What CFOs and Treasurers in Japan are prioritizing: insights from the Japan CFO Association Seminar

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2026-01-21

At the end of 2025, Kyriba Japan invited Hiromi Nakayama, Global Cash Management Lead for Japan, to speak at a Japan CFO Association Seminar, marking BMG’s first participation in this forum for senior finance leaders. The seminar brought together more than 120 CFOs and treasury professionals, reflecting a strong and growing focus in Japan on modern treasury, liquidity optimization, and global cash visibility.

Key takeaways from the discussion

  • CFOs highlighted that tax appropriateness and transparency are fundamentally important for corporate reputation, and that a notional pooling structure based on pledge makes a key difference compared to commonly offered cross guarantee models.
  • Treasury and finance teams are increasingly expected to contribute to enterprise wide resilience, providing data-driven insights that support strategic decision-making and scenario planning.
  • Many participants emphasized the challenges that time zone differences create for global governance – particularly for Japanese companies geographically located in an area where the day starts early – when ensuring timely liquidity availability and optimization across entities, currencies, and regions.

Supporting treasurers with complex global liquidity needs

Our participation reinforced our role as a trusted provider of multi entity, multi currency liquidity solutions, supporting treasurers who operate in complex international environments. As organizations continue to navigate increasing complexity, treasury and liquidity management remain critical enablers of financial control, resilience, and growth.

If you are exploring ways to improve visibility, control, and efficiency across your global cash structure, we would be happy to continue the conversation.

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