Implementation Best Practices: Ryerson’s Perspective What we learned along the way Thursday January 9th, 2020

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Implementation Best Practices:
Ryerson’s Perspective
Thursday January 9th
, 2020
What we learned along the way

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Lina Rauh
Sr. Treasury Analyst
Ryerson
Claudia Gonzalez
Sr. Solution Engineer
Kyriba
Today’s Speakers
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● 175 years leading in metals service
industry
● Global steel processor and distributor
○ Presence in Asia and North America
● Asset Based Lending
Ryerson

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What did we do before Kyriba?
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Excel-based Spreadsheets
• Error prone
• Auditors complained.. Ok, we all
complained!
Multiple Bank Log-ins
to Gather Data
• Time consuming.. Oh all the
key fobs!
• Logging into the bank portals one more
time.
Processed Wires in Bank Portal

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Why did we choose Kyriba?
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“The whole point
of Queen was to
be original.”
Freddie Mercury
Choosing Kyriba allowed us to be original
in our templates and processes
● To track daily cash and liquidity positions
● To process payments in one location
● Ability to customize reports
● Improve SOX controls
● Automate and track debt positions

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What we wanted:
Accurately track daily cash & liquidity
What we got:
The ability to produce a daily cash based
income statement

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What we wanted:
Process payments for multiple banks in a
single location
What we got:
The PAYMENT DASHBOARD

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What we wanted:
Produce reports we actually need
What we got:
Reports we can customize, schedule, and
automate

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What we wanted:
Improve SOX controls
What we got:
Dual approval & Audit trails

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What we wanted:
To track debt and manage liquidity
What we got:
Financial Transactions Module
Loans, lines of credit, variable balance, bonds, letters of credit
Debt Schedules

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What did we learn from the process?
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The bank side was
necessary to get Canadian
banks reporting into Kyriba
Integrated Canadian
treasury functions in
2016
Requested a process review in
2018
Leverage the knowledge
your implementation team
brings to the table
Use your bank
implementation team

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What did we learn from the process?
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Take time to review your
progress
Be realistic about the
journey
All this experience will
make you an expert
There’s still more we would
like to do…

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Implementation Best Practices:
Ryerson’s Perspective
Lina Rauh Claudia Gonzalez
Thank you for joining us!
treasury@kyriba.com

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