COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using the “MS Excel” application.

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and an up-to-date overview of Cash Flow Management. It covers the cash flow concepts, cash flow statement and types of cash flows in organizations; the difference between financial position and liquidity as well as cash flow versus budgeting and forecasting; the regulatory and compliance considerations of cash handling policies and controls; the taxation impact on cash flow, reporting standards and frameworks and internal audit and transparency; and the forecasting cycle, update frequency and cash flow forecasting techniques.

Further, the course will also discuss the cash flow drivers, managing seasonality and uncertainty and integrating forecasting with business strategy; the tools and technology in forecasting and receivables and collections management; the payables and disbursement strategies, working capital optimization and cost control and efficiency measures; the cash pooling and centralization and managing surplus cash effectively; and the cash flow risk identification and cash flow stress testing.

During this interactive course, participants will learn the financing and funding strategies and hedging and risk mitigation tools; the cash flow controls and governance and treasury management practices; the strategic use of cash flow analysis and cash flow and valuation models; the crisis and turnaround management, performance monitoring and KPI development; integrating cash flow in enterprise planning by linking with strategic financial planning, CAPEX and OPEX alignment; and the resource allocation and prioritization and long-term sustainability focus.