Operational hedging case study
Facing key-person turnover on its treasury team, a global industrial company avoided disruption and saved 20+ hours per month by engaging interim support while improving and automating processes.
Company goals
- Avoid disruption to day-to-day operational FX activities during the turnover.
- Support foreign acquisition deal and associated transactions.
- Map process workflow and document standard processes for monthly & quarterly activities and reporting.
Key activities
- Mapped end-to-end workflow of all existing FX risk management processes.
- Reviewed activities and provided inputs to improve efficiency.
- Documented updated standard processes and workflow.
- Supported operational activities for over 6 months (including year-end) to allow company the flexibility to hire the right candidate to backfill the position.
- Provided FX advisory and execution support for successful close of large foreign acquisition.
- Onboarded and trained new employee on all processes to allow their lean treasury team to focus on their full plate of day-to-day job functions.
Results
- Realized savings of 20+ hours/month by improving and automating processes.
- Maintained operational continuity during a challenging and extremely busy time for the organization.
- Enabled successful close of large foreign acquisition.
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Chatham Hedging Advisors, LLC (CHA) is a subsidiary of Chatham Financial Corp. and provides hedge advisory, accounting and execution services related to swap transactions in the United States. CHA is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a commodity trading advisor and is a member of the National Futures Association (NFA); however, neither the CFTC nor the NFA have passed upon the merits of participating in any advisory services offered by CHA. For further information, please visit chathamfinancial.com/legal-notices.
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