Case Study: Beam Suntory achieves optimized liquidity and 80% treasury productivity gains with Kyriba

Beam Suntory’s Global Treasury Transformation Strategic Treasury to Optimize Liquidity and Protect Growth

Beam Suntory, the multinational spirits company behind brands like Jim Beam and Suntory, faced a decentralized treasury challenged by limited real-time cash and liquidity visibility, manual and error-prone processes, non‑standard global payments, slow bank onboarding, weak FX interconnectivity, and a complex intercompany netting setup across 30+ entities.

By implementing Kyriba integrated with SAP, Bloomberg and FXall, Beam Suntory standardized payments, automated FX/MTM and accounting processes, improved bank connectivity and centralized controls. Results included an 80% productivity gain for FX/MTM (saving ~16 hours/month at month-end), a 50% increase in automated accounting entries, bank onboarding reduced to 1–2 months, consolidated global payments, lower fees and reduced bank dependency.

Beam Suntory

Petar Tomicic

Manager, Domestic Treasury