Four Ways to Build Tomorrow's Treasurer

What should the next generation of treasury professionals learn? Rotterdam Business School is working on that question right now. It is exploring an accredited one-year Master in Treasury Management, with 60 EC, four blocks of three modules and applied research with a partner in the final block.

The team has sketched four ways to deliver the same graduate profile, differing only in how students learn.

Choose your prefered program below!

The Competency Master   

Builds the complete treasury professional, module by module. Each module develops and tests a defined set of competencies, recorded in a competency passport. The competencies sit in four pillars: technical, digital and data, business, and behavioural. This option suits professionals who want a broad, structured base and a modular way in.

The Treasury Builder

Asks students to run a treasury function as a team. All year, they act as the treasury of one multinational case company, with roles that rotate. Each module adds a chapter to the treasury blueprint. The year ends with a crisis simulation and a pitch to a board. It suits people who learn by doing, and dual students who build for their own employer.

The Digital Lab and Field Master

Moves theory online and puts practice in the lab. Students work in a treasury system sandbox, run dealing simulations and data labs, and spend a field week at a leading treasury department at the end of each block. It suits digitally minded and international students, and those who study part time.

Starts with the event and ends with the decision. One case company faces trade conflict, sanctions and an energy shock. Every class ends in a treasury decision. It suits people heading for strategic roles in volatile, international companies.

Which one fits best?

The more useful question for employers is simple: which option prepares the graduate you would hire, and at what level? If you are a treasurer, educator or employer, we would like to hear your view.