Cash Flow Management

Courses Syllabus

Introduction :

Welcome to our comprehensive five-day course on Cash Flow Management. Designed for professionals across industries, this course will equip you with the necessary tools and insights to manage and optimize cash flow, ensuring financial stability and enhancing business performance.

Objectives :

• Master the fundamentals of cash flow and working capital.
• Understand business accounting principles and financial statements.
• Analyze cash flow statements and identify key financial drivers.
• Optimize working capital and improve cash cycle efficiency.
• Learn cost behavior and apply cost-volume-profit analysis.
• Evaluate different sources of business finance and manage capital structures.
• Master techniques in cash flow forecasting and risk management.
• Apply best practices in cash management to boost financial health and shareholder value.

Outlines:

DAY 1

Introduction to Cash Flow Management

• Understanding the importance of cash flow management
• Fundamentals of cash flow and working capital
• Principles of business accounting and financial statements
• How profit is different than cash flow
• Analysis of cash flow statement
• The drivers of cash flow, liquidity, and solvency

DAY 2

Significance of Working Capital

• Cash flow and working capital
• Recognizing the working capital cycle
• Techniques to improve inventories and accounts receivable management
• Key cash flow and working capital management ratios
• Improving efficiency of the cash cycle
• Enhancing financial systems to improve cash flow

DAY 3

Enhancing Operating Cash Flows

• Significance of operating cash flow
• Cost behavior and cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis
• What drives profits and shareholder value
• Improving return on investment
• Boosting asset management efficiency

DAY 4

Sources of Finance and Capital Budgeting

• Meaning, nature, and significance of business finance
• Sources of business finance
• Analyzing and managing capital structure
• Calculating the cost of capital
• Key principles of capital budgeting
• Capital investment decision-making using cash flow method
• Discounted cash flow analysis using Excel Modeling

DAY 5

Techniques of Cash Flow Forecasting

• Methods to managing cash resources
• Cash flow forecasting techniques
• Risk management approach to cash flow forecasting
• Techniques for managing risk
• Sensitivity analysis of cash flow forecasts
• Best Practices in Cash Management