A tailored course, built for your situation
Mastering IFRS 17 for Treasury Funding Desks
A structured approach to insurance accounting standards with direct applicability to funding strategy and reporting alignment
The situation this course is for
Teams are overwhelmed by the complexity of IFRS 17's modeling demands, timeline pressures, and interdepartmental coordination. Many struggle to close the loop between actuarial outputs and treasury-level funding decisions, creating delays and rework.
Who this is for
Senior Treasury or Funding Desk professionals at financial institutions managing IFRS 17 compliance and capital flow alignment
Who this is not for
Entry-level finance staff, auditors without execution responsibility, or practitioners outside insurance-linked funding roles
What you walk away with
- Produce IFRS 17-aligned funding memos with full traceability from assumptions to capital thresholds
- Lead cross-functional alignment between actuarial, finance, and treasury teams with confidence
- Anticipate reviewer questions and embed answers directly into documentation
- Reduce cycle time between reporting deadlines and funding execution by up to 40%
- Become the internal reference for IFRS 17’s operational impact on liquidity
The 12 modules (with all 144 chapters)
- Core objectives of IFRS 17 and their implications for treasury
- Identifying insurance contracts under IFRS 17 scope
- Distinguishing between Onerous and Profitable contracts
- Understanding Coverage Units as allocation drivers
- How the Building Block Approach replaces previous standards
- Linking Liability for Remaining Coverage to funding thresholds
- Interest rate assumptions and their liquidity impact
- Transition methods and their effect on starting balances
- Recognizing acquisition costs under the new model
- Treatment of investment components in hybrid contracts
- Disclosure requirements relevant to funding desks
- Common misinterpretations in early implementation phases
- Mapping actuarial outputs to funding risk registers
- Validating CSM movements for consistency
- Handling currency translation in multinational reporting
- Normalizing reserve run-off schedules for cash planning
- Integrating probability-weighted scenarios into forecasts
- Timing differences between financial and regulatory reporting
- Reconciling DAC with amortization patterns
- Sourcing inputs for quarterly sensitivity analysis
- Documenting assumption changes for audit readiness
- Working with stochastic models in deterministic environments
- Aligning horizon periods with treasury liquidity windows
- Flagging model drift before accrual impacts occur
- Setting baseline capital buffers under new reporting
- Linking CSM credit adjustments to funding calls
- Modeling impact of loss recognition events on liquidity
- Incorporating risk margin changes into threshold logic
- Designing early warning indicators for reserve strain
- Stress testing funding needs under adverse scenarios
- Benchmarking against peer capital allocation patterns
- Adjusting thresholds for business mix shifts
- Aligning with internal risk appetite statements
- Documenting rationale for threshold changes
- Integrating with existing liquidity stress testing
- Automating alerts based on IFRS 17 triggers
- Establishing shared calendars for key milestones
- Defining single source of truth for assumptions
- Creating standardized handover templates
- Reducing back-and-forth on CSM reconciliations
- Clarifying ownership of disclosure inputs
- Aligning internal review cycles across teams
- Managing changes in discount rate curves
- Handling reinsurance adjustments in funding plans
- Resolving discrepancies in premium allocation
- Coordinating with external auditors proactively
- Documenting interdependencies for audit trails
- Running dry runs before reporting deadlines
- Structuring audit narratives for clarity
- Including traceability from inputs to outputs
- Annotating judgment-based decisions transparently
- Versioning assumption changes over time
- Linking funding decisions to liability movements
- Summarizing model validations for non-actuaries
- Highlighting key risks in executive summaries
- Embedding regulatory references directly
- Formatting disclosures for finance teams
- Building audit trails for post-implementation reviews
- Compiling evidence packs before request cycles
- Using templates to reduce audit preparation time
- Adjusting LCR and NSFR calculations post-implementation
- Modeling cash inflows from CSM releases
- Forecasting outflows tied to loss recognition
- Incorporating reinsurance recoveries into cash plans
- Mapping timing lags between recognition and settlement
- Updating contingency funding plans
- Aligning with BCBS guidelines on liquidity risk
- Factoring in jurisdictional capital requirements
- Stress testing under IFRS 17-driven scenarios
- Benchmarking funding efficiency across periods
- Reporting liquidity impact to senior management
- Linking to budget cycles for forward planning
- Assessing core system capabilities for CSM tracking
- Validating data pipelines from actuarial platforms
- Configuring ERP modules for new journal entries
- Managing interface breaks between systems
- Selecting vendors with proven IFRS 17 experience
- Testing end-to-end reporting workflows
- Ensuring data lineage for audit purposes
- Integrating with regulatory reporting tools
- Monitoring vendor update schedules
- Building fallback procedures during outages
- Documenting system limitations transparently
- Planning for system enhancements over time
- Understanding key focus areas for regulators
- Preparing for thematic reviews on IFRS 17
- Responding to follow-up questions efficiently
- Maintaining consistency across submissions
- Managing time-bound disclosure requirements
- Coordinating with legal on safe harbor language
- Documenting internal controls over reporting
- Aligning with Basel framework expectations
- Reporting findings to oversight committees
- Anticipating cross-border regulatory differences
- Updating disclosures for material developments
- Archiving submissions for future reference
- Designing scenarios based on historical shocks
- Modeling interest rate sensitivity impacts
- Assessing credit spread widening effects
- Evaluating pandemic-style claim surges
- Running inflation-driven cost escalation tests
- Simulating adverse underwriting cycles
- Combining multiple risk factors in one test
- Linking stress results to capital plans
- Reporting stress outcomes to leadership
- Setting triggers for pre-emptive action
- Validating assumptions behind each scenario
- Using stress results to refine funding rules
- Evaluating transition method trade-offs
- Choosing between FRS and PAA approaches
- Handling data gaps in historical records
- Calculating opening CSM balances
- Reconciling to prior GAAP reserves
- Documenting policy elections clearly
- Obtaining sign-off from key stakeholders
- Testing transition outputs for reasonableness
- Managing parallel runs during transition
- Communicating changes to internal teams
- Updating systems for new starting points
- Monitoring for post-transition anomalies
- Designing monthly monitoring checklists
- Tracking CSM rollforwards for anomalies
- Reviewing assumption reasonableness quarterly
- Validating discount rate curve updates
- Auditing intercompany reinsurance flows
- Monitoring for materiality breaches
- Updating controls for new products
- Reporting exceptions through proper channels
- Integrating with existing compliance dashboards
- Benchmarking performance against peers
- Refining processes based on feedback
- Planning for annual model recalibrations
- Translating technical details for executives
- Framing funding impacts in business terms
- Presenting risk exposure without alarm
- Aligning with firm-wide strategic goals
- Contributing to capital allocation debates
- Shaping narrative around financial stability
- Providing forward-looking insights proactively
- Balancing transparency with prudence
- Earning seat at strategic decision tables
- Building credibility through consistency
- Mentoring junior staff on core concepts
- Documenting institutional knowledge over time
How this maps to your situation
- Treasury Funding Desk operations
- IFRS 17 implementation timelines
- Cross-functional reporting cycles
- Liquidity risk and capital planning
Before vs. after
What's included with your purchase
- 12 modules with 12 chapters each (144 chapters)
- Downloadable templates and worked examples for every module
- Hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Delivery and format
- Course and learning environment access provisioned within 24 hours of purchase
- Hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access
Format: Text-based modules and chapters in the Art of Service learning environment, plus downloadable templates and worked examples for every chapter, plus the hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access.
Time investment: Approximately 90 minutes per module, designed for completion over 12 weeks with flexibility for accelerated pacing.
How this compares to the alternatives
Unlike generic IFRS 17 overviews, this course is tailored specifically to treasury funding workflows, offering direct application to liquidity planning, threshold design, and cross-functional coordination , not theoretical knowledge.
Frequently asked
Within 24 hours your account in the learning environment is provisioned and the tailored implementation playbook is delivered alongside it.