Ebook | Outsourcing Treasury Back Office: What to Outsource & Why

A practical guide for CFOs and Treasury Leaders at mid-market multinationals on what to outsource in the treasury back office, why it works, and how to make the transition without losing control..

Why This Ebook Matters

Lean treasury teams across North America and Europe are being asked to deliver institutional-grade confirmation, settlement, reconciliation, and reporting with a fraction of the headcount those functions actually require. Running a treasury back office in-house typically demands 4 to 5 full-time equivalents, plus the technology, controls, and regulatory expertise to keep pace with EMIR, Dodd-Frank, DORA, and IFRS 9. For most mid-market multinationals, that is capacity the front office never gets back.

Outsourcing the treasury back office is not an admission of weakness. It is a deliberate operating model decision that frees your team to focus on strategy, liquidity, and risk, while specialists handle the operational engine.

This eBook shows you how to:

• Identify which back office functions are strong candidates for outsourcing, and which should stay in-house.
• Quantify the true cost of running the back office internally, from headcount and technology to key-person risk and control gaps.
• Evaluate providers on the criteria that matter: regulation, accreditation, segregation of duties, and service depth.
• Plan a transition that goes live in as little as 12 weeks, without disruption to daily treasury operations.

What You’ll Gain

By downloading this eBook, you’ll walk away with:

• A clear outsourcing framework a function-by-function view of the treasury back office and where outsourcing creates the most value.
• A measurable financial case the direct cost, risk, and capacity outcomes of moving from an in-house model to a managed service.
• A control and compliance blueprint how outsourcing strengthens governance through SOC 1 / SSAE 18 accreditation, segregation of duties, and regulated oversight.
• A 12-week implementation path a practical, phased transition plan from scoping to go-live.
• A 10-point self-assessment a structured diagnostic to determine whether your back office is ready for outsourcing.

Who Should Read It?

• CFOs and Finance Directors weighing the cost, risk, and scalability of the current treasury operating model.
• Group Treasurers running lean teams who need to redirect capacity from processing to strategy.
• Treasury and finance leaders facing rising regulatory demands across EMIR, Dodd-Frank, DORA, and IFRS 9 with limited internal resources.

About FTI Treasury

Founded in 1988, FTI Treasury is a specialist treasury consultancy and managed service provider regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland and headquartered in Dublin, IFSC. We manage over $260 billion in transactions annually across 40 countries and 30 currencies.

Our specialist expertise spans In-House Banking, Treasury Outsourcing, FX Management, Intercompany Administration, and Treasury Technology. With more than 20 years of experience delivering outsourced back office services, we support clients at any stage, from initial assessment through full managed service delivery.