position and 2-Week
Forecast
• Europe & Asia
• Balance / Review Prior Business Day Cash
Transactions & Balances
• Auto Reconciliation and Validation to Forecast
Weekly / Monthly / Quarterly
• Weekly
• Preparing 2-Week Forecast; Uploading
into Kyriba
• Executing S/T Borrowings; Adding
tranches to Kyriba
• Monthly
• Preparing 3-Month Forecast; Uploading
into Kyriba
• Quarterly
• I/C Loan Register, Bank Account &
Signer Validation & Certification
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