Our client, the treasury department of a financial services company, used a series of spreadsheets to validate proposed treasury trades against compliance rules. Concerned at the ever-increasing amount of time the existing process was taking, DataConsulting was engaged to develop a system to validate proposed treasury trades against pre-defined rules. A secure, robust and flexible application was built - with reporting suite into Excel and PDF - that ensures compliance with company rules, thereby reducing risk.

1. Household-name financial services company
Treasury trades application
James Leigh and Alex Psarras
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2. DataConsulting
Treasury trades application
Agenda
 About DataConsulting
 Project so far
 Demo
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Treasury trades application
About DataConsulting
 DataConsulting set up in 2007 to
provide data analysis services to
audit teams and finance
departments
– Partners are ex-Deloitte and
PwC; employ accountants,
auditors and developers
 Deep technical expertise in
CAATs, continuous auditing,
business modelling, spreadsheet
assurance and tactical solutions
 Wide client base
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4. DataConsulting
Treasury trades application
Project so far
 Commissioned in Sep 2010 to develop tactical application to replace
spreadsheet recording of treasury deals
 We chose a .NET/SQL CE/WinForms architecture to avoid recognised
issues with Excel spreadsheets (and Access databases)
 Intended to be lightweight, easy-to-use, robust and reliable – but not
full-scale, business critical system implementation
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5. DataConsulting
Treasury trades application
Demo
 The application
– Validates proposed deals against pre-defined limits for country,
counterparty, term and maturity ladder
– Alerts the user to any potential breaches, but allows them to be
overwritten
– Automatically generates the required paper work in Excel and PDF
– Provides management reporting
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Treasury trades application
Front Office
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Treasury trades application
Back Office
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Treasury trades application
Administration
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Treasury trades application
Administration
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Treasury trades application
Limits
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Treasury trades application
Foreign Exchange
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Treasury trades application
Questions?
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Treasury trades application
Contacts
James Leigh Alex Psarras
james.leigh@dataconsulting.co.uk alex.psarras@dataconsulting.co.uk
07595 022 923 07585 967 438
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