CASH FLOW MANAGEMENT

Cash Flow Management

Business Challenge

Facing cash flow management problems as you wade through today’s economic difficulties? Learn solid money-saving strategies from the finance-and-accounting-focussed training center.

Understand the changing dynamics of cash flow management and discover up-to-the-minute information you can put to work immediately!

In this dynamic one-day seminar, participants will gain a solid understanding of the elements of cash flow management. Designed for those new to the Treasury process, this seminar presents all the essentials needed to help you develop optimal cash forecasting techniques, increase the accuracy and timeliness of cash flow forecasts and improve the flow of information through your organization. In-class group exercises will help reinforce what you have learned, and provide an opportunity to network with your peers.

Learning Objective

This course aims to facilitate participant knowledge and skills to:

Optimize your cash flow management for both receipts and payments
Manage cash float and its associated costs
Accelerate the collection of remittances and improve control of disbursements
Analyze and assess cash flows in your current environment
Identify cash drivers in your company
Successfully invest excess funds in short-term instruments
Understand the Statement of Cash Flows

PLEASE BRING CALCULATOR ON THIS SEMINAR

Target Audience

Managers of larger organisations who want a good understanding of financial reports and the ability to utilise this information productively
Small to medium business owners who want more involvement with their company finances, enabling closer monitoring and control of its financial performance
Bookkeepers or accounts clerks who want a greater appreciation of accounting terminology and processes
Professionals who are working in, or wish to work in general management and are required to use and understand financial reports.
Those new to the treasury function
Treasury staff responsible for preparing short and long term cash forecasts
Staff in other areas of the company who provide cash flow information to the treasury department

Content

Topics covered will include:

What is Cash Flow Management?

Cash flows versus accounting flows

Why there is a need to forecast cash flows

Defining cash management objectives and parameters

Creating a cash management information network

Defining the Corporate Environment

Collecting the cash flow data

Analyzing types of cash flows

Analyzing the constraints in controlling cash flows

Assessing inherent uncertainty

Utilizing the Statement of Cash Flows Format

Compare and contrast the “direct” format from the “indirect” format

How to use both cash flow models to evaluate business cash flow, with particular focus on assessing the operating cash flow consistency and reliability

How to recognize cash flow patterns and to link them to underlying business strategy

How cash flow analysis can be integrated into traditional ratio analysis