Who is a Treasury Analyst?
- The guardian of company cash and funding.
- You make sure money is in the right place at the right cost.
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Treasury Analyst
Keep the company's cash safe, liquid and working.
★★★★★4.0Career rating by VIA Capital editors
Avg salary
₹0L/yr
Difficulty
Medium
Global scope
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Work life
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Career snapshot
Everything at a glance
Salary range (India)
₹4L to ₹30L+
Future growth
Steady
Difficulty
Medium
Remote options
Hybrid
International scope
70% global mobility
Learning curve
Gentle
Work life balance
80/100
Hiring demand
70/100
Career match
Is Treasury Analyst right for you?
Six quick questions. No reading required.
Question 1 of 60%
Do you enjoy working in Excel and with numbers?
Spreadsheets, formulas, clean data
Quick overview
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Pros
- Central to CFO high visibility
- Blend of markets + operations
- Reasonable hours vs front-office
Trade-offs
- Less lucrative than IB/PE at senior levels
- Compliance-heavy
- Deep specialisation limits pivots
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Daily work
A day in the life
9:00 reconcile overnight bank balances across entities. 10:30 13-week rolling cash forecast update. 12:00 call banks on quotes for a new working-capital line. 2:00 book a forward to hedge a USD export receivable. 5:00 pay-run approvals.
Corporate treasury is the CFO's operational arm: making sure the company can pay its bills tomorrow, has cheap funding, hedges FX/interest-rate exposure, and invests idle cash safely. Bank treasuries additionally trade rates, FX, and manage bank liquidity.
Skills
What you actually need
Technical skills
Cash-flow forecasting (13-week direct method)FX & interest-rate hedging (forwards, swaps, options)Bank-fee negotiation, RFP for lines of creditTrade finance instruments (LC, BG)Treasury Management Systems (Kyriba, SAP TRM)
Soft skills
Banker relationshipsNegotiationProcess rigourCross-functional coordination with tax/accounting
Education
- B.Com / CA / MBA Finance
- ACT (UK Association of Corporate Treasurers) globally recognised
Tools of the trade
ExcelSAP TRM / Kyriba / Oracle TreasuryBloomberg / Reuters (for rates)ERP: SAP, Oracle, NetSuite
Learning roadmap
Skills & Learning Roadmap
What to learn, in what order, with free resources and practice projects.
Salary
Compensation by seniority
Analyst (0–3 yr)
₹5–10 L
Senior Analyst (3–6 yr)
₹10–20 L
Manager (6–12 yr)
₹18–40 L
Treasurer (12+ yr)
₹40 L – 1.5 Cr
Indicative ranges only. Real pay varies by firm, city and market cycle.
Companies
Who hires for this role
Corporates Reliance, Tata, HUL, Infosys, ITC
Bank treasuries HDFC, ICICI, SBI, Standard Chartered, Citi
MNCs Google, Amazon, Microsoft India treasury
Global capability centres of foreign banks
Roadmap
Your path, stage by stage
- 1
0–1 yr
Foundation
Accounting + cash mechanics
- Master direct/indirect cash-flow methods
- Understand LC, BG, working-capital cycles
- 2
1–3 yr
Skills
Hedging + banking
- Learn FX forwards, IRS, currency swaps
- Complete ACT / CTP foundational
- 3
3–6 yr
Specialise
Own a domain cash, funding, or FX
- Manage bank RFP
- Own a hedging book
- 4
6–12 yr
Lead
Manager → head of treasury operations
- Run the treasury team
- Present to CFO/board
- 5
12+ yr
Treasurer
Enterprise-wide treasury
- Own funding strategy, capital structure, rating-agency dialogue
Growth outlook: Analyst → Manager → Treasurer → CFO.
Interview
What they will ask you
Explain a currency forward vs option
Build a 13-week cash forecast for a hypothetical business
Difference between GAAP cash & treasury cash
How would you hedge a $10M receivable due in 6 months?
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