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Beyond Headcount: Measuring Treasury's True Value

Article  •  January 05, 2026

HIGHLIGHTS

Future high-performing treasuries will share three common traits that go beyond headcount:

  • Human Capital Investment: Continuous upskilling in data, analytics, fintech and strategic finance ensures personnel capabilities evolve with technology
  • Deliberate Digitalization: Tools like TMS and ERP are employed not merely for automation, but to unlock new insights, enhance decision-making and drive strategic efficiency
  • Innovation Mindset: Effective teams view change as a competitive advantage, proactively adapting structures and roles as new technologies and market dynamics emerge

Discover why investing in technology is justified not by staff reductions, but by its transformative power to elevate treasury's role from transactional processing to strategic insight generation. This piece challenges conventional wisdom and provides a fresh perspective on how high-performing treasuries are truly built for the future.

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