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Day 1: Fundamentals of Cash Management and Daily Positioning

  • Introduction to corporate cash management
  • Cash management roles and responsibilities
  • The relationship between treasury, finance, accounting, procurement, and operations
  • Distinguishing profit, cash flow, and liquidity
  • Analyzing cash inflows, outflows, and liquidity
  • Fundamentals of the cash conversion cycle
  • Operating, investing, and financing cash flows
  • Analysis of bank balances and available cash
  • Techniques for daily cash positioning
  • Challenges in achieving cash visibility
  • Daily liquidity reporting
  • Practical exercise: Preparing the daily cash position

Day 2: Cash-Flow Forecasting and Liquidity Planning

  • Fundamentals of cash-flow forecasting
  • Direct versus indirect forecasting methods
  • Determining forecast horizons and planning periods
  • Rolling forecasts and liquidity planning strategies
  • Forecasting customer receipts and operational payments
  • Forecasting debt repayments and capital expenditures
  • Handling forecast uncertainty
  • Scenario planning and sensitivity analysis
  • Analyzing forecast variances
  • Enhancing forecast accuracy and governance
  • Practical exercise: Creating a 13-week cash-flow forecast
  • Workshop on forecast variance analysis

Day 3: Working Capital and Internal Cash Optimization

  • Fundamentals of working capital management
  • Optimizing receivables, payables, and inventory
  • Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
  • Days Payable Outstanding (DPO)
  • Inventory Holding Days
  • Analyzing the cash conversion cycle
  • Improving collection processes and invoicing
  • Managing overdue receivables
  • Strategies for supplier payments
  • Evaluating early payment discounts
  • Techniques for inventory optimization
  • Cross-functional working capital initiatives
  • Practical working capital analysis exercise
  • Group activity: Planning improvements

Day 4: Banking, Payments, Funding, and Cash Concentration

  • Managing corporate bank accounts
  • Bank relationship management
  • Reviewing bank fees and services
  • Domestic and international payment methods
  • Controls for payment approval and authorization
  • Fraud prevention and payment security
  • Segregation of duties and internal controls
  • Cash concentration and pooling structures
  • Zero balancing and target balancing techniques
  • Intercompany funding arrangements
  • Options for short-term funding
  • Overdrafts, revolving facilities, and loans
  • Short-term investments and deposits
  • Practical exercise: Comparing funding options
  • Case study on payment fraud prevention

Day 5: Cash Risk, Reporting, Technology, and Improvement Planning

  • Managing liquidity and funding risks
  • Counterparty and banking risks
  • Operational and payment risks
  • Interest-rate and foreign exchange risks
  • Treasury technology and cash management systems
  • Bank portals and treasury management systems
  • Automated reconciliation and reporting
  • Cash management dashboards and KPIs
  • Developing policies and governance frameworks
  • Management and liquidity reporting
  • Integrated cash management case study
  • Planning for cash management improvements
  • Final assessment and participant presentations

Requirements

Participants should ideally possess:

  • A foundational understanding of finance, accounting, or treasury functions.
  • Familiarity with financial statements and cash flow concepts.
  • Experience in finance, accounting, treasury, budgeting, or related business roles is advantageous but not required.
  • Basic spreadsheet skills for conducting forecasting and analysis exercises.
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