Treasury and liquidity strategy
An independent treasury consultant designs how your group sees, controls and deploys cash. The work covers 13 week forecasting, idle cash across entities and funding decision rights.
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Advisory Services
Treasury and banking consulting services
FIRMA Advisory offers fourteen treasury and banking consulting services, grouped below by what they solve. CFOs, private equity firms and consulting firms engage them individually or combined, as a diagnostic, a project, a retainer or an interim role.
Core services
Corporate banking strategy
Independent corporate banking advisory decides which banks you work with and what each one earns. It covers relationship wallet, bank panel rationalization and bank RFPs.
View serviceCross-border treasury
Cross-border treasury consulting structures how a multi-country group holds and moves cash. It covers pooling, in-house banks, intercompany netting and trapped cash.
View serviceTreasury systems and bank connectivity
Treasury system implementation connects your ERP or TMS to every bank for payments and statements. It covers host-to-host, SWIFT, bank APIs and ISO 20022.
View serviceTreasury process optimization
Treasury process optimization tightens payment approvals, bank mandates and segregation of duties. It ends with a treasury policy that banks and auditors recognize.
View serviceCash management advisory
Cash management advisory reviews account structures, pooling and idle cash across your banks. The aim is visible balances that either earn a return or fund the business.
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Bank fee analysis
Bank fee analysis reviews and benchmarks every charge your banks bill you. Fee schedules are then renegotiated and verified on later statements.
View serviceFX cost optimization
FX cost optimization measures what you pay on every trade against mid-market. It ends with lower spreads and an execution policy that keeps them low.
View servicePost-acquisition treasury integration
Post-acquisition treasury integration secures bank control on day one. It then consolidates banks and accounts within the first 180 days.
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Private equity treasury advisory
Private equity treasury advisory turns banking and FX cost into a modellable value creation lever. It starts with a 100 day banking review and repeats across the portfolio.
View serviceCFO advisory services
CFO advisory services give finance leaders a senior sounding board on treasury and banking. Typical decisions include facility negotiations, bank panel changes and board treasury policy.
View serviceSME banking advisory
SME banking advisory helps European mid-sized companies get better terms from global banks. It covers fees, FX, SEPA and multi-currency accounts, and the negotiation itself.
View serviceTreasury build-out
Treasury build-out gives growth companies policy, forecasting, bank structure and controls. Each step follows the order banks and investors expect.
View serviceTreasury due diligence
Treasury due diligence reviews a target's banking, cash and treasury controls before the deal closes. Findings feed the investment case and the 100 day plan.
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Finance and treasury BPO advisory
Finance and treasury BPO advisory helps companies select and govern outsourcing providers. It also covers banking infrastructure for BPO operators.
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Interim treasurer
An interim treasurer covers the role while you recruit or rebuild the treasury function. The engagement can run on an interim or fractional basis.
View pageFor consulting firms
Consulting firms bring in a senior treasury and banking consultant as a subcontracted specialist. We work inside your team on the treasury and banking scope of client engagements.
View pageEngagement models and fees
Engagement models and fees explain each format, from a fixed scope diagnostic to a retainer. Compare them before you scope a project.
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Approach
A controlled process from diagnostic to execution.
Diagnose
Map entities, banking relationships, liquidity flows, constraints, and decision rights.
Structure
Design the operating and banking model required to support strategic priorities.
Implement
Coordinate with internal teams, banks, providers, and external advisors to execute.
Improve
Strengthen visibility, control, reporting cadence, and ongoing financial performance.
Engage
Discuss your financial priorities with us.
A brief, confidential conversation is the most efficient way to determine where FIRMA Advisory can support your organization.