An Interactive 5-Day Training Course
Effective Cash Flow Treasury and Risk Management
Course Overview
Cash flow is the lifeblood of any business! From the dawn of the new century we have seen disruptive change to world markets and commodity prices. Industries like the oil and gas sector have faced a rapid decline in output prices and face enormous pressure on their ability to maintain profit, cash flow and shareholder value. Other significant change in regulation, compliance and financial risk place unprecedented pressure on the Treasury function.
An organisation’s ability to survive and flourish in these challenging times is critically dependent on its skills in maintaining vital cash flow and managing business risk. This highly practical training course provides valuable insights in to how delegates can apply the principles of effective cash flow, treasury and risk management in their own organisations.
This training course will feature and provide key insights in to:
- The strategic challenge to maintain cash flow and manage risk
- Understanding and managing the main drivers of cash flow
- Modern techniques for strategic cost reduction
- The role and scope of Treasury management
- Practical techniques for analysing and managing risk and uncertainty
Training Objectives
The training course intends to provide delegates with the principles and practical skills to manage cash flow in an economic downturn.
At the end of this training seminar, you will be able to:
- Understand how cash flow drives organisational performance
- Identify and manage the key components of business cash flow
- Use practical tools and techniques to manage cash flow and risk
- Apply modern quality focused strategic tools to reduce costs
- Understand the role of the modern Treasury function
Who should Attend?
The training course is designed to provide useful insights and practical guidance to managers from a full range of backgrounds and industry sectors, but particularly those facing the challenges of major market and price changes.
This training course is suitable to a wide range of delegates but will greatly benefit:
- Professionals responsible for significant functions and budgets
- Treasury function staff
- Design professionals and designers
- Production and inventory managers
- Purchasing and supply chain professionals
- Marketing and sales team
- Finance heads and budgeting managers
Training Outline
DAY 1: Defining the challenges for cash flow, treasury and risk management
- The focus on stakeholder value
- Building and operating an effective business model
- Key course topic overview:
- Fundamentals of cash flow, liquidity and solvency
- The role of the Treasury function
- An integrated approach to risk management
DAY 2: Understanding and improving operating cash flow
- The drivers of operating cash flow
- A strategic approach to cost reduction
- Understanding the working capital cycle
- Tools and techniques to optimise inventory
- Tools and techniques to optimise customer receivables
- Tools and techniques to minimise the cash float
DAY 3: Business financing and capital management
- Understanding capital structure and risk
- Sources of business funding
- Calculating company cost of capital
- Optimum capital structure
- Managing capital investment in a challenging business environment
- Capital investment appraisal techniques using Excel
- Capital rationing techniques
DAY 4: Managing business and financial risk
- Developing a strategy for risk management
- Defining your organisation’s risk appetite
- Tools for managing risk and uncertainty
- Tools and instruments for financial risk management:
- Managing currency risk – hedging, swaps and options
- Managing interest risk – swaps
DAY 5: Forecasting tools for cash flow and risk management
- Identifying the key cash flow drivers
- Tips for building financial models in Excel
- Cash budgeting
- Approaches to making cash flow forecasts
- Building a financial model to test the impact of risk on cash flow
- Building a ‘what if’ model to manage business risk
Certificates
- On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates
- Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) : In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsor, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance
Accreditation
GLOMACS is registered with NASBA as a sponsor of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. NASBA have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.
All Training Seminars delivered by GLOMACS by default are eligible for CPE Credit.
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