Session 01
X - Executive, A - Advanced, I - Intermediate, B – Basic, F- FP&A Renewal Credit, G - GTOT Credit
CTP Review Sessions are not available for CTP or FP&A credit.
The Remarkable Rise of ESG within Cash: Making Sense of the Investment Landscape Where Values Meet Cash (I)
- Mindy Frye, Institutional Portfolio Manager - Impact Investing, RBC
- Allen Hah, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor, The University of Texas System
Monday, April 25th
9:45am - 10:45am
Waller A
Live
Session Description
This presentation is designed to help corporate treasury professionals form opinions around ESG investing, integrate ESG into their investment strategy and understand how ESG screening can be applied to money market fund securities. The panel presentation will be led by market experts from RBC GAM along with a corporate practitioner who will share their team’s views on ESG and socially responsible investing, and the incorporation into cash management. The topics posed will cover:
– Trends that are happening now in ESG
– Things to look out for
– Why should treasury professionals care
– Your role in all this.
Speaker Information
Mindy Frye is an institutional portfolio manager within the fixed income group's client service team. She serves as the day-to-day point of contact for our institutional impact investing clients while working closely with the fixed income investment team to pursue each client's impact goals. She also serves as a product specialist for our impact investing strategies and supports the efforts of our Chief Strategist of Impact Investing. Before joining RBC GAM in 2017, Mindy was a senior manager at a global, U.S.-based asset management firm where she led a team responsible for performance and asset reporting; she also worked as senior investment analyst at a private investment firm and as a manager of client service for a registered investment advisory. Mindy started in the financial industry in 2002. Mindy holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses. MBA from Carlson School of Management - University of Minnesota and BA (Economics) from Macalester College.
Allen Hah joined the U.T. System in 2012 and is responsible for managing the System's various financing programs on behalf of the academic and health-related institutions as well as providing support for investment oversight of the System's endowment and operating funds. Allen is also responsible for analyzing the System's capital projects and initiatives on behalf of the institutions and provides support for quantitative analysis of the System's financial position and debt/swap portfolios. Prior to joining the System, Allen was a Vice President with Prager & Company in San Francisco, where he worked for eleven years as an investment banker and a financial advisor specializing in higher education and not-for-profit finance. Allen earned an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California in Berkeley in 2009 and a BA degree in Physics and Mathematics from Claremont McKenna College in 2001.
Case Study – Streamlining the FX Deal Workflow (I)
- Evan Mahoney, CPA , Senior Product Manager, Gtreasury
- Felix-Antoine Marchildon, Senior Manager, Treasury, Keurig Dr. Pepper
Monday, April 25th
9:45am - 10:45am
Waller B
Live
Session Description
Take control of your FX workflows. Keurig Dr. Pepper created an FX workflow hub with its treasury management system and direct host-to-host integrations with Bloomberg, its banks, and its SAP ERP system to automate the creation of FX deals and the resulting payments needed to settle the deals at maturity. Learn how the automated workflow saves huge amounts of time while improving accuracy immensely by eliminating manual entries for deals, payments, GL posting and reports.Learning Objectives:
– Using direct connectivity to data sources to automate FX workflows
– How automation can improve accuracy and efficiency
– The importance of choosing the right treasury management tool to act as the hub between other treasury technology.
Speaker Information
Evan Mahoney is a Senior Product Manager at GTreasury. Evan brings experience and expertise in foreign exchange risk management and international treasury to his role at GTreasury in developing the company's treasury and risk management system (TRMS). Previously, Evan served as Head of Sales & Marketing at EuroNetting, a global multilateral netting provider, and President of FX Initiative, a foreign exchange (FX) continuing professional education (CPE) provider of currency risk management training for corporate finance, accounting, and treasury professionals. In his early career, Evan worked as an Assistant Vice President in Wells Fargo's national FX risk management group. Evan is a graduate of the Finance Honors Program at DePaul University and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of Illinois.
Felix-Antoine Marchildon is a Senior Manager, Treasury, in the Corporate Finance team at Keurig Dr Pepper, a leading producer and distributer of hot and cold beverages. Since joining KDP in 2012, Felix led several key roles in the organization, with increasing responsibilities and leadership. He currently oversees 'Non-US' business units in the group, with a focus on Mexico, Canada, and Ireland. Felix is also in charge of Foreign Exchange risks and acts as the Treasury SME in various projects and initiatives. Felix cumulates 17 years of corporate finance for national and multinational public and private companies. During his career, he held increasing positions of responsibility while actively participating in several strategic transactions and projects. Previously, Felix worked in various roles within Treasury teams at Bell, a Canadian telecommunications company and at Quebecor World, one of the largest commercial printers in the world. Felix holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from HEC Montreal and holds his Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
Leveraging Embedded Finance in Your Organization (X)
- Robert May, PMP, SVP, Digital Channels Product Team, PNC
- Corporate Co-Presenter TBA
Monday, April 25th
9:45am - 10:45am
Waller C
Live
Session Description
Embedded finance enables the seamless integration of banking solutions into non-financial apps, business processes and websites. The embedded finance industry is forecasted to increase tenfold by 2030 to $230 billion. This session will help you understand embedded finance and explore how to leverage it in your organization. Embedded finance can transform a company’s ability to offer insurance, accept payments and provide lending like buy-now-pay-later products. Companies that take the lead in utilizing these new capabilities will have an advantage over their peers, improving their customers’ experiences and optimizing operations. In the CFO and controller’s offices, embedding finance directly into ERPs and treasury workstations is a trend that will also be explored for the efficiencies it can produce.
Attendees of this session will also learn about this burgeoning industry through the examination of use cases and benefits that it is already bringing to organizations.
Speaker Information
Panel – Fin-Texas – A Closer Look at The Diverse Fintech Ecosystem Across the Lone Star State (A)
- Moderator - Kevin Garlan, Payments Product Manager, Americas, Goldman Sachs
- Corporate Co-Presenter TBA
- Corporate Co-Presenter TBA
- Corporate Co-Presenter TBA
Monday, April 25th
9:45am - 10:45am
Waller D
Live
Session Description
Fintechs, corporates, banks and innovation incubators have recently turned to many burgeoning hubs across the state of Texas for talent, company development and commercialization opportunities. This panel will bring together practitioners from the entire network to lend diverse perspectives on lessons learned, observations and predictions looking forward regarding the Texas Fintech Ecosystem. Session outcomes will be:
– Real world challenges and opportunities faced by all represented panelists during and post pandemic
– The positive impact that the Texas Fintech ecosystem has brought to corporates, startups and banks alike
– The challenges still faced by different practitioners and areas where the Texas Fintech ecosystem can improve or address certain aspects to enhance future opportunities.
Speaker Information
Kevin Garlan joined Goldman Sachs Transaction Banking (TxB) in early 2020 as Payments Product Sales Specialist, Americas. Based in New York, he leads all payment solution initiatives globally - creating bespoke and institutionalized payment solutions utilizing the robust TxB platform and its digital capabilities. Kevin has over 14 years of experience in product management, business development and corporate innovation working with Deutsche Bank and Citibank. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business, Magna Cum Laude from the College of Mount Saint Vincent where he also serves as aboard of trustee advisor.
The Transformation of Business Payments (I)
- Joe Hussey, Managing Director, NA Payables Product Mgmt, JP Morgan
- Michael Herd, Senior Vice President, NACHA
Monday, April 25th
9:45am - 10:45am
Waller F
Live
Session Description
Changes in business payments are accelerating. This session will draw on findings from AFP studies, Federal Reserve research, and NACHA data to provide a picture of the changes in business payments from paper to electronic, and how these changes accelerated during the pandemic era. The session will also highlight new standards, technologies and platforms that are enabling completely electronic payment processes, from supplier onboarding through straight-through processing of remittance data. Learning Objective:
– Understand major changes taking place in the payments industry and how they impact corporate payments practitioners.
Speaker Information
Joe Hussey is Managing Director, North America Payables & Receivables Product Executive at J.P. Morgan. He also currently chairs on the NACHA Board of Directors. Joe earned his bachelor's degree from Purdue University.
Michael Herd leads NACHA's ACH Network Administration department. Mike manages the NACHA rulemaking process and its Rules and Operations Committee and is responsible for NACHA's ACH risk management programs and Rules enforcement. Most recently, NACHA's strategic priority for the ACH Network has been the implementation and adoption of Same Day ACH capabilities.
CTP – Working Capital Management (B)
- Dubos Masson, Ph.D, CTP, CertICM, President, The Treasury Academy
- Tyrone Gant, CTP, SVP, Director of Treasury Management, Vectra Bank
Monday, April 25th
9:45am - 10:45am
Waller E
Live
Session Description
– ETM6-Ch 10: Introduction to Working Capital Management
– ETM6-Ch 11: Working Capital Metrics.
This session covers both the basics and the metrics (calculations) used in the area of working capital management. These topics include: cash conversion cycle, management of key working capital accounts (accounts receivable, inventory, accounts payable), and the investment and financing of working capital. The section on working capital metrics covers many of the important calculations used in the area, including days sales outstanding, aging schedules and payment pattern analysis.
Speaker Information
D.J. Masson, Ph.D., is President of The Treasury Academy, a training and consulting firm specializing in treasury management, international finance, business forecasting, and risk management. Over the past 25 years, D.J. has provided business and financial consulting and training services to a wide variety of corporations, financial institutions, and not-for-profit organizations in the U.S., Canada, and abroad. He is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Finance at Indiana University’s Kelly School of Business and is a trainer and curriculum developer for programs with Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), GT News and Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) in the U.K, and Citibank’s Global Transactions Services unit. D.J. has extensive experience in developing curriculum for a wide range of teaching and training environments, both residential and on-line. He has developed classes and taught at all levels of higher education: undergraduate, MBA, Executive MBA, and in-house, custom-designed courses. D.J. has worked with professional associations to develop workshop, training materials, and certification programs in the areas of Treasury Management, Credit Management, Global Cash Management, Financial Forecasting, Commercial Banking, and Risk Management. D. J.’s educational background includes a B.A. in Business from the University of New Orleans and an MBA and Ph.D. in Finance from Indiana University. D.J. earned his Certified Cash Manager (CCM/CTP) credential in 1988. D.J. also earned the Cert ICM, an international cash management certification, from the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) in the UK in 1999.
Tyrone Gant, CTP, is the Director of Treasury Management for Vectra Bank Colorado, a division of Zions Bancorporation. Tyrone is a results oriented financial professional with 25 plus years’ experience in the banking industry including leading and executing growth and sales strategies, new business development and treasury management consulting.